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Post by Police Moderator on Feb 12, 2013 3:12:10 GMT -5
Father charged with murder after 'shooting dead drunk driver moments after he crashed into his truck killing his two young sons'
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 11 February 2013 A father has been charged with murder on Friday after allegedly shooting a drunk driver moments after he plowed into his truck killing his two young sons. David Barajas, 31, and his sons, 12-year-old David Jr. and 11-year-old Caleb, were about 50 yards from their Houston-area home when a car crashed into them on a dark rural road. David Jr. died at the scene, while Caleb died later at a hospital. Neighbors said they heard gunshots minutes after the Dec. 7 crash near Alvin, about 30 miles southeast of Houston. Jose Banda, the 20-year-old driver who hit the boys, was later found shot in the head. His death was ruled a homicide. Read more: daily mail |
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Post by JC on Feb 12, 2013 19:13:52 GMT -5
Acquit.
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Post by senior on Feb 14, 2013 9:38:10 GMT -5
No acquittal for this man. The shooter was not a cop.
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Post by BlackFox on Feb 14, 2013 13:12:40 GMT -5
Good thing he had his weapon there with him so he could make this decision while the emotion was still good and raw.
This is what the framers meant.
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Post by Half-Tard on Feb 14, 2013 16:24:42 GMT -5
I bet them children's mother is happy. No kids and now no husband. Maybe to be fair change the law so if you're drunk you can have a gun to defend yourself. If this is a god given right the 2nd amendment like the NRA says, no man and or government should be able to take your gun regardless of your criminal and or mental status. God gives only god can take,,Right? Guns for everyone given at birth,
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Post by JC on Feb 14, 2013 19:26:52 GMT -5
Y'all need a mop. Your bleeding hearts are making a mess.
What, no comments about the drunk driver that murdered two children? Naw... let's just blame the murders on my guns. Yup. My guns are the problem here and I should be ashamed for wanting my government to follow the Constitution. The underage drunk driver whom murdered two children didn't do anything wrong. He even came from a good family, too. Just disregard the drunk murder's family and their drive-by shooting.
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Post by elf on Feb 15, 2013 10:11:54 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I don't blame the dad. How would you feel if a drunk hit your car and killed your kids.
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Post by BlackFox on Feb 15, 2013 14:57:32 GMT -5
First of all, his labs aren't back yet proving if he was drunk or not. His executioner claimed he was drunk.
Well, I guess he had to be drunk to drive onto the playground and run over these kids..what's that...oh... THE KIDS WERE PUSHING A MOST LIKELY UNLIT VEHICLE DOWN AN UNLIT RURAL ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!
Don't you at least tell the kids to get out of the road when another vehicle is coming?
If the guy was drunk, well he's already been punished, but without any due process. Frontier Justice! Just like guys that kill cops get!
The father isn't innocent in any of this. We are supposed to be a nation of laws. On top of murder, he should be facing child endangerment. Those kids should have never been put in that situation.
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Post by BlackFox on Feb 15, 2013 15:30:55 GMT -5
Naw... let's just blame the murders on my guns. I didn't blame the gun. I blamed the guy that used it. I'm a second amendment supporter and gun owner, but I don't put the second above all others. Well, maybe the third. Is it at all possible in these strange days to consider this: While legal for any law abiding citizen to pretty much be armed at all times these days, is it possible that for some people, perhaps people who are prone to bad snap decision making, having a gun always at the ready can be a bad thing? |
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Post by Half-Tard on Feb 15, 2013 16:16:51 GMT -5
Hell the drunk driver is dead what else can you do to top that. Last time I checked DUI homicide wasn't a capital crime. I feel ya on the emotion. That's why are laws aren't based on emotion until now.
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Post by wheels on Feb 15, 2013 17:52:27 GMT -5
Naw... let's just blame the murders on my guns. I didn't blame the gun. I blamed the guy that used it. I'm a second amendment supporter and gun owner, but I don't put the second above all others. Well, maybe the third. Is it at all possible in these strange days to consider this: While legal for any law abiding citizen to pretty much be armed at all times these days, is it possible that for some people, perhaps people who are prone to bad snap decision making, having a gun always at the ready can be a bad thing? i don't think most supporters of the second amendment put it above all others. that's just the one that gets threatened the most. i understand your point about poor decision makers. however, i don't see a remedy that doesn't include limiting the rights of everyone. i do find this thread interesting. one man killed two people with a car. another killed one with a gun. in this case, the guy with the car did the most damage. however, most of the focus in this thread has been about the guy with the gun. vehicle deaths outweigh firearm deaths in this county. yet i never hear anyone proposing that we limit access to vehicles. no one talks about limiting the size of vehicles (for safety purposes). no one talks about limiting vehicle horsepower. no one talks about waiting periods or background checks before you can buy a vehicle. no one talks about limiting someone's access to vehicles b/c of poor snap judgement. in regard to banning certain guns, president obama said "if there's one life we can save, we've got an obligation to try." with such a moral obligation, shouldn't he be focusing more on vehicle deaths than gun deaths? |
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Post by BlackFox on Feb 15, 2013 18:18:30 GMT -5
Not much to add to the article about the kids except the negligence of the father. The knee jerk reaction of the father however..
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Post by BlackFox on Feb 15, 2013 18:21:32 GMT -5
Let me put it simply. I blame the kids father as much as the allegedly drunk guy. Could have happened just as easilyif the driver was totally sober.
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Post by JC on Feb 15, 2013 18:27:37 GMT -5
The father's car broke down. Not his fault that a drunk driver didn't see them.
That's like blaming a rape victim for dressing sexy.
I agree.
I would not say the father was in the right for his actions.
But, I would not say the father was in the wrong, either. He just watched two of his young children get murdered by a drunk driver.
There's not a parent in this world that wouldn't have done the same thing.
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