Man shot dead at beach Bystanders run for cover as fight turns lethal in parking lot

Just as everybody warned and predicted - this State has turned into the "Wild West". People are gunning each other down left and right, not only at every traffic light but at the beach where children are running around with beach balls and sand buckets!

See? This is what happens when the powerful NRA Lobby gets these CCW laws passed, against all the wishes of the peaceful, law-abiding, safety-consious citizenry!

Oh, wait an minute. This is Ocean Beach, California, not Ocean Beach, North Carolina!!

Sorry.

21 posted on 03/10/2004 3:05:55 PM PST by Gritty ("Iraq's like the Wild West, but nobody's the sheriff"-Kelly McCann)

It's a good thing California has such strict gun control or someone could have got hurt.

22 posted on 03/10/2004 3:10:13 PM PST by aomagrat

Police also recovered a knife and a screwdriver at the scene, and a suspect was arrested nearby with an illegal billy club.

It was safe to go after the guy with the club, rather than the shooter. Remember, the most important thing for a cop is that he goes home after his shift is over, not whether or not you do.

23 posted on 03/10/2004 3:42:28 PM PST by archy (Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)

The homeless people and their unleashed dogs are a big problem, too.

Not fot the people with guns, they're not.

24 posted on 03/10/2004 3:43:32 PM PST by archy (Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)

Is it important for you to know their race or what?

Permit me to give you a serious answer. Media should supply the reader or viewer with as many accurate facts as possible at all times. The reader/viewer will then be able to make the most informed judgment possible under the circumstances. Crime reporting is of particular importance to the public because it allows citizens to make decisions and take action to ensure their own safety. If violent criminals are at large in a neighborhood, the residents should know as much about them as possible. This includes the most accurate possible physical descriptions, their clothing, language, preferred hangouts -- everything that could help the populace identify the criminals and take appropriate action.

Anyone who has lived in California for some time and reads this story will know something about these particular criminals as soon as he reads "gangs from Daly City and Oakland". He will know more when he reads "That's my homeboy!" Newcomers, foreigners, tourists, and possibly some idealistic liberals will be baffled by the phrasing of crime stories as reported by the politically correct press. They might very well think that the hoodlums involved were Russian or Ukrainian.

25 posted on 03/10/2004 4:18:15 PM PST by TheMole

"Is it important for you to know their race or what?"

I know it is hard to hear this, but we all pretty much know it was not European white guys.

All cultures are not the same.

26 posted on 03/10/2004 5:27:53 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Soros is the enemy.)

An unfortunate statisic, is that if Black-on-black crime is removed, we have a lower homicide rate than England.

England has a gun ban.

27 posted on 03/10/2004 5:32:42 PM PST by MonroeDNA (Soros is the enemy.)

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