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RamboLiberal

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Fri May-13-11 06:57 PM
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Officer involved in Erik Scott(LV-Costco) shooting indicted on weapons charge

One of three Metro Police officers who shot and killed Erik Scott outside the Summerlin Costco last summer was indicted Friday on a charge of disposing a firearm to a prohibited person.

Thomas Rosco Mendiola was relieved of duty without pay in January pending the outcome of an investigation after he allegedly gave a firearm to a convicted felon as a gift for working on his car.

Mendiola, William Mosher and Joshua Stark shot and killed Scott on July 10 last year outside Costco after authorities say Scott pointed a gun at police. A Clark County coroner�s inquest jury ruled in September after six days of testimony the three officers were justified in the shooting.

According to a criminal complaint, Mendiola gave a .22-caliber gun to Robert Justice, 45, as a gift for working on his car in August 2010. Justice has convictions for two felony offenses and is prohibited from possessing firearms, authorities said.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/13/officer-involved-erik-scott-shooting-indicted-gun-/

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 07:04 PM
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1. It's interesting, but what does it say about the rightfulness of the Costco take down?

Anybody who has guns as part of their civilian life is equally suspect, don't you think?

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RamboLiberal

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Fri May-13-11 07:05 PM
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2. Like maybe this cop was not hestitant to act unlawfully?

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 07:08 PM
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3. Or was so infused with gun mentality that he took down a perceived threat in finest form?

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Katya Mullethov

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Fri May-13-11 07:22 PM
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4. A fetishist then ?

Someone who believes an object is imbued with magical powers .

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 07:36 PM
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5. Fetishist. Good and apt term for the ones who want them.

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LibertyFox

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Fri May-13-11 07:48 PM
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6. Yes, when all other arguments have failed, accuse your enemies of being crazed sexual deviants.

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 07:50 PM
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7. I'll save you the trouble of reading two posts up.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=416301&mesg_id=416317

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Katya Mullethov

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Fri May-13-11 07:50 PM
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8. Read the whole string from the top

A fetish is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular, a man-made object that has power over others.

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 07:55 PM
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9. What distinction are you making?

The object which has the power in the hands of anyone (and I do mean anyone) who desires to use that power to end the life of another.

That is one powerful object, yes?

Intoxicating.

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Katya Mullethov

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Fri May-13-11 08:05 PM
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10. I just dont make any sense do I ?

Ohhhhh . I'm sure it's just me .

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sharesunited

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Fri May-13-11 08:09 PM
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11. Being on the wrong side of any issue can cause you to work strenuously for naught.

Don't beat yourself up over it. Just wake up.

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Katya Mullethov

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Fri May-13-11 08:29 PM
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13. My position has little to do with it

The rest of the world isnt crazy , and no , it isnt me , it's you . You believe in magic .

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friendly_iconoclast

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Fri May-13-11 09:44 PM
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15. Indeed, who else popularized the phrase "Guns cloud thought"?

Apparently, Sauron quit the magic jewelry business and went into the firearms business.

I guess he needed a new source of income after those hippie Hobbits scoured the Shire...

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rrneck

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Sat May-14-11 10:57 AM
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21. Shit. There goes another keyboard. nt

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ManiacJoe

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Fri May-13-11 08:27 PM
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12. Its says nothing about the "rightfulness of the Costco take down".

Anybody who has guns as part of their civilian life is equally suspect, don't you think?
No, I do not think that. Please explain why you think that.

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oneshooter

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Fri May-13-11 09:41 PM
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14. Does anybody believe that he will be charged with a Federal crime?

I don't either.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

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Hoyt

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Fri May-13-11 10:10 PM
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16. Gunners I've known have done much worse with respect to transferring guns.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Costco guy did similar chit (am sorry about what happened to him, but when you create a scene, chit happens). Don't know that he did, but fits with the profile according to Simon Baker.

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Euromutt

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Sat May-14-11 02:41 AM
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17. What's with this "chit" business with you lately?

Did your parents install a profanity filter on your computer?

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lawodevolution

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Sat May-14-11 02:56 AM
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18. I wouldn't be surprised if you raped little boys, Hoyt and you fear of law abiding gun owners

Stopping you results in you possition on legal gun ownership

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Hoyt

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Sat May-14-11 09:42 AM
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19. Thanks for the laugh you two. But, my parents are deceased and I'm not a Priest.

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cleanhippie

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Sat May-14-11 09:46 AM
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20. Oh, No. Thank YOU for the laughs, Hoyt.

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