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Father says son was probably playing, not planning to kill
Newsday.com ^
| July 8, 2003
Posted on 07/08/2003 4:27:09 PM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
When three teenagers were walking around with guns, swords and 2,000 rounds of ammunition Sunday morning, they were probably play acting and not planning to kill, said the father of one of the teens.
Ron Lovett appeared Tuesday on network morning shows and local news broadcasts and submitted to interviews with print journalists who descended on Camden County community after his son, 18-year-old Matthew Lovett, and two other teens were charged Sunday with conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes.
Other teens in Oaklyn have described Matthew Lovett as someone who didn't fit in, a young man who wore all black clothes, drew disturbingly violent pictures and was obsessed with the movie "The Matrix."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: matthewlovett
Anyone else feel better now? I sure do.
/sarcasm>
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, huh?
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posted on
07/08/2003 4:28:50 PM PDT
by
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Looks like he lost.
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Some parents are blithering idiots. I bet he would accept that explanation of someone else's kid pulled a gun on his kid.
To: BrooklynGOP
Other teens in Oaklyn have described Matthew Lovett as someone who didn't fit in, a young man who wore all black clothes, drew disturbingly violent pictures and was obsessed with the movie "The Matrix."At least he wasn't into Harry Potter. /sarcasm
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Boys will be boys !!!!!!
Frightening, isn't it?
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posted on
07/08/2003 4:38:26 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Paul Atreides
Ooooh, now you done it.
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posted on
07/08/2003 4:39:40 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Yea we'll all sleep better tonight.......
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posted on
07/08/2003 4:41:26 PM PDT
by
geege
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
When three teenagers were walking around with guns, swords and 2,000 rounds of ammunition Sunday morning, they were probably play acting and not planning to kill, said the father of one of the teens. This supports the age-old maxim: "Show me a f---ed-up kid and I'll show you at least one f---ed-up parent."
NOTE TO IDIOT PARENT: You don't "play act" with real guns. Firearms are tools, not toys.
-Jay
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posted on
07/08/2003 4:43:15 PM PDT
by
Jay D. Dyson
(Liberty * Liberalism = Constant)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
"Matt's basically a child inside," he said. He was 18. At 18 I was half a world away from my parents and making it on my own. I was not a child. Neither is Matt.
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posted on
07/08/2003 5:04:42 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(It'll take more than 100 years to evolve a better human.)
To: Jay D. Dyson
Firearms are tools, not toys. Way back, when the world was young and innocent, we used to play "army" with toy or wooden guns. That was at the age of 10, when all of us boys had at least a .410 shotgun in our closets. We would never have considered using our real firearms at play.
/john
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Is there no end to the idiots who will defend their children's criminal behaviour? Jerks.
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posted on
07/08/2003 5:32:50 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Is there no end to the idiots who will defend their children's criminal behaviour? I assume that was a rhetorical question.
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posted on
07/08/2003 5:46:16 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
To: JRandomFreeper
Does this mean that when I am riding my horses that I can imagine that I am Gary Stevens or Julie Krone? Give me a BREAK!!!! Is there a parent anywhere that can stand up and tell the world that his offspring is a problem or a freak?
To: ridesthemiles
Is there a parent anywhere that can stand up and tell the world that his offspring is a problem or a freak?My elder daughter is a problem, but has moved with her family to California, to be a liberal. My younger daughter isn't a freak, but she dated one for a while.
Both had firearms training courtesy of Uncle Sam, and the younger scored Expert with hand grenades. She likes things that go "boom".
Neither would be likely to go on a rampage. Neither one is perfect, and both have some glaring faults.
So yes. Some parents can confront the truth about their offspring.
/john
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
would this story be on account of Daddy is 'fraid he'll get skinned for not controlling the weapons at home?
I trust my kids too - but I still have locks on everything that I'm not carrying.
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posted on
07/08/2003 6:46:57 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(No, dammit, I LIVE here)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
the recent Collingswood High School graduate was also a sucker for the more sensitive film, "The Green Mile," and while he drew violent pictures, he also drew fairies bent over logs, handcuffed, with their wings ripped off.
(insert Dueling Banjos intro here)
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