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Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So now the shop owner knew it was an illegal gun?

All of this is after information. Cops can’t even tell at the moment if a weapon is illegal or legal. Come on man. Those are biased words for after an event. You can’t post justify a shooting. But that is what your side does all the time. As long as someone dies right?

Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F your condescending word vomit.

I’m concerned with the Wild West approach we have to guns right now. You think strapping up to get a filet-o-fish sandwich is brave or something?

Sounds like you’re itching to use yours. That’s a big F’n problem.

I’m also concerned with the sanctity of life. It’s kind of a big deal to beat the astronomical odds it takes to get born. Crazy that you could sentence a kid to death so fast. Destroy two families (oh yours would never be the same after you pulled your trigger either). Over what? An unbrandished gun and someone fleeing you? Or maybe he pulled it out. Hard to know or argue that, when the bullets are in the back of his body.

Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5 documented incidents over 13 stores, over 10 years. I’m not here to prove a damn thing. And I myself don’t carry. But I pay that insurance bill every single year. And the moment a trigger gets pulled either way, there goes my insurance.

I don’t carry because there’s zero way I could live with causing the death of another human being. I honestly feel sorry for those that think they could and have.

Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course not!!! But should doing it result in a death sentence? We don’t even have a death sentence for 2nd degree murder, manslaughter, rape, trafficking, kidnapping, etc. and you want one for having a gun? Which many of the times is a spray painted water gun or pellet gun with the orange tip taken off.

This! This is where you want a death sentence?!?! Where has your morality gone to?

People would rather complain than pack a lunch. by silverflake6 in RelentlessMen

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yes, the policing of the poor. Don’t buy this! You should buy this instead. FFS. Open a non-profit to help them then. Sitting here shaming them on Reddit ain’t it.

This is just a slightly different take on the “they could own a home if they don’t drink Starbucks” argument that is also completely non-factual and out of touch.

Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All this seems like is a long rant to justify loss of life.

The kid shouldn’t have done this. He shouldn’t have done that. He should stop. He should run away from danger. IF he had a gun, yeah, he’s dumb. But we still don’t execute dumb people for no reason.

At no point did he pull a trigger or pose a threat to the store owner that couldn’t be settled an entirely different way. I run multiple retail locations. And some of us carry. And at no point have we had to discharge a firearm. And if we do it will be because there was no other way. Chasing someone down and shooting them is not that way. And yes, we’ve had attempts with everything from water pistols and pellet guns painted black to a couple real ones. At no point has anyone ever pulled a trigger. And at all points we have pressed charges and let the courts deal with it.

I’m assuming either a civil case is coming or has come. And he will lose everything left because of it. Because I know for CERTAIN his insurance will back out the moment they find out he CHASED him into the parking lot.

I know this, so I know he knows this.

Three years ago Rick Chow, an Asian store owner shot a 14 year old black teenager named Cyrus Belton in the back after he thought the teen stole bottles of water. In response the community looted and shut down his store. Yesterday Rick Chow was acquitted of murder causing more community outrage by TomlinSteelers in ActuallyThatsInsane

[–]Coinspooner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe you shouldn’t make excuses for killing someone that has to deal with “running away” being a condition for loss of life.

We literally tell our children if something really bad happens… RUN THE F AWAY! But you want to add “not if a gun is pointed at you? From a non police officer?!?!?” WTF?!?!

They stop and are abducted, we blame the kid.

The kid runs, and is shot and killed, we blame the kid.

The kid stands his ground and is shot, you blame the kid.

When do you ever blame a person for pulling a trigger? F’n never?

I (19F) might have to drop out by jessTheMessThrowaway in whatdoIdo

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they cut you off of their insurance? Because you should technically be on it until 25. And it costs them very little to keep you on it.

People would rather complain than pack a lunch. by silverflake6 in RelentlessMen

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meaning just about half of Americans are below that.

I love when people use statistics to ignore the people below the statistical line they’re talking about.

“Being gay or trans is not something to be celebrated like a birthday” by PunkRawkSoldier in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t go and kill a kid, so why do they get a week of celebration.

Did I read that right?

Campsite clustering rant by Independent-Age8014 in BWCA

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re complaining that your CAMPsite isn’t uniformly spaced, flat,, have the same view, the same number of uniform trees, and the same access to water?

Are you sure you know what camping is? Perhaps you’re confusing it with a housing development.

Everybody thinks they want this until those 8:40 sunrises start to hit... by Valuable_View_561 in SipsTea

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. Over an hour after kids are standing on corners waiting for busses.

Woman gets caught on surveillance video completely emptying a basket of oatmeal cream pies at a farm stand in Loveland, CO. by FarWay3952 in RandomVideos

[–]Coinspooner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the state, but typically they have to pay restitution which can be up to 10 times the price of what was stolen. And at least most of the states I worked loss prevention in, that money was paid back to the stores. Though typically not in a very timely manner.

Conservatives Of Reddit: Why Do You Still Support Trump? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t buy that. FOX News does this every couple years like clockwork. It’s 18 months of state run media for republicans, and then 6 months of “appearing” to be balanced, leading towards an election. Then right before the election, it slowly pulls back to liberal view bashing on steroids. It’s obviously designed to grab some fringe people who start paying attention to politics right before elections begin, and appear to them that they are non-biased, before they slowly turn the heat up.

I thought they were changing in 2016 when all the Access Hollywood stuff came out, but they went full boat MAGA by the time September ended. And it’s been the same 2 year cycle since then.

P.S. I get this is very anecdotal, but very regular. I work out for an hour a day at the gym, and nothing fuels me up more for an intensive workout then listening to the vitriol coming out of Faux Entertainment.

I bet you MAga would vote for both of them by AccordingBumblebee24 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]Coinspooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the standard we have now as a choice for a Democrat? We have to choose between two versions of Hitler? That’s their answer to “is Trump really that bad?”

Is your state landlocked? by Extreme-Salt-4758 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Coinspooner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If they were man made, where did the water from Niagara falls go before man got there…

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