You seriously think they threatened to kill a guard at an Apple store because minimum wage or food stamps wasn't enough?
GREED causes most crime. iOS devices have a very high value-to-volume ratio, so they're a target of hardcore criminals.
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Attempted Apple Store Holdup Goes Bad: Suspect Killed
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You seriously think they threatened to kill a guard at an Apple store because minimum wage or food stamps wasn't enough?
GREED causes most crime. iOS devices have a very high value-to-volume ratio, so they're a target of hardcore criminals.
Luckly the breakin happened between 0645-0700..
unfortunately this is an outdoor mixed use facility. condos and retail in close proximity. it is just purely lucky that no civilians were harmed.
In retrospect, the SG did a good job, not a great job. For that, I would have to see both of these gun carrying (and shooting) thugs dead.
Alos, can we set up a fund to buy this HERO an iPad 2 and a nice MacBook Air / Pro of his choice? I'd kick in 20$ right now.
Alos, can we set up a fund to buy this HERO an iPad 2 and a nice MacBook Air / Pro of his choice? I'd kick in 20$ right now.
me neither, and I don't want to sound weak but I don't think breaking a window and trying to grab a few ipads warrants a bullet to the head personally. oh well, one less ditch digger I guess
Did any of you read the article? The headshot that killed the "perp" was in the parking lot. The dead criminal was in a car attempting to flee the scene. The shot came through the passenger window, across the car, and hit him in the head. It's not like he was standing in a mall hallway.
Are you serious? 40 shots were fired in total as these were armed thugs. Who cares why these animals were there to steal and kill. Good riddens! There are plenty of people going through rough times. This is not the answer and they got what was coming to them.
I suppose if the same trio of death showed up at your front door and threatened to kill your family, you'd try to counsel them on their finances. You'd be as dead as they are.
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I'm not sure who you are but a real man wouldn't think twice about it. Maybe you haven't been around long but some people literally don't deserve to live and frankly are born that way. With a little experience in life I think most people come to realize this. The risk the criminal element exposes to society is significant and often discounted by the left. All we really need to do is to look at Mexico for an example of where crime is left unchecked, in some cases encouraged over a long period of time.
It goes without saying that the good need backbone to resist those that aren't all that good. This is actually a central theme of many religions. Of course there is a flip side there too, but you can end up sacrificing self if you let evil prevail.
maflynn said:How sad,
I mean a person lost his life because of his actions, and the guard now has to live with the fact that he took a life. All for what - some iToys? Doesn't seem worth it.
I'm not sure who you are but a real man wouldn't think twice about it. Maybe you haven't been around long but some people literally don't deserve to live and frankly are born that way. With a little experience in life I think most people come to realize this. The risk the criminal element exposes to society is significant and often discounted by the left. All we really need to do is to look at Mexico for an example of where crime is left unchecked, in some cases encouraged over a long period of time.
It goes without saying that the good need backbone to resist those that aren't all that good. This is actually a central theme of many religions. Of course there is a flip side there too, but you can end up sacrificing self if you let evil prevail.
some day you'll have to walk in another man's shoes... I wonder if there will be any empathy for you?
don't get me wrong, I am NOT advocating crime, I had my car window broken into and I wis p***** as all, but would I want to kill that person? no. Just have them serve some time in the clink
Cmon, he tried to steal Apple products. He deserved to die.
It's not like he tried to break into a Microsoft store...
I formally make a Declaration of Godwin's law. This debate is hereby over.
Yeah, its societies fault
There is one in every crowd.
Really! You own a gun? What kind?
I have pulled a gun on someone beating the crap out of his gf (neighbors) and the first thing that person did was dropped to the floor saying IM SORRY I DIDNT DO ANYTHING SHE STARTED IT! Cops came and arrested him, checked my gun license, kind of scolded me, but than thanked me and I was on my way.
In the many years I've read Macrumors, this is the best post I've ever seen. But only +0.9 for the misspelling
.Thats dellusional.
WHoa wow crazy.
True, i just read the opening page, didnt see an article link. Still your comment about America will make you a success all you have to do is ask propeganda is complete BS. I really dont know what USA you live in but thats not the america i or the rest of the nation knows. "all the help they wanted to be a success", are you kidding me?
You've never shot a handgun, then. It's not so easy to hit a moving target exactly where you want to, especially if you're moving as well (much less in a a target the size of a leg). Aim for the center and hope you hit something. Even stationary targets are no cinch, despite what you see TV cops do at the range on TV shows.
This situation is not a good outcome for anyone.
So, um...what are you going to do with your gun when threatened?
You are so focused on defeating the "anti-gun" message that you are blind.
Why don't you take a moment and figure out what my argument actually was.
It was that this story about preventing killing simply by carrying a gun is a fantasy held by wanna be heros.
Sure if someone threatens and you have the opportunity to brandish your weapon then you might do some good.
But if I was next to the congress woman in Tucson when she was shot, holding a gun, I could not have prevented the guy from walking up and shooting. That is the fantasy story people concoct.
And let me point out your definition of a hero for all to read. According to you a hero is someone you lives through the experience and defeats the enemy. I pointed out the professor who was killed barring the door and saved the students in the room at Virginia tech. You pointed out it was no good being a hero if you are dead. So in other words that type of heroism is not your cup of tea. Furthermore in this discussion that you are not able to comprehend, my point is that arguing "if only people carried guns, situation X wouldn't have happened" is absurd, you only respond by saying that after the shooting starts, you could shoot the guy. How does that prevent the initial deaths from occurring? It doesn't. And that is my point. But because your idea of the hero is not about saving people but blowing away the criminal, that's just fine as long as you get to be the "hero".
This is the mindset of the wanna be hero. It is this dream of being at the scene and getting to pull out the gun and be glorified for his actions. And that is fine. If they get the chance more power to them. But the problem is that these people can't keep their facts straight. When that moment comes, you may stop a criminal who doesn't really intend to kill or stop some more killing beyond the initial killing but you cannot stop someone who is intent on killing. Furthermore once the hero brandishes the weapon, there is no guarantee who is the better marksman or that the wanna be hero will not shoot bystanders.
These robbers drove a Lexus. Things like this happen due to a disproportionate distribution of greed.
Well said.
"He chose . . . . poorly." - Grail Knight, "Indiana Jones and the last Crusade"
Yeah, like the fact that the crooks were armed and that forty shots were exchanged. I doubt the guard simply walked up and shot the guy in the head.