[Catsrus]

Not to mention the phrase, ‘gunned down.” TM wasn’t gunned down - he was the instigator. Stupid people. Stupid, stupid, stupid people! And these people get elected and make laws for the rest of us? What a sorry state of the union.

[Olog-hai]

No, not stupid. More like evil. The god of this world is driving them.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Not to mention the phrase, ‘gunned down.”"

Yes, the phrase "gunned down" creates a totally false visual image, i.e., of a shooting from a distance - for no reason - rather than a shooting of someone who has jumped on top of you and is punching you and beating your head into the pavement.