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Related: About this forumRemember trouble doesn't make an appointment.
Police said the two men, ages 37 and 38, were in the parking lot outside the Pathmark store on Frankford Avenue near Pennypack Street, in Pennypack Woods, just after 5:30 p.m. when the younger man confronted the older man for "looking at [him] for no reason."
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/Man-shot-in-apparent-self-defense-outside-Northeast-Philadelphia-Pathmark.html#IxeBrzb9ey6MGJoV.99
^Remember folks some people are nutbags, and you never know where you'll be confronted. Be aware and stay safe.
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Remember trouble doesn't make an appointment. (Original Post)
ileus
Oct 2014
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discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)1. There's quite a bit of "What are you lookin' at?" in some places
In prison, making eye contact is often considered a threat. I would infer that the man shot was not a stranger to crime. We'll see.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)2. I'm guessing that the perp had done some time as well.
Now he'll do some more.
The control enthusiasts don't seem to understand that 'trouble doesn't make an appointment'. Good way of putting it, ileus.
ileus
(15,396 posts)3. Funny part is they don't understand that with their gun ban utopia this guy would
have a 13" knife sticking out of his chest....but that's ok, he can't kill but one person at a time.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)4. Another thing that they don't understand is that although
the 1% votes GOP, they sure as hell don't wan't an armed populace.
They ought to be careful what they wish for. The day that they get their "no gunz utopia" will be the day that the middle class is cooked.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)5. Close your eyes, and hear James Earl Jones say......
"Danger doesn't take a holiday".