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Woman fatally shot for displaying pride flag.

YmirGF

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
Father Heathen said:
I would rather error on the side of caution when it comes to preserving people's lives and liberty.
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Hmm. Not justifying this in any way, but...

The US is awash in guns and firearms. Given the depth of that problem, I don't think we should be too surprised when people pick up a gun with the intent to harm another person over other issues. That it does not happen more often is a bit surprising. Shooting each other is almost a national pastime in America.
 
Father Heathen

Father Heathen

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YmirGF said:
Hmm. Not justifying this in any way, but...

The US is awash in guns and firearms. Given the depth of that problem, I don't think we should be too surprised when people pick up a gun with the intent to harm another person over other issues. That it does not happen more often is a bit surprising. Shooting each other is almost a national pastime in America.
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Irrational hatred and deadly weapons are a bad combination, especially when both are proliferated.
 
fantome profane

fantome profane

Anti-Woke = Anti-Justice
Premium Member
Father Heathen said:
Very well. What would you propose?
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Fill the street with Pride flags, put them everywhere, big ones, little ones, and every variation. So that anyone else who hates the lgbtq and loves guns knows that if they do something like this, they won't like the result.

Vote out hateful politicians.

Protest, demonstrate, don't back down.
 
Stevicus

Stevicus

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www.nbcnews.com

Suspect named in fatal shooting of California store owner over a Pride flag

Travis Ikeguchi, 27, was named in connection with the slaying Friday of clothing store owner Laura Ann Carleton, a mother of nine, in Lake Arrowhead.
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Travis Ikeguchi, 27, was responsible for shooting Laura Ann Carleton, 66, to death after "yelling many homophobic slurs" about her clothing store's Pride flag on Friday, San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said at a press conference on Monday. Ikeguchi fled Carleton's store, Mag Pi, by foot and was later killed in “a lethal force encounter" with deputies on Friday.

Officials said that Ikeguchi — a resident of Cedar Glen, California — had a history of making posts that were critical of the LGBTQ community on multiple social media platforms, including X, formerly known as Twitter.

Family members for Carleton could not be immediately reached on Monday evening. However on Sunday, Carleton's daughters, Ari and Kelsey Carleton, issued a joint statement on Instagram.

"Make no mistake, this was a hate crime," they wrote. "Her flags had been torn down before and she always responded by putting up a bigger one."

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, condemned the shooting on Sunday, calling it "absolutely horrific."

“This disgusting hate has no place in CA,” Newsom wrote on X.
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