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Slain German student’s father criticizes US (over guess what—“gun culture”)
Associated Press ^ | May 1, 2014 4:56 PM EDT | Kirsten Grieshaber and Bill Gorman

Posted on 05/01/2014 9:55:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The father of a 17-year-old exchange student shot dead in Montana departed the U.S. on Thursday after criticizing the nation’s gun culture and arranging for his son’s body to be flown back to Germany.

Celal Dede flew out of Missoula after securing the release of Diren Dede’s body, which was transported from Montana on Wednesday afternoon, German consulate spokeswoman Julia Reinhardt said.

Before he departed, Celal Dede told the German news agency DPA that he had never imagined his son could be shot for simply entering somebody’s property.

“America cannot continue to play cowboy,” Celal Dede said. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events; US: Montana
KEYWORDS: banglist; direndede; germany; guncontrol; markuskaarma; turkey
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1 posted on 05/01/2014 9:55:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t this the kid who was burgling a house?


2 posted on 05/01/2014 9:57:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

There are about 120 other countries he could have chose to visit.


3 posted on 05/01/2014 9:59:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai

The dead kid was a Turk, not an ethnic German by the way.


4 posted on 05/01/2014 10:00:00 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: Olog-hai

I think the prosecutor will have a hard time finding a grand jury that will indict.


5 posted on 05/01/2014 10:02:37 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: Olog-hai

If you don’t like American Culture, then don’t send your burglarizing children here to be educated.


6 posted on 05/01/2014 10:03:23 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep


7 posted on 05/01/2014 10:06:00 PM PDT by dila813
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To: BenLurkin

He was in the garage and tripped alarms.

The father is trying to make it sound like his kid was just in the man’s back yard. I do not think they take kindly to strangers traipsing around one’s back yard in Germany either, much less the garage.


8 posted on 05/01/2014 10:06:15 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

You know what I don’t like? Deutschland’s anti homeschool culture.


9 posted on 05/01/2014 10:06:31 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Olog-hai
"I didn't think for one night that everyone here can kill somebody just because that person entered his backyard," Dede said.

except, he wasn't in the backyard. Note to foreign students: If you enter a building inadvertently and alarms go off, exit immediately with arms raised. Check the state and local laws of the community you wish to go to school at before you come. Don't break them and you will enjoy your stay here.

10 posted on 05/01/2014 10:07:17 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: Olog-hai

Early Sunday, the sensors went off, and Kaarma and Pflager looked at the video feed and saw that someone was in the garage.

Kaarma went outside with his shotgun. He told investigators he heard a noise that sounded ‘like metal on metal,’ and he was afraid the intruder would come out and hurt him. He said he did not see anyone in the darkened garage and did not communicate with anyone before sweeping the garage with four shotgun blasts. Dede was struck in the head and arm and died at a Missoula hospital, court records said.

Kaarma told police he fired high to avoid hitting the car in the garage - but court records showed that three of four shots were aimed low.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615526/Montana-man-shoots-kills-17-year-old-German-exchange-student-wife-set-trap-burglars-garage.html#ixzz30X2TJMi8


11 posted on 05/01/2014 10:08:34 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Olog-hai

Unfortunately, daddy is an *sshole.

And he should have taught his dumb f*cking kid to stay out of other people’s homes.


12 posted on 05/01/2014 10:09:45 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Olog-hai

All this and yet illegal aliens continue to pour into America like water over Niagara Falls. What’s wrong with those people? Do they have a death wish or what? We’re a bunch of “cowboys”. (Except for Harry Reid who is a horse’s ***).


13 posted on 05/01/2014 10:10:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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To: Olog-hai

Always identify your target before pulling the trigger.


14 posted on 05/01/2014 10:12:17 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: robowombat; All

Ironic that the shooter’s name was “Kaarma”...as in entering the garage was bad “karma”!


15 posted on 05/01/2014 10:16:19 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Olog-hai

Yada, Yada, yada, blame America and it’s gun culture. There are enough guns in Germany among its citizens that this is a ridiculous statement. Morons never blame the real reason for deaths, guns are just easy.


16 posted on 05/01/2014 10:17:45 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: P-Marlowe

> If you don’t like American Culture, then don’t send your burglarizing children here to be educated.

If he’d done a better job parenting his son wouldn’t have gotten shot because wouldn’t be stealing someone else’ $hit...: )


17 posted on 05/01/2014 10:21:21 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai

You would think a homeowner in Montana of all places would be safe from foreign a-holes breaking into their garage. A warning to foreigners: there are more guns and attitudes in Texas than there are in Montana. Don’t like “cowboys”? Then stay the hell out!


18 posted on 05/01/2014 10:24:37 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Zhang Fei
> I think the prosecutor will have a hard time finding a grand jury that will indict.

19 posted on 05/01/2014 10:30:44 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001
> I think the prosecutor will have a hard time finding a grand jury that will indict. You're a bad man, Mister. A real bad man...: )
20 posted on 05/01/2014 10:32:39 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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