Three People Shot to Death by Gun-Goon in Ga. Hospital Shooting Spree

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

By KATE BRUMBACK,

Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

him, authorities said.

Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

in 2004.

"He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

cared for," Boren said.

Boren gave the following account:

Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

after being shot again.

When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

shot, too, Boren said.

The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

down the stairs.

As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

That man died later.

A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

him, Boren said.

Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

condition after surgery, Boren said.

Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

===================================================

Denneys' Comments:

Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

-Roger

On Mar 27, 11:59 pm, Roger Denney <rgden...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>

> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>

> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>

> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>

> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

> him, authorities said.

>

> Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

> over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

> was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

>

> The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

> pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

> went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

> in 2004.

>

> "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

> cared for," Boren said.

>

> Boren gave the following account:

>

> Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

> went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

> remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

>

> He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

> after being shot again.

>

> When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

> the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

> shot, too, Boren said.

>

> The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

> down the stairs.

>

> As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

> in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

> That man died later.

>

> A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

> she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

> the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

> him, Boren said.

>

> Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

> condition after surgery, Boren said.

>

> Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

>

> ===================================================

> Denneys' Comments:

>

> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>

> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>

> -Roger

If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

would have gone in.

More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.

<knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:ae861c48-acf7-4354-90c5-a1701830f92a@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> On Mar 27, 11:59 pm, Roger Denney <rgden...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>>

>> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>>

>> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>>

>> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>>

>> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

>> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

>> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

>> him, authorities said.

>>

>> Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

>> over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

>> was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

>>

>> The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

>> pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

>> went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

>> in 2004.

>>

>> "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

>> cared for," Boren said.

>>

>> Boren gave the following account:

>>

>> Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

>> went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

>> remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

>>

>> He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

>> after being shot again.

>>

>> When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

>> the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

>> shot, too, Boren said.

>>

>> The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

>> down the stairs.

>>

>> As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

>> in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

>> That man died later.

>>

>> A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

>> she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

>> the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

>> him, Boren said.

>>

>> Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

>> condition after surgery, Boren said.

>>

>> Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

>>

>> ===================================================

>> Denneys' Comments:

>>

>> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

>> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>>

>> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

>> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

>> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

>> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

>> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

>> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>>

>> -Roger

>

> If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

> the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

Thats the dumbest thing I've eever heard.

> If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

> could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

> would have gone in.

Of course you're wrong. A person bent on commiting an insane act does not

use common logic. You act as if the man was thinking clearly or rationaly.

If he was clear and rational enough to use common logic, he would not not

have even considered doing what he did. It would have never entered his

mind.

> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.

Wrong again. It's time to start taking guns from gun nuts, to may innocent

people have to suffer and die so you can pray for more guns in the hands of

idiots. Judging by your own lack of logic or even common sense, I would say

you're no doubt a ticking time bomb ready to go off and kill a few people in

the name of your guns. It's past time to relieve people like you of your

weapons. To may innocent people die for you insane love of guns.

<knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ae861c48-acf7-4354-90c5->

> If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

> the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

> If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

> could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

> would have gone in.

> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.

Wrong ,you would just have more morons settling petty disagreements and

grudges with gunfire.

"strabo" <strabo@flashlight.net> wrote in message

news:1206691621_105@isp.n...

> The purpose of guns is to prevent people such as yourself from

> exercising political power.

>

> >

>> -Roger

>

Thats what the Iraqis and Afghans are doing to the yanks but for some reason

the yanks disagree when someone has the guns.

Roger Denney wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>

> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>

> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>

> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>

> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

> him, authorities said.

>

> Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

> over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

> was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

>

> The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

> pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

> went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

> in 2004.

>

> "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

> cared for," Boren said.

>

> Boren gave the following account:

>

> Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

> went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

> remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

>

> He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

> after being shot again.

>

> When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

> the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

> shot, too, Boren said.

>

> The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

> down the stairs.

>

> As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

> in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

> That man died later.

>

> A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

> she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

> the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

> him, Boren said.

>

> Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

> condition after surgery, Boren said.

>

> Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

>

> ===================================================

> Denneys' Comments:

>

> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>

Yes. The freedom to defend against tyrants.

>

> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>

That's the argument Stalin used to confiscate weapons. Soon

after the purges began which resulted in about 50,000,000

killed and many tortured and enslaved.

The purpose of guns is to prevent people such as yourself from

exercising political power.

>

> -Roger

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On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:18:49 -0400, "Maximo Gravaticus"

<maxg@woh.rr.com> wrote:

>

>> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.

>

>Wrong again. It's time to start taking guns from gun nuts,

How do you propose to do that? If the people dont surrender them,

make them criminals?

Oh..you mean like the criminals now, who have guns?

Gunner

On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:16:20 -0500, strabo <strabo@flashlight.net>

wrote:

>Roger Denney wrote:

>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>>

>> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>>

>> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>>

>> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>>

>> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

>> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

>> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

>> him, authorities said.

>>

>> Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

>> over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

>> was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

>>

>> The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

>> pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

>> went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

>> in 2004.

>>

>> "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

>> cared for," Boren said.

>>

>> Boren gave the following account:

>>

>> Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

>> went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

>> remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

>>

>> He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

>> after being shot again.

>>

>> When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

>> the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

>> shot, too, Boren said.

>>

>> The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

>> down the stairs.

>>

>> As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

>> in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

>> That man died later.

>>

>> A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

>> she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

>> the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

>> him, Boren said.

>>

>> Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

>> condition after surgery, Boren said.

>>

>> Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

>>

>> ===================================================

>> Denneys' Comments:

>>

>> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

>> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>>

>

>Yes. The freedom to defend against tyrants.

When did you plan on exercising that right?

>

> >

>> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

>> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

>> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

>> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

>> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

>> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>>

>

>That's the argument Stalin used to confiscate weapons. Soon

>after the purges began which resulted in about 50,000,000

>killed and many tortured and enslaved.

No proof of that is made available, of course, as usual.

Just a simpleton's mantra that you gun-loons pass around to make

you feel better about all the bloody gun-deaths you are responsible

for in this country alone.

>The purpose of guns is to prevent people such as yourself from

>exercising political power.

Now I see. So you don't really believe in any form of democracy,

only your ability to own firearms to"protect" yourselves from

"tyrants" like myself, correct?

Clue: Your "right" to own a gun stops at my and all other person's

rights to stay safe, alive and unharmed by gunfire from you cretins.

On Fri 28 Mar 2008 at 20:35:36 +1100 Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names

<PopUlist349@hotmail.com> wrote in

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>

> On Mar 28, 3:11

"Roger Denney" <rgdenney@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:md5pu39riubocsud7v3njah132o5pnnfc1@4ax.com...

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>

> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>

> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>

> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>

> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

> him, authorities said.

> Denneys' Comments:

>

> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>

> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>

> -Roger

I once used a handgun to stop two Dobermans which seemed bent on making a

snack out of my son. Not a shot was fired, but the presence of the weapon

was enough to convince the dog criminal (owner) that he had a very serious

problem. He called the cops. The NY State Trooper ticketed him for breaking

the law (unleashed dogs at a state owned boat launch). He mouthed off at the

cop, who then suggested that he continue his afternoon of fishing in the

town jail. The dog criminal became very well behaved at that point. The

trooper waited until I had my boat out of the water, in case the dog

criminal got any stupid ideas. The trooper said "Have a nice day" and we

both went on our ways.

Sounds to me like the gun did its job nicely.

In talk.politics.guns Roger Denney <rgdenney@yahoo.com> wrote:

>A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

>she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

>the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

>him, Boren said.

Another case of CCW could have saved a life- instead we had to wait

until the cops got there.

Thanks for the praise of CCW, Denny!

In talk.politics.guns "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com>

wrote:

>"Roger Denney" <rgdenney@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>news:md5pu39riubocsud7v3njah132o5pnnfc1@4ax.com...

>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>>

>> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>>

>> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>>

>> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>>

>> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

>> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

>> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

>> him, authorities said.

>

>> Denneys' Comments:

>>

>> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

>> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>>

>> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

>> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

>> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

>> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

>> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

>> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>>

>> -Roger

>

>

>I once used a handgun to stop two Dobermans which seemed bent on making a

>snack out of my son. Not a shot was fired, but the presence of the weapon

>was enough to convince the dog criminal (owner) that he had a very serious

>problem. He called the cops. The NY State Trooper ticketed him for breaking

>the law (unleashed dogs at a state owned boat launch). He mouthed off at the

>cop, who then suggested that he continue his afternoon of fishing in the

>town jail. The dog criminal became very well behaved at that point. The

>trooper waited until I had my boat out of the water, in case the dog

>criminal got any stupid ideas. The trooper said "Have a nice day" and we

>both went on our ways.

>

>Sounds to me like the gun did its job nicely.

Another DGU that probably didn't make its way into the FBI database.

So tell me, are you one of the "NRA freaks" that Roger keeps mewing

about?

"f. barnes" <fredlb@centurytel.net> wrote in message

news:3f947550-38ec-44ad-ae2f-d1966ce16090@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

On Mar 28, 1:59 am, Roger Denney <rgden...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>

> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>

> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>

> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>

> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

> him, authorities said.

>

> Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

> over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

> was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

>

> The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

> pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

> went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

> in 2004.

>

> "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

> cared for," Boren said.

>

> Boren gave the following account:

>

> Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

> went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

> remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

>

> He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

> after being shot again.

>

> When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

> the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

> shot, too, Boren said.

>

> The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

> down the stairs.

>

> As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

> in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

> That man died later.

>

> A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

> she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

> the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

> him, Boren said.

>

> Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

> condition after surgery, Boren said.

>

> Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

>

> ===================================================

> Denneys' Comments:

>

> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>

> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>

> -Roger

There are more deaths by vehicle each year than by gun, so if we are

going name an inanimate object "evil" and ban it then clearly that

object should be the automobile. Ban the evil and deadly automobile!

Cars kill! F ck redneck the car goons!

=======================

A couple of years ago, I got a fish hook embedded so deeply in my hand that

there was no way I could've gotten it out myself. Not happily, at least. I

went to the emergency room. The assortment of walking wounded made the place

look like there'd been a nuclear holocaust. When they finally got to me, the

doctor said most of the bloodied victims were there because of lawn

equipment, plus one motorcycle accident. The bike fell on the man while he

was waxing it.

Time to outlaw lawnmowers and car wax. And fish hooks.

"Buck Mulligan" <bkmulligan@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> In talk.politics.guns "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@yahoo.com>

> wrote:

>

>>"Roger Denney" <rgdenney@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>news:md5pu39riubocsud7v3njah132o5pnnfc1@4ax.com...

>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

>>>

>>> 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

>>>

>>> By KATE BRUMBACK,

>>>

>>> Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

>>>

>>> COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

>>> treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

>>> nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

>>> him, authorities said.

>>

>>> Denneys' Comments:

>>>

>>> Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

>>> the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>>>

>>> Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

>>> as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

>>> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

>>> instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

>>> thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

>>> about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>>>

>>> -Roger

>>

>>

>>I once used a handgun to stop two Dobermans which seemed bent on making a

>>snack out of my son. Not a shot was fired, but the presence of the weapon

>>was enough to convince the dog criminal (owner) that he had a very serious

>>problem. He called the cops. The NY State Trooper ticketed him for

>>breaking

>>the law (unleashed dogs at a state owned boat launch). He mouthed off at

>>the

>>cop, who then suggested that he continue his afternoon of fishing in the

>>town jail. The dog criminal became very well behaved at that point. The

>>trooper waited until I had my boat out of the water, in case the dog

>>criminal got any stupid ideas. The trooper said "Have a nice day" and we

>>both went on our ways.

>>

>>Sounds to me like the gun did its job nicely.

>

> Another DGU that probably didn't make its way into the FBI database.

> So tell me, are you one of the "NRA freaks" that Roger keeps mewing

> about?

Yeah, and I'm getting a woody just thinking about my guns. I think I'll go

look at them now, and drool.

""The Rifleman"" <survivor@northland.com> wrote in message

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>

> <knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ae861c48-acf7-4354-90c5->

>> If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

>> the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

>> If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

>> could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

>> would have gone in.

>> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.

>

> Wrong ,you would just have more morons settling petty disagreements and

> grudges with gunfire.

>

We have heard this "blood will flow int he streets" line in every state

right before they pass CCW laws and guess what? They are always 100% wrong.

Nice try, but doesnt happen.

>>The purpose of guns is to prevent people such as yourself from

>>exercising political power.

>

> Now I see. So you don't really believe in any form of democracy,

> only your ability to own firearms to"protect" yourselves from

> "tyrants" like myself, correct?

>

> Clue: Your "right" to own a gun stops at my and all other person's

> rights to stay safe, alive and unharmed by gunfire from you cretins.

100% of the innocent population is and will be completely safe from all of

my guns. So is my "right" safe?

> Anyway, I wonder what proportion of medical professionals would like

> to be surrounded by gun-toting colleagues of various abilities,

> characters and nervous dispositions. And if I were a _patient_ who was

> a candidate for such a medical establishment then I trust that I

> wouldn't be seen _dead_ there.

Ya stupid bastard, doctors kill more people each year than disgruntled

postal workers. You're a helluva lot safer bringing your own gun to the

emergency room if ya had one, ya dickless wonder.

>===================================================

>Denneys' Comments:

>

>Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

>the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

>

>Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

>as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

>instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

>thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

>about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

>

>-Roger

You never post stories about someone using a gun to defend themselves,

in fact you wish to ignore that possibility altogether. You don't seem

to realize that virtually every technology we use carries with it a

risk/benefit ratio. Hospitals, for example, can be very dangerous

places, but that certainly doesn't mean we should get rid of them.

Bill Smith

"The Rifleman" wrote:

> <knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> news:ae861c48-acf7-4354-90c5->

>> If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

>> the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

>> If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

>> could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

>> would have gone in.

>> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these

>> nutjobs.

>

> Wrong ,you would just have more morons settling petty disagreements

> and grudges with gunfire.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Arfur Moo wrote:

>

> Precisely the thought that prompted me a week ago to start the thread

> headed "What's better? A well regulated militia? Or a free-for-all?"

> with the message

> <0001HW.C407FC6900419CDBF0386530@news-us.AnonyNews.com>. At least one

> gun-kissing boy fantasist implied that he didn't know what I meant by

> "a free-for-all". Thanks for the corroboration.

>

> Anyway, I wonder what proportion of medical professionals would like

> to be surrounded by gun-toting colleagues of various abilities,

> characters and nervous dispositions. And if I were a _patient_ who

> was a candidate for such a medical establishment then I trust that I

> wouldn't be seen _dead_ there.

Good question. Here we have a shooting at a hospital where no one else was

armed.

On the other hand, I've never heard of a shooting at a police station where

a lot of folks are armed.

Let's see if we can compute probabilities...

Oh really?

How'd that wok out in Fla at that Wendy's???

The town had concealed carry.

Did the guy seem to care???

<knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On Mar 27, 11:59 pm, Roger Denney <rgden...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_re_us/hospital_shootings

> >

> > 3 killed in Ga. hospital shooting spree

> >

> > By KATE BRUMBACK,

> >

> > Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 27, 2008.

> >

> > COLUMBUS, Ga. - A retired teacher bearing a grudge over his mother's

> > treatment at the hospital where she died fatally shot one of her

> > nurses, another employee and a man outside Thursday before police shot

> > him, authorities said.

> >

> > Charles Johnston, 63, is being charged with murder and will be turned

> > over to police after an overnight stay in another hospital, where he

> > was treated for a shoulder wound, Police Chief Ricky Boren said.

> >

> > The chief said the gunman arrived at Doctors Hospital with three

> > pistols, including a 9mm automatic and a .38-caliber revolver, and

> > went to the fifth-floor intensive care unit where his mother had been

> > in 2004.

> >

> > "He blamed a male nurse. He didn't think his mother had been properly

> > cared for," Boren said.

> >

> > Boren gave the following account:

> >

> > Johnston overheard someone call the nurse's name, then waited until he

> > went into an empty room, where he confronted him, saying: "Do you

> > remember me? Do you remember my mother?"

> >

> > He shot him once; the nurse started to run, then fell in the hall

> > after being shot again.

> >

> > When the gunman started to leave, an administrative secretary entered

> > the area, saying, "Where did he go?" As he rounded a corner, he was

> > shot, too, Boren said.

> >

> > The gunman started to take an elevator but finding it too slow went

> > down the stairs.

> >

> > As he was getting into his car in the parking lot, another car pulled

> > in facing his, and the driver was shot as he got out of the vehicle.

> > That man died later.

> >

> > A city deputy marshal arrived in the parking lot; he fired at her and

> > she shot back, but neither was hit. A plainclothes detective blocked

> > the gunman's car, and when Johnston pulled a gun, the detective shot

> > him, Boren said.

> >

> > Johnston, who used to teach school, appears to be in satisfactory

> > condition after surgery, Boren said.

> >

> > Columbus is in western Georgia, on the Alabama line.

> >

> > ===================================================

> > Denneys' Comments:

> >

> > Once again, dear readers, we see what firearms do in the "land of

> > the "spree"...err..I mean "free" (to kill) zone..err. I mean "nation".

> >

> > Yes, we can continue this outrageous farce that guns "protect" us,

> > as these NRA gun freaks would have you and I believe, but perhaps,

> > if these three innocent victims of US gun violence could still talk,

> > instead of cooling their heels forever, first in the morgue and

> > thence onto their gravesites, the might speak out very differently

> > about the state of American gun control laws, in the 21st century.

> >

> > -Roger

>

> If there was gun at the nurses station and training of everyone was

> the norm he never would have gotten out of there.

> If he knew that people trained in firearms were everywhere and a gun

> could be anywhere to be used to protect those he went after, he never

> would have gone in.

> More guns and a populace trained in using them will stop these nutjobs.