Man Pulls Gun on Girl Selling Cookies in Temecula, CA.

[Newell Steamer]

I've never answered the door with a gun in my hand.

Or, if you think you need a gun, don't answer the door.

And yes, this man is nuts.

 

[BUnit1701]

Or, if you think you need a gun, don't answer the door.

And yes, this man is nuts.

Or be reasonable, have it holstered/concealed and answer the door, if its needed, it will be there. If its the Girl Scouts, no one has to cry and call the cops. Win-win.

 

[shortylickens]

If you don't read the OP's post and source what is the point of a post about it.

The newspaper says the girl was going from house to house when she knocked on John M. Dodrill's door. Police say the 59-year-old Dodrill is accused of opening the door and pointing a gun at the girl.


The NEWSPAPER could have got it outright wrong, or sensationalized it to make a more interesting story.


Maybe you should learn about adult reading. The text is not the same thing as facts. Its what someone wrote down on paper and published. They could be incorrect, accidentally or deliberately.


The reason I mention it is people who dont like guns tend to panic when they see one, overreact, and also blow up their story afterwards to convey the kind of fear they experience at that time.

 

[ForumMaster]

"I'd kill you if i had my gun!"

"Yeah, well you don't."

 

[thraashman]

"I'd kill you if i had my gun!"

"Yeah, well you don't."

What a classic clip. And if you don't remember, the name of the gun shop was "Bloodbath and Beyond". One of my favorite sight gags of the show's history.

 

[Sonikku]

An overreaction to be sure, from Obama's goon squad police department. The article isn't asking important questions. What if the cookies had been laced with Anthrax? What if the young girl was sent up there to lure the man into a false sense of security? You don't know. Fortune favors the prepared.

 

[Vic]

An overreaction to be sure, from Obama's goon squad police department. The article isn't asking important questions. What if the cookies had been laced with Anthrax? What if the young girl was sent up there to lure the man into a false sense of security? You don't know. Fortune favors the prepared.

Word of advice: try reading your own posts before clicking reply.

 

[fskimospy]

I think if I lived in Temecula I probably would have used that gun on myself.

 

[JulesMaximus]

An overreaction to be sure, from Obama's goon squad police department. The article isn't asking important questions. What if the cookies had been laced with Anthrax? What if the young girl was sent up there to lure the man into a false sense of security? You don't know. Fortune favors the prepared.

My son has gone door to door to raise funds for his school. Someone points a gun at him and I'm calling the police for sure. I have no problem with how the police handled this situation.

A girl scout came to my door the other day and I was prepared. I had my $8 ready to buy cookies.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I think if I lived in Temecula I probably would have used that gun on myself.

Why? Temecula is a nice place to live actually.

 

[fskimospy]

Why? Temecula is a nice place to live actually.

First, the prospect of taking the 15 every day would be enough all on its own. Second, it gets so hot there in the summer I would want to die.

Third, in my opinion Temecula is a great expression of this Onion article:

 

[Vic]

I think if I lived in Temecula I probably would have used that gun on myself.

I did some research on the address. It's back inside a large gated upscale condo development called Temecula Lane. HOAs include on site private security.

 

[Drako]

I think if I lived in Temecula I probably would have used that gun on myself.

You live in NY, so what's stopping you?

 

[fskimospy]

You live in NY, so what's stopping you?

Huh? I love living in NYC. I would not love living in Temecula, as I know from far too many personal experiences that it is the epitome of hellish, cookie cutter suburbia.

 

[Drako]

Huh? I love living in NYC. I would not love living in Temecula, as I know from far too many personal experiences that it is the epitome of hellish, cookie cutter suburbia.

Ah, gotcha. Suburban hell much worse than Urban hell. :biggrin:

 

[Texashiker]

^ This

I've never answered the door with a gun in my hand. Though I have thought about it after the second or third time of answering the door to tell the Jehovah's Witness representatives I was not interested.

Answer door with a bottle of vodka, start screaming something about demons and holy water, then start spraying those Jehovah's Witness with cheap vodka - "begone demons, begone"

 

[fskimospy]

Ah, gotcha. Suburban hell much worse than Urban hell. :biggrin:

To each their own!

 

[JulesMaximus]

First, the prospect of taking the 15 every day would be enough all on its own. Second, it gets so hot there in the summer I would want to die.

I'm with you on the heat and the 15 freeway. I don't live there but I know people who do and they seem to like it there. I go through there occasionally though and it is very nice in certain areas. The wineries are fun to visit.

Very conservative too if you lean that way politically.

 

[master_shake_]

she represented a threat, cookies can lead to obesity which can kill you.

well done.

is that reaching enough?

 

[sunzt]

Now someone is gonna post a link to an article about some girl scout killing an innocent homeowner after he opened the door and ate one of her cookies.

 

[Moonbeam]

I'm sure he was a registered pedophile who figured somebody on the 'sex offenders in your area' internet site was trying to set him up.