This guy could be one of us...

Here's a former Marine that would fit right in with Gunforge...

Oh, and kudos to the Boston Globe for doing their best to make sure no good deed goes unpunished.

He sounds like a bit of a psychopath. I mean, I admire that he went into the foray like he did, but it sounds like the man has a few screws loose.

Yes, the writer of the story did do her best to make it sound like that, didn't she?

The writer of the story obviously does not think much of terrible people who will do awful, dangerous, vile things like risking their own lives to jump into a gun battle and remove a cop-killer from society before he could kill any others. "Psychopaths" like that are dangerous.

To cop-killers...

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Well its not like she was wrong. What with the quote about the third eye and the marijuana charge.

Which makes him anymore of a psychopath than the typical Gunforger how?


Or is that just your cultural indoctrination speaking out?

Yeah, how many gunforgers have kicked a police officer in the groin, and threatened to put a bullet hole in the brain of a cop?

The man is a bit of a psycho.

Most of em, at least for the third eye bit.

Aside from me, over the phone or in person, I seriously doubt any of them have said to an officer's face.

Not as a direct threat, no. Other reading indicates he was shooting the shit with officers when he said it.

^ I also get the distinct impression it is taken out of context, in order to fit the agenda of the biased article. (Cue the various people who will come in here to tell us that the media is never biased, except for Fox...) Far from threatening officers, he appeared to be explaining that he was not threatening them or anyone else, because if he wanted to shoot someone, he could do it despite bullet-proof vests.

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Almost everyone I know has some sort of previous marijuana charge.

Hmmm....I've been up close and personal with bears and guns, and I can sleep through bears bawling and grunting. Guns not so much (unless I'm really tired).

Anyway, this is a double-edged sword of sorts. Guys like him are the type
to jump in and kill a bad guy. He bragged about being trained and willing to do this kind of thing. If some office geek pacifist lib would have tried it, they would probably have messed it up and got everyone killed.
That guy talking about calling to get help because he could never do what Great Santini did says it all.

No doubt, no doubt.

I only meant that a little marijuana charge is fairly common and not necessarily a sign that one is a psychopath.

I agree. They lean more towards sociopath.

So heroics give a man carte blanche?

Gunforge has no heroes.

In this (and most cases) they do. Would you rather have a world full of guys like this or hand-wringing sheep? Any guess which world would be safer?

I worship at the Church of Samuel Colt and I routinely light a candle at the tomb of Saint John Browning.

He's probably fine, especially since he has chosen to live in a pretty remote and solitary location. I'm definitely glad he was around to step in once the cop was out, but I think it's quite reasonable to acknowledge that heroes can be flawed. Really it makes the story more interesting to see that aspect of his past.

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Nick2C, what's going on with the board?

Only cowards attempt to make heroes out to be otherwise.

Never let it be said that some of the more idiotic utterances on Wordforge haven't come from the Listkeeper's keyboard. Utterly lacking in logic or foundation, but by all means, you've said it so it must be so.

His name's Floyd. I see a kindred spirit.

It *IS* so.

Get over it.

And you are an idiot, try to get over that.

No u.

That's all you've got.