Guns, Bows, Shooting Sports, and Hunting Felons with guns

[AMink]

NEW ORLEANS – A Mardi Gras parade erupted into chaos on Fat Tuesday when a series of gunshots struck seven people, including a toddler. The child was not seriously injured and two suspects were in custody, police said. The shootings happened near the Garden District about 1:40 p. m. after the last major parade of the celebration, Rex, had ended. A stream of truck floats that follow the parade were passing by when gunfire broke out.

"It sounded like a string of fireworks, so I knew it was more than one shooter," said Toni Labat, 29, a limousine company manager. She was with her two children, a 2-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl.

"Everybody was petrified. They hit the ground, the floats stopped, everybody on the floats ducked," Labat said.

Labat said one man dragged himself on the ground screaming for help after being wounded and another man was gasping for air and bleeding from his mouth.

Police spokesman Bob Young said the victims — three men ages 50, 33 and 20, two young women ages 20 and 17 and a 15-year-old boy — were taken to area hospitals. The conditions of all the victims were not immediately available, but Young said the 20-month-old baby was grazed by a bullet and not seriously hurt.

Dr. Jim Parry, 41, a surgeon who was with a gathering of doctors near the shooting site, ran over to tend to one man who he said had been shot in the abdomen. "He kept asking me, 'Was I shot? Was I shot?'"

Paramedics arrived and took over for the Air Force reservist.

"I'm off to Afghanistan this summer. Damn, this is more dangerous than Afghanistan," Parry said.

Two men, 19-year-old Mark Brooks and 18-year-old Louis Lazone, both of New Orleans, were each booked with seven counts of attempted first-degree murder. Brooks also faces a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Young said. It was not immediately known if the men had attorneys.

Three weapons believed used in the shooting were recovered, Young said. It was not immediately clear whether the gunfire was random or if the shooters were aiming for the victims or each other.

The violence along the oak-lined Uptown streetcar line marred what had been a generally peaceful day of revelry in which hundreds of thousands of people partied in the streets on the final day of Carnival. Another shooting was reported on Friday night after an argument, but otherwise, the event was generally problem-free.

Beau Beals, 45, said he was outside a house party on St. Charles Avenue when the shooting erupted. He said he and other revelers tossed children over a metal fence to get them to safety, but others kept waiting for beads and other trinkets being tossed from the floats as if nothing had happened.

"They had an ambulance out here picking the guy up off the street and people didn't stop vying for throws," Beals said.

A horrible situation. Once again proof that criminals will get guns (at least in the case of Brooks). If felons were kept in jail, at least one of these punks wouldn't have been here.

 

[Moe]

The anti gunners will have a field day with this one. Moe

 

[Wingate]

I am a firm believer in the idea that those who have committed a cold blooded murder should not be jailed. I believe that once found guilty there should be no sentencing phase. It should be immediate death penalty. Those who rape should have "them" removed!...

It seems that we as Americans are too laxed on penalties! Tougher penalties are a great deterent... .

OK, off my soapbox now!!!

 

[pullya]

I would agree only if the evidence is undisputeable.

Jay

 

[EBung]

Steal something in Turkey and see what happens!

 

[WMonroe]

I am a firm believer in the idea that those who have committed a cold blooded murder should not be jailed. I believe that once found guilty there should be no sentencing phase. It should be immediate death penalty. Those who rape should have "them" removed!...

It seems that we as Americans are too laxed on penalties! Tougher penalties are a great deterent... .

OK, off my soapbox now!!!

I agree!!



Will

 

[icman95]

Felons or not, in my state 18 and 19 year olds are not allowed to have handguns, only long guns. 21 for handguns. I know that every state is different, but maybe they were too young to have them anyway. Nice way to obey the law, huh?

 

[ata]

I don't care what LAWS or PENALTYS that are made these people just don't care or get-it. They are going to do what they want when they want and the only way they are going to be stopped is put them away or get rid of them. I am a firm believer in the three strikes and your out and I mean OUT.

 

[EBung]

I don't care what LAWS or PENALTYS that are made these people just don't care or get-it. They are going to do what they want when they want and the only way they are going to be stopped is put them away or get rid of them. I am a firm believer in the three strikes and your out and I mean OUT.

I agree 100%. Lawyers are probably 85% the problem. Without them these people wouldnt have half the confidence they do to pull the stuff they pull. Those Texas border patrol agents are a prime example of whats wrong with our system. If you end an innocent humans life intentionally I believe you forfit any rights whatsoever to anything but the same thing back at ya. Dont even get me started on child molesters. #@$%!

 

[kenny61]

He said he and other revelers tossed children over a metal fence to get them to safety, but others kept waiting for beads and other trinkets being tossed from the floats as if nothing had happened.
"They had an ambulance out here picking the guy up off the street and people didn't stop vying for throws," Beals said.

I think this part makes me sicker

 

[duckcarvr]

If they outlaw our guns, only felons will have guns

 

[kowaliga]

Common for New Orleans, newsworthy elsewhere. Ain't enough cotton being picked and crosses being burned.

 

[dpuckett]

And just think, had ONE person in the crowd had a pistol and been willing to use it, it may have saved alot of headache and injury. And, had there been a chance of someone shooting back, the thugs may have thought twice about shooting into a crowd.



Daniel

 

[fox]

I agree 100%. Lawyers are probably 85% the problem. Without them these people wouldnt have half the confidence they do to pull the stuff they pull. Those Texas border patrol agents are a prime example of whats wrong with our system. If you end an innocent humans life intentionally I believe you forfit any rights whatsoever to anything but the same thing back at ya. Dont even get me started on child molesters. #@$%!

The answer here is this.

Any lawyer who helps to keep a criminal like this on the street, should have to house him/her for 1 year.

Make them live in the same house. Not in a housing unit. All meals together.

 

[snuff]

this is not good, but lets think on this how did they get them, in fl you can't BUY if you are a felon, if someone bought if for him, that person is just as bad as the felon is and respondsible for the act. as believer of self protection, yes if someone in the crowd had a ccw and gave both criminals a double tap to center mass the tax payers wouldn't have to support and defend these guys because they didn't do it.



but as pass incidents have shown this many people {but not all thank god} in this country are a bunch of vaginas when it comes to defending oneself and others.....



p. s. the same vaginas also go on to blame someone, business, gun dealer/company, etc... . for what happened and then sue the crap out of them#@$%!#@$%!#@$%!. . hopefullt justice will work this time... ... ... ... ...

 

[The patriot]

Somehow someway this will be twisted to be the GUNS fault, and we'll need more gun control to fix it. "For our own safety".

Frakkers wouldnt be pullin stunts like that if the crowd was armed. :-laf

 

[hammersley]

Steal something in Turkey and see what happens!

WTF is worth stealing in Turkey - I spent 11 months there in the early 70's... . it sure sucked then.....

 

[MEby]

And just think, had ONE person in the crowd had a pistol and been willing to use it, it may have saved alot of headache and injury. And, had there been a chance of someone shooting back, the thugs may have thought twice about shooting into a crowd.



Daniel

Amen!!!!!!