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Slaying of Army veteran shocks friends (Man gunned down at Costco over Concealed Carry)
Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | 6/12/2010 | Lawrence Mower

Posted on 07/12/2010 1:26:25 PM PDT by conimbricenses

The man shot by police outside a Summerlin Costco store on Saturday was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a master's degree from Duke University, friends said.

Army veteran Erik Scott, 39, was at the store near Charleston Boulevard and the Las Vegas Beltway with his girlfriend before three officers fatally shot him in a confrontation.

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KEYWORDS: armedcitizen; banglist; ccl; concealedcarry; costco; donutwatch; erikscott; jbt; lping; murder; nevada; rapeofliberty
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To: conimbricenses

Armed civilians also know they will be held responsible for their actions, and cops know that they won’t.


141 posted on 07/12/2010 3:31:52 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: conimbricenses

Prayers up for your cousin and his family and friends, conimbricenses.


142 posted on 07/12/2010 3:32:16 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Finny
No, because then their caskets would be given a "hero's" parade through town attended by thousands of cops in a giant media spectacle, followed by their names being added to all of those stupid "remembering our fallen officers" memorials that every city has at taxpayer expense.

My hometown has one such memorial on the city hall lawn. On it are the names of two cops who died back in the 20's when the black people they were beating for becoming too "uppity" tried to exercise a little self defense.

143 posted on 07/12/2010 3:32:58 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: old school

The only facts we will get on this will be the CCTV footage and the eyewitness accounts from bystanders and cops. After that, we have to make our own best judgment. If you want immutable facts, you will never get them, therefore you can never make a decision, so why comment at all?


144 posted on 07/12/2010 3:34:56 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: conimbricenses

Maybe the cops mistook their guns for Tazers and..


145 posted on 07/12/2010 3:35:28 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I’m not up on NV laws, but in NM if it’s posted no firearms, .... having a CCW doesn’t matter. You leave you piece outside.

I do not find anything suggesting that the store was posted.

146 posted on 07/12/2010 3:35:51 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I’m all about getting to the bottom of this one. It’s simply becoming quickly apparent that there are two narratives of the story: the cops’ version and the version of everyone else. Perhaps the video will show more, but as of right now everything we know doesn’t speak well for the cops.


147 posted on 07/12/2010 3:35:56 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Nonsense. It is quite easy to accidently flash a concealed gun in a store. It has not happened to me yet but IWB with an untucked shirt (living in a hot state) then it is not all that hard. Any gun easily accessable easy not that hard to show by accident.


148 posted on 07/12/2010 3:38:06 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: conimbricenses
“Caution Police Line you better no cross; is the cop or am I the one who is really dangerous?” Green Day
149 posted on 07/12/2010 3:38:22 PM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
The only BS is your unrealistic belief that a person carrying concealed will NEVER have his weapon seen by anybody in any case under any accidental circumstance.

Not that it matters in this case really. Nevada is also an open carry state.

150 posted on 07/12/2010 3:39:10 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: conimbricenses
The Costco Leftist should be (1) fired immediately without any severance, (2) criminally indicted for falsely inciting a panic or something along those lines, and (3) sued in court for his portion of the civil liability in this guy's death.

I think 'making false satements to law enforcement' would be a slam-dunk charge.
151 posted on 07/12/2010 3:40:35 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: TalonDJ
Nonsense. It is quite easy to accidently flash a concealed gun in a store. It has not happened to me yet but IWB with an untucked shirt (living in a hot state) then it is not all that hard. Any gun easily accessable easy not that hard to show by accident.

Pardon me for being direct.

You are fool and give a bad name to law abiding citizens and provide fuel for the Statists to ban all handguns.


152 posted on 07/12/2010 3:43:44 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: TalonDJ

Or just follow the guy home from work and call 911 to report that he is on PCP and waving a pistol at fellow drivers. The cops will do the rest.


153 posted on 07/12/2010 3:44:52 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: eXe
:)

Yep, I'm going to hold back until I see some real evidence on this one.

I was going to post this story but thought better of it....last time I posted a story regarding something similar I was attacked every which way you can think of.

No matter what opinion you have you're either a boot licker or a jack boot thug supporter, I call them as I see them and support who I think is in the right.

But most time's you can't win here and it's not worth the time to debate it....not to mention the blood pressure elevation.

154 posted on 07/12/2010 3:45:46 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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To: Magnum44
We need fewer cops on taxpayer dole and more citizens carrying.

Amen. There are about a million people employed in the United States in some sort of law enforcement capacity. Most of those jobs have extremely cushy salaries ($40-80K) relative to their minimum job qualifications (nothing more than a GED for entry level), and their pension plans are absurd - as in retire at 45-50 with full salary for a lifetime.

With those considerations, we shouldn't be surprised at the kind of cops we get. Take a guy who's qualified to flip burgers and offer him a mid-level corporate management salary and you get what should be expected - that's essentially what constitutes our police force these days.

155 posted on 07/12/2010 3:45:54 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: conimbricenses
What are your credentials ?

156 posted on 07/12/2010 3:45:58 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: conimbricenses

Forget teh witnesses and police statements both. Costco has security cameras.

If the tapes turn up missing or some glitch is cited, then there is police corruption.

If the tapes make it to trial or into the public domain, then trust what the tapes show as being the real story.


157 posted on 07/12/2010 3:47:42 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: PhiloBedo

Costco bears part of the lawsuit settlement, but I’m honestly more concerned about the liberal employee (who should be personally liable on a civil and criminal basis) and the cops who pulled the trigger.


158 posted on 07/12/2010 3:47:43 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

They’re no business of yours, is what they are.


159 posted on 07/12/2010 3:49:27 PM PDT by conimbricenses
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To: conimbricenses

Damn, I didn’t know we needed credentials to post here!


160 posted on 07/12/2010 3:50:53 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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