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Freeway shooting injures 1
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shecky | 6:50 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
Always handy to have a gun on hand in case somebody does something stupid.
FRED | 7:43 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
To bad life is requiring one to pack a gun. I thought that day ended with the
settlement of the wild west. If I buy a gun and use it to protect myself I will
need to get a attorney on retainer also. The criminal has more rights than the
victum. Death is easy, half dead is a problum. Life in the good new USA. Fred
Cell phones, liquor and guns | 9:03 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
are a deadly combination in this world of road rage.
Add harmful drugs to the melting pot too. Are any of you involved with any of the above while driving. If so, you are an incident waiting to happen.
Add harmful drugs to the melting pot too. Are any of you involved with any of the above while driving. If so, you are an incident waiting to happen.
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Story not complete | 10:15 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
It appears from the story that police officer discovered that the driver was
texting while driving and this caused is apparent in-and-out behavior. I drive
that stretch of I15 every day and I don't see erratic in-and-out behavior
caused by texting. It is usually caused by sleepers, inattention to road
because of passenger conversations, and people eating at the wheel. I am
believe this story is not as complete as it could be and would like further
clarification of how this behavior was actually determined.
Gun mantra | 10:28 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
Repeat after me: more guns mean less crime!
Mossback George | 10:44 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
There will always be a few mental midgets who think guns are the cause of crime.
If you think about it for even a few seconds you'll realize that all
crimes are caused by people, not by guns. Time to exercise your common sense if
you have it.
Don't speculate | 10:51 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
I agree, "story not complete". If they don't have the accurate
info., then DON'T SPECULATE!!! It ticks me off when people assume the very
worst . . . they were talking or texting on the cell phone, they were speeding,
they were drowsy, etc. Before destroying someone's reputation, D-News, how
about confirming the facts?? I remember the Utah State van accident in which
the first "facts" reported were that the driver was exceeding 90 mph.
He was killed and unable to defend himself, as was nearly everyone else. It
later turned out that he had driven the speed limit and the tires were
defective. But the damage had been done: while his family grieved people
blamed him for the deaths. I HATE IT when the police and media SPECULATE!!!!
California Andy | 10:58 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
Amen, Mossback! In the early part of the last century, it was the fascists that
disarmed their citizenry with disastrous results and world war because the
citizenry lost control of their governments with no ability to fight back. It
is strange how only one political party here in the US wants to strip the
citizenry of their weaponry. Believe me, it has zero to do with crime. Only
100%control of YOU!
RE: gun mantra | 11:08 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
The US has more criminals per capita in the world including China. More guns
means less crime?
Re: Gun Mantra | 11:20 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
According to the FBI, nearly 70% of crime committed in the US are perpetrated by
young men with no father in the home! Gee, it might be concluded that if people
would live the law of chasitity, we might reduce/eliminate crime! If guns cause
crime then my computer causes misspelled words. If guns cause crime then matches
cause arson. Dang, there goes my danged computer causing misspelled words again!
Re: gun mantra | 11:54 p.m. Jan. 9, 2009
You are incorrect about the US having more criminals than anywhere in the world.
First of all, you have to agree on what is a "crime". In China,
criticising the government is a crime. We will never know that number. In Mexico
in 2008 there were over 11,000 murders that were reported. Some say most are not
reported. In the US, most violent crimes are down according to the US Justice
Dept. In Austrailia and England, when guns were outlawed crime shot up.
Don't believe me, google it!
Chicago School Shooting | 12:03 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
You anti-gunners start ripping on gun owners because of this one incident.
Didn't you read the other headline of 5 teens shot at a Chicago highschool?
Chicago has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country. You
can't own a modern handgun in Chicago let alone possess one in a school.
Lot of good all the layers of laws upon laws had there. You'd think you
urban liberals would finally get it that "gun free zones" are the
places people are most likely to go "Postal" (like at the US Post
Office which is a gun-free zone and where disgruntled employees have killed
dozens of disarmed, innocent co-workers the past 3 decades. GET A CLUE!!!!!!
Speculation | 3:58 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
The cops have the idea everything is all figured out
Once you are accused
They do not want to hear your side of the story
You are charged and that is it
Utah Courts are not run according to the constitution
The Court does not recognize the rules
Thanks to the Attorney General
He could care less
This is what you voted for
Once you are accused
They do not want to hear your side of the story
You are charged and that is it
Utah Courts are not run according to the constitution
The Court does not recognize the rules
Thanks to the Attorney General
He could care less
This is what you voted for
Texting and driving don't mix. | 4:58 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
At least the shooter got the texter off the road before he killed someone.
It's a proven fact that cell phones and drivers using them are more
dangerous than drunk drivers. The shooter was acting in self defense to get this
guy off the road before he got killed by his stupidity of endangering everone
around him. If the guy that got shot was drunk then he would have been blamed
for the incident. But the Utah mentallity has yet to be determined, and quick to
pass judgement with censored facts from the news media and law enforcement.
liberal Larry | 6:41 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
I was surprised to learn that almost 30,000 people die in this country die every
year in the U.S. from guns. Yikes! Maybe those Canadians are on to something.
sob | 9:06 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
so this turns into an argument about gun control
but no one asks does an argument, or maybe some one flipping you off constitute a reason to potentially take a life? it is my understanding that a professional boxer, if in the heat of the argument and losing control fatally injures someone, can be prosecuted for murder due to having such skills.
having a gun does not mean you shoot everyone who pisses you off. becoming a jerk because some one else is does not solve a problem
but no one asks does an argument, or maybe some one flipping you off constitute a reason to potentially take a life? it is my understanding that a professional boxer, if in the heat of the argument and losing control fatally injures someone, can be prosecuted for murder due to having such skills.
having a gun does not mean you shoot everyone who pisses you off. becoming a jerk because some one else is does not solve a problem
utah rose | 9:06 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
It would have been better if this driver was weaving in and out of the roads for
someone to report him. Texting can be just as dangerous as drunk driving, but
shooting a person is not not the answerer either.
And for all you gun haters, if someone wants to murder someone they can use other weapons. Check out the girl who was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend.
Gee, guess we had better hide the knives!
And for all you gun haters, if someone wants to murder someone they can use other weapons. Check out the girl who was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend.
Gee, guess we had better hide the knives!
Leeann | 9:45 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
I don't know why people are acting so unstable in cars nowadays. But a
truck 2 weeks ago almost ran over us in the Costco parking lot. The man must
have been driving about 25 miles hours through the parking lot area, and then
the man flips us off with his finger after we fell on the ice while trying to
get our shopping cart out of his way.
Some of you... | 10:13 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
... are missing the point here. I do not care if this kid was drunk, asleep,
texting, on the phone, and gettin' some lovin' all at the same time
while driving down i-15 at 110 mph. You can't shoot people. This isn't
about guns or gun control. It's about stupidity control. Just stop shooting
people.
Glad to be in Utah County | 11:31 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
I'm glad I live in Utah County and not Salt Lake County. At least it is
safer here! Must be something in the water in Salt Lake County.
Road rage? | 11:48 a.m. Jan. 10, 2009
It's got nothing to do with road rage. That's just more liberal
non-sense to excuse immature and irresponsible behavior.
Re: Road rage? | 12:05 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
Liberal? What is in the water there in Utah?
Because | 12:24 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
It wasn't my fault it was road rage.
Liberals have an excuse for everything including why their pathetic new President will fail miserably. It's Bush's fault. More excuse's from immature and irresponsible losers.
Liberals have an excuse for everything including why their pathetic new President will fail miserably. It's Bush's fault. More excuse's from immature and irresponsible losers.
M | 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
Our community cannot tolerate lawlessness, we should commend our patrolmen for
their aggressiveness to investigate,locate & secure the perpetrator of this
act. Post apprehension the court system must prove one's guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt to find one guilty. However, regardless of his motivation, the
law states that one must use equal force when defending one's self against
others from whom they may feel threatened and presently the facts do not yet
support that such was the case. Now had the victim previously shot at the
shooter or tried ram his car unprovoked the shooting may be justified, but we do
not know that yet. The bottom line is, we cannot allow what is perceived to be
unlawful behavior to exist within our community at any level as to tolerate it
is to encourage it. What has happened here is not about one's
constitutional right to bear arms but instead about the obligations &
responsibilties accompanying this right,which govern one's obligation to
use only equal force when threatened, but in the abscence of same,any such
unlawful gun use should be seen by society as both dangerous and intolerable
& all means should be utilized to eliminate same.
Anonymous | 12:47 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
Wow, here in Utah...I remember hearing about this all the time in California,
but now I don't feel so safe in Utah anymore...
If everyone had guns, what might have this situation have looked like? The guy would have shot the driver in the arm (as he really did), then that driver would have pulled out his gun and shot back, then there would have been an exchange of gunfire back-and-forth. Then another driver certainly would have been shot. Then what if that driver joined in? A road rage shooting would have turned into an all-out war!!
If everyone had guns, what might have this situation have looked like? The guy would have shot the driver in the arm (as he really did), then that driver would have pulled out his gun and shot back, then there would have been an exchange of gunfire back-and-forth. Then another driver certainly would have been shot. Then what if that driver joined in? A road rage shooting would have turned into an all-out war!!
Anonymous | 1:01 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
guns guns and more guns is what we need... the only way anyone is taking my gun
is if im dead
Noah | 2:16 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
I commend those who look at the problem in order to solve it, not simply to
criticise the situation. I suggest that we look within ourselves to solve this
outward problem of our society. First, I believe we should collectively raise
the requirements of and accesibility to receiving both driver's licenses
and weapons. Second, we must raise ourselves to these higher standards. If
someone has a better solution, do something with it. Let people know. Come to a
consensus and make the change. "Make you the world a bit better or more
beautiful because you have lived in it." (-Edward W. Bok)
JJ | 3:51 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
We can't tolerate unprovoked attacks and still maintain law and order and
safety for all which sets this County apart from many others who have chaos.
Annonymous | 6:28 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009
I think the key word here is responsibility. I carry a concealed weapon and
while I get frusterated with some of the idiots on the road, I have yet to pull
it out to threaten with it. The weapon is to protect me and my family from some
of the two legged animals out there. It is sad folks will use this incident as a
way to attack law abiding citizens right to bear arms.
God bless America and her Constitution.
Keep the faith, it will get worse before it gets better.
God bless America and her Constitution.
Keep the faith, it will get worse before it gets better.
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