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Boise police officer kills teen wielding rifle with bayonet
Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 12/20/04 | AP

Posted on 12/20/2004 7:48:37 AM PST by Ellesu

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1 posted on 12/20/2004 7:48:39 AM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

Please include full attribution when posting articles. Thanks.


2 posted on 12/20/2004 7:51:02 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator
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To: Ellesu

Never take a knife (bayonet) to a gun fight. Seriously though, while tragic, it sounds like the officer didn't have much choice.


3 posted on 12/20/2004 7:52:43 AM PST by scooter2
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To: Ellesu
This is actually the first crime in 10 years that could have been affected by the now expired "clinton assault weapons ban" - it banned some rifles if they did not remove the bayonet lug...
4 posted on 12/20/2004 7:52:59 AM PST by 2banana (They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Ellesu

"An autopsy will be performed today"

Uhhh! I can save the coroner some time.

He was killed by a BULLET!


5 posted on 12/20/2004 7:53:17 AM PST by Bigh4u2
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To: 2banana

Uh no. WWII rifles are grandfathered. Next.


6 posted on 12/20/2004 7:55:13 AM PST by tbeatty (I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat salad.)
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To: Bigh4u2

LOL, I don't think the cause of death is in question. Just the amount of drugs and booze in his system.


7 posted on 12/20/2004 7:55:45 AM PST by Shellback Chuck (Hey John, whose your daddy?)
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To: Bigh4u2

Not at all. Bullets don't kill people. Massive blood loss/organ failure does. 8*O


8 posted on 12/20/2004 7:56:35 AM PST by Shryke (My Beeb-o-meter goes all the way to eleven.)
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To: Bigh4u2
Uhhh! I can save the coroner some time.

He was killed by a BULLET!


Uh, do you think they might want to do some drug/alcohol tests?
9 posted on 12/20/2004 7:56:48 AM PST by sharkhawk (I really have to stop surfing at DU.)
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To: 2banana

The description of it as a "WW II era" weapons leads me to think it may be an M1 Garand. Thousands of these have been sold to civilians over the years. I don't think that weapon was ever banned under the Clinton AWB, even with a bayonet lug.


10 posted on 12/20/2004 7:57:11 AM PST by blau993 (Labs for love; .357 for Security.)
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Looks to me that Matthew Jones learned the consequences of drugs and alcohol, irresponsible use of weaponry, and pulling a gun on a LEO the hard way.

Oh, and the "boys father" is a complete idiot for allowing his kid access to drugs and weaponry in his own home. I guess Darwin was right about a few things.

11 posted on 12/20/2004 7:58:00 AM PST by BureaucratusMaximus ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" - Hillary Clinton)
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To: sharkhawk

Ok! Ok!

I overlooked that part!

Sooorrry!

:0)


12 posted on 12/20/2004 7:58:45 AM PST by Bigh4u2
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Okay. Sorry.


13 posted on 12/20/2004 7:59:04 AM PST by Ellesu
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To: Joe Brower

bang


14 posted on 12/20/2004 7:59:28 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: Ellesu
Boise police officer kills teen wielding rifle with bayonet

The Boise police are issued bayonets?! Cool...

15 posted on 12/20/2004 8:00:10 AM PST by Hatteras
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LOL! What happened to English and editors?


16 posted on 12/20/2004 8:04:47 AM PST by BullDog108 (Islamists are Insane! http://bvml.org/webmaster/islam.html)
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To: BureaucratusMaximus
Oh, and the "boys father" is a complete idiot for allowing his kid access to drugs and weaponry in his own home.

How do you know he was "allowing" drugs in his home?

17 posted on 12/20/2004 8:05:29 AM PST by 12B
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To: Ellesu

Too bad the officer didn't have a Taser.


18 posted on 12/20/2004 8:06:15 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Ellesu

There are two kinds of bayonet fighters. The quick and the dead.


19 posted on 12/20/2004 8:08:31 AM PST by Joe 6-pack ("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
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To: Ellesu

sounds like a clean shoot to me .... the boy was carrying a spear


20 posted on 12/20/2004 8:09:40 AM PST by Centurion2000 (Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
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