Man who killed family in remote Montana cabin was survivalist: police
Source: YAhoo! News / Reuters
MISSOULA, Mont. (Reuters) - A man who fatally shot his wife and three children in a remote Montana forest cabin over the weekend then set his house on fire and committed suicide was described on Tuesday by police as a survivalist who lived off the grid.
Michael Augustine Bournes, 59, called an acquaintance around the time he used a .45 caliber handgun to kill his wife, Arie Arlynn Lee, 37, and his two sons, Augustine Lee Bournes, 5, and Woodrow Lee Bournes, 4.
He shot his infant daughter, Arie Lee Bournes, 1, as she lay in her crib.
Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Police Chief Tim Barkell said that authorities who investigated the scene said books found at the cabin indicate Bournes may have been a Constitutionalist who didnt believe in government.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/man-killed-family-remote-montana-cabin-survivalist-police-001605145.html
Skittles
(153,318 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Many of them have little chance of survival.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Every time I hear of a mass killing the "Number 2s" come out and act like the very concept that THEIR GUNS could possibly hurt ANYONE is the most ridiculous thing in the world.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)And if the other kids in school share this.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,841 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Aristus
(66,530 posts)The Constitution is the blueprint of American government...
His poor family.
Should have shot yourself first, asshole!
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Just your typical Republican asshole.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)That's not how you do it.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)that since HE feels awful and HE hates the world the way it is, his family must feel the same way (since he knows everything, amirite?), and his family would be GRATEFUL to be shot to death, cuz they won't be able to go on without him. He's such a rock, you understand. Who could live without him?
Of course, he's usually at home reloading ammo all day and maybe catching a squirrel once a week while his wife, who 'can't live without him,' works 2 waitress jobs to keep the bills paid.
LuvLoogie
(7,080 posts)Coventina
(27,227 posts)Those poor little kids - their last moments of terror!
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)smdh
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)No need to protect the kids. They'll grow up right,...with the fear of God in em.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Isn't that their creed?
on edit: I think I got it backward. God, Country, Family or something like that?
hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)survivalists. Something must have happened that he decided that it was necessary to kill his family.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)The man was a walking oxymoron.
Or possibly simply a regular moron.
ileus
(15,396 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)I'm not looking to survive the zombie apocalypse, but we do get occasional ice storms, wind storms, etc, and some of the emergency tips and tricks are useful as well.
So ignore the parts about guns, the government, paranoia and hunkering in bunkers and there's still some useful things they can share.
ileus
(15,396 posts)There's a lot on useful info on homemade stuff that can come in handy that's for sure.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,387 posts)maybe I'm missing something.