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DA: Manager 'well within his rights'
Says deadly shooting was justified
Intelligencer Journal
Jul 24, 2008 01:36 EST
Manheim
By BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff

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QUOTE(Dragon @ Jul 25 2008, 11:20 PM)


I don't need comebacks because I am not matching wits with the witless. I never said Jesus said an eye for an eye. Last time I checked the Bible includes Old and New Testament. I said I was a Christian who beleives in an eye for an eye. What is wrong or inaccurate about that statement, nothing.
Keep waiting, that brain may show up for you some day.


Wait a minute. Wouldn't that mean you're...?

reese
QUOTE(Dragon @ Jul 24 2008, 07:07 PM)

Wow, I should have guessed that all the hippies who praise the power of weed would be on this thread. God is not a cartoon and just like I wouldn't keep my kids off life saving medication I also won't give up my gun. The fact is God gave us the power of the human mind, intelligence (for which you have wasted on weed and LSD at your Grateful Dead concerts) and technology to defend ourselves and heal ourselves. We are expected to be self sufficient while placing all faith in God.
When a Tec 9 is placed in your face I certainly hope you would shoot first and ask questions later, where is the incorrect philosophy there, trust they don't shoot you first?

I don't understand where the bit about hippies and drugs and The Grateful Dead came from. How is that germane to the discussion?
rotenone
QUOTE(justplainjoe @ Jul 26 2008, 12:59 PM)


my understanding is that some of these medications require a slow withdrawal or they can have serious side effects.

i don't think someone who is taking prozac every day should just stop cold turkey,

we need to find out just what role these meds play , if any, in all the viloence that seems to be everywhere.

i am not blaming the mgr or defending the gunman, but i think it is something that needs to be looked at.


No one here knows what medications Kevin Smith had been taking prior to turning age 18. Many times after turning age 18, insurance companies will not continue to supply medications under a parent's plan. Unless Kevin was enrolled in college he may have had to pay for his own medications. I recall the foster father stating that Kevin was refusing to take the medications in addition to difficulty obtaining the medications.

Certain psychotropic medications need to have continuous blood levels to maintain effectiveness. After being off them for a while, they're no longer affecting the behavior they're prescribed to help.

This is no excuse for what Kevin did. He had to be aware that what he was doing was wrong.
Kate
QUOTE(Kate @ Jul 26 2008, 09:53 PM)

No one here knows what medications Kevin Smith had been taking prior to turning age 18. Many times after turning age 18, insurance companies will not continue to supply medications under a parent's plan. Unless Kevin was enrolled in college he may have had to pay for his own medications. I recall the foster father stating that Kevin was refusing to take the medications in addition to difficulty obtaining the medications.

Certain psychotropic medications need to have continuous blood levels to maintain effectiveness. After being off them for a while, they're no longer affecting the behavior they're prescribed to help.

This is no excuse for what Kevin did. He had to be aware that what he was doing was wrong.


Didn't I read somewhere that Kevin was not living with his parents? Does anyone know if he had a job -- or was robbery in lieu of working?
AngelFace
QUOTE(AngelFace @ Jul 26 2008, 10:40 PM)


Didn't I read somewhere that Kevin was not living with his parents? Does anyone know if he had a job -- or was robbery in lieu of working?

Kevin was asking for help with his meds and to get a job along with his parents asking for help for him but everyone was turned down couldnt get help for the child anywhere.He was talked into the robbery and he would go along with anyone that said they would be his friend when he was not on his meds.THe boy wanted help and could not get it.

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