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Man Kills Self In Front Of Children At Bellevue [WA] Gun-Safety Class
KOMOnews.com ^ | 14 March 2013 | Levi Pulkkinen

Posted on 03/14/2013 1:33:30 PM PDT by zeestephen

A man describing himself as a witness to the shooting said the dead man stood in front of more than a dozen people participating in the class and ended his life.

(Excerpt) Read more at komonews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; suicide; washingtonstate
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To: kidd
I was thinking he was both. Very similar to these mass shooting killers. They're suicidal and then they get a brilliant idea of how to make it a big statement. The only thing it proves is that sick people make sick decisions.
41 posted on 03/14/2013 2:13:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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To: zeestephen; All
Everyone remember the video of the cop that accidentally shot himself while teaching a classroom of school children about gun safety?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-Qdx6vky0

42 posted on 03/14/2013 2:15:51 PM PDT by fso301
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To: driftdiver
Have never had any sympathy for someone to off themselves, much less force others to witness it.

Don't care what their circumstance was, they were petty selfish asses who abused those who cared for them for the rest of their lives.

As Ken Hamlin used to do the toilet flush audio when a scumbag was executed, Good riddance.

43 posted on 03/14/2013 2:17:45 PM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: Chance Hart

He didn’t want to wait the 2 weeks or perhaps wouldn’t have passed the background check. There’s more to this story.


44 posted on 03/14/2013 2:18:06 PM PDT by bgill
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To: X-spurt

My sympathies lie with those, through no fault of their own, who had to witness that.


45 posted on 03/14/2013 2:18:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Chickensoup

DEA agent?


46 posted on 03/14/2013 2:20:11 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: bikerman

no refunds.

always wear your eye protection.


47 posted on 03/14/2013 2:25:40 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: martin_fierro

Is that clip for real, or is it part of some comedy?


48 posted on 03/14/2013 2:26:59 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: kidd
There is one Brian Perry in Bellvue, WA who is an interior/exterior painter.

Paint fumes can really fry your brain.

49 posted on 03/14/2013 3:12:57 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: X-spurt

I couldn’t agree more with you!

My late wife battled mightily for 11 years to beat back the tumors that would grow around her brain stem. The doctors would operate, radiate and 18 months later we did the whole routine again. Each operation did more collateral damage so her quality of life towards the end really sucked.

Then you have asshats like this guy that off’s himself in front of people. No sympathy, none, zero, nada.


50 posted on 03/14/2013 3:26:22 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: 23 Everest; X-spurt

Saw an interesting article several months ago about suicide in healthy adults.

The rate is quite low, about 1 in 10,000.

And, almost all of them come from three categories:

(1) Mentally ill
(2) Drug or alcohol addicts
(3) Family history of suicide

In teenagers, most suicides seem to be very impulsive or follow an intensely emotional event.

In the elderly, most suicides involve the death of a spouse or an intractable health problem.

I’m very sorry to hear about your wife, Everest.

Here in Seattle we had a female newscaster who battled a benign brain stem tumor for almost 15 years.

Very sad.

She was a high energy journalist with young kids when it all started.

Everyone admired her courage, but it was like watching someone die in slow motion for 15 years.


51 posted on 03/14/2013 5:17:07 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: 23 Everest

So sorry! You have my deepest sympathy.


52 posted on 03/14/2013 8:55:32 PM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: zeestephen

Always heard it best described as a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Don’t feel quite so much anger for silly teenagers, but still its the most selfish thing any human could ever do, and knowing full well it was going to deeply hurt those that cared for them.


53 posted on 03/14/2013 8:58:54 PM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: Red Badger
So, he was dead before he shot himself?........

Hey, if it worked for Vince Foster....

54 posted on 03/14/2013 11:57:34 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: MotorCityBuck

Now everybody’s crazy.” :)

Got that right!


55 posted on 03/15/2013 6:05:14 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: X-spurt; zeestephen

Thank you both!

Bonnie was a wonderful & beautiful lady. Very intelligent too. Coming up on two years on the 31st of this month.

Tears still roll down my face.


56 posted on 03/15/2013 6:59:45 AM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: martin_fierro

Bump for posterity


57 posted on 03/16/2013 2:46:39 PM PDT by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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To: fso301
Everyone remember the video of the cop that accidentally shot himself while teaching a classroom of school children about gun safety? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-Qdx6vky0

omg there was a child in that room! It went from sickeningly amusing to just plain disturbingly pathetic.
58 posted on 03/17/2013 7:37:21 PM PDT by Wanderer99
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To: zeestephen

Great way to form your legacy. Go out and cause extreme emotional trauma to a bunch of children at the same time. Wonderful.

I’m sure he’ll have some great stories to tell in HELL!


59 posted on 03/17/2013 7:39:57 PM PDT by Wanderer99
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To: Wanderer99
omg there was a child in that room!

Plural, as in a classroom full of children. Yes, it is fortunate that none of the children were injured. I sometimes wonder what became of the officer?

60 posted on 03/18/2013 4:43:10 AM PDT by fso301
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