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A perilous possession (Guns Have Strange Allure for Athletes)
Sacramento Bee ^
| 3/3/02
| Jim Van Vliet
Posted on 03/07/2002 6:20:32 PM PST by technochick99
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:33:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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They make millions of dollars and live a lifestyle few can imagine, but some athletes just can't resist the risky lure -- and allure -- of guns.
In this day and age of boast and bravado, many athletes like to roll up their sleeves and flex their "guns."
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist
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To: technochick99
Guns also have magnetic properties for morons and wannabe, faux gangstas.
Is the writing in this article strange? He was killed by a shotgun in the home of an NBA star. No mention of WHO was pointing the gun at the limo driver when it 'went off.'
To: technochick99
Man, what a biased, loaded article. I was going to write a lengthy analysis, picking it apart point-by-point, but the more I read the more the uselessness of that became apparent. This piece of crap reads like it was written by the Violence Policy Center and Handgun Control combined.
Guns are evil and cause bad things to happen.....
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:28:02 PM PST
by
SW6906
To: technochick99
Williams was reportedly fooling around, twirling a loaded shotgun while giving a tour of his 40-room digs when the gun accidentally went off. Why should we give this claim any credibility?
Because Williams *said* that's what happened? Because the other players *said* that's what happened?
But Williams and the other players also said the poor guy killed himself---and tried to doctor the evidence to support that claim. Why should we believe their fall-back story when they lied before?
Why shouldn't Williams be tried for First Degree Murder---rather than second degree manslaughter?
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:29:32 PM PST
by
07055
To: technochick99
More and more these days, papers are full of stories about athletes being arrested for carrying concealed weapons. Policy-makers and researchers cringe, parents shake their heads in chagrin, and kids receive another wrong message. This is an attempt to smear gun by creating a mental linkage with dangerous illegal drug use by professional athletes. Somebody needs to rip this article apart -- line by putrid stinking line.
To: technochick99
You forgot the BARF alert. It's just more anti arms rights drivel. Citizens guns BAD, government guns GOOD, that's the message.
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:30:42 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: technochick99
You forgot the barf alert.
To: technochick99
This one needs an idustial size HURL ALERT!
I saw Karl Malone this morning on the news talking about this, he , as a gun owner, hunter, etc. did a reasonable job of explaining guns and gun ownership, but of course, he was out numbered by the libs and didn't discuss any of his points.
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:36:03 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
To: 07055
twirling a loaded shotgun Guess that ocean front property in Arizona is appreciating again. Although I have seen a loaded (with 30-06 blanks) M-1 twirled about, but not with a finger in the trigger guard, or even a blank round in the chamber until just before it was deliberately discharged in a safe direction.
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:37:33 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: Doomonyou
Doh!
"The libs" didn't discuss any of his points.
Yeah, I proof read.
To: technochick99
"it's not just about athletes, it's about all of us."Wrong conclusion to the story.
" those at greatest risk of being a victim and a perpetrator (of gunplay) are young African-American males."
Not many NHL hockey players mentioned.
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:43:33 PM PST
by
Fireone
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To: technochick99
"My dad was a cop, and he always told me the best way to get killed is to have a gun in the house." Times change
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posted on
03/07/2002 6:55:07 PM PST
by
paul51
To: Dialup Llama
See a little cronic never killed no one. Bet more than the gun was loaded when this "accident" happened.
To: technochick99
It is true! Firearms are the inspiration of satan and just wrap themselves into human hands and pull their own triggers.
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posted on
03/07/2002 7:00:06 PM PST
by
Buckeroo
To: paul51
That was when I stopped reading.
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posted on
03/07/2002 7:14:27 PM PST
by
xp38
To: technochick99
Well since the crime statistics for the USA are what they are because of Black crime why should their athletes be any different
I tired of hearing this BS about America being a violent society etc etc
America contains a culture that is violent but quit condeming a whole nation for it
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posted on
03/07/2002 7:17:11 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: technochick99
Young African-American males are under siege.
Funny way of describing the problem
Better choice of words would be Self Destructing
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posted on
03/07/2002 7:21:21 PM PST
by
uncbob
To: technochick99
To: paul51
And, father does not always know best. Cops tend to view society as if it contained primarily the people they see. I suppose we all do. But most of us don't have to deal with criminals on a daily basis.
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