PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) —
Mississippi authorities say a gun shop owner and his 17-year-old son
died in a shootout over a $25 service charge. Another man and his
29-year-old son are hospitalized.
Pearl River County
Sheriff David Allison tells news outlets investigators don’t know
whether the customers or the owners started the shooting Saturday at
McLemore Gun Shop near Picayune.
He tells The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1OFTOGr ) they’re trying to figure out just what happened before filing any charges.
Neither he nor Chief Deputy Shane Tucker was available for comment when The Associated Press called for an update Sunday.
Allison tells WJTV (http://bit.ly/23lXWTH) and WLOX-TV (http://bit.ly/1Jvbi9I) that the customers came to pick up a gun and got angry because there
was a $25 service charge even though the gun had not been fixed.
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If only there were more people armed with guns this would have never happened.
I know it’s too easy … but … which one was the good guy with the gun?
Well, it is easier for the police when there’s only one version of what happened. Memo to file: make sure the cops only hear one version.
We will continue to see this kind of thing on a daily basis - It’s just that this time it was “responsible gun owners” who were the victims instead of innocents in a store or school.
“the customers came to pick up a gun and got angry because there was a $25 service charge even though the gun had not been fixed.”
Are you sure? Because somebody’s gun was clearly working.