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West Virginia -2:30pm Saturday afternoon - Garrick Hopkins (60) and his brother were checking out a suburban property he had recently purchased. Next door neighbor Rodney Black (62) thought they were on his property and shot and killed both from long range with no warning. Black claims they were breaking into his shed but the shed is on Hopkins' property.
Horrible, throw him under the jail. Exactly why we need gun control. Many of these so called 'responsible' gun owners are just as bad as common street thugs.
He shot them from the comfort of his home - they posed no threat and weren't on his property.
"According to WSAZ 3, Black told detectives in his statement that he saw two men “shaking the door on his tool shed in his backyard.” He said he then “reached and got his .243 and loaded the gun and pointed the gun out of his window and shot the first male and then pulled the bolt action back and fired another shot and hit the other male.”
This is sadly not shocking me anymore. Honestly, this is the way I see it. If a person is not initiating force, not reason to shoot. If one breaks into your house, then ok, shoot. If a person happens to be on your property, be watchful, but no shooting necessary. If a person does not know he's on your property, then shooting said person is definitely not called for.
Rodney Black (62) thought they were on his property and shot and killed both from long range with no warning. Black claims they were breaking into his shed but the shed is on Hopkins' property.
If true, then it's a clear case of multiple premeditated murder IMHO. And the penalties for that are plainly spelled out.
What's the controversy here? Seems like and open-and-shut case to me.
BTW, if he had not used a gun, but had run over them with his car instead, would the leftist fanatics be screaming to ban cars from civilian ownership? Would they be standing first in line to turn their own cars in?
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