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Politeness, life in the streets.

A man armed with a shotgun shot one person outside a North Carolina law firm Friday, darted across a busy street and wounded three others outside a Wal-Mart before officers subdued him, police said.

If the other folks had had shotguns, no doubt no one would have been hurt.

Resolve family disputes, politely.

Witnesses told WBIR that 26-year-old Angela Major and 40-year-old Ken Mason were fighting over a handgun that discharged, sending a bullet into the head of the child who was sitting at their feet at the time. A second round reportedly went through the hand of the father.

When you are waiting, pass the time politely:

A couple in a white Toyota was waiting in the parking lot near 99th Avenue and Camelback Road when a man in a black Escalade pulled up, said Trent Crump, a spokesman for Phoenix police.

The pair was waiting to meet the buyer of some merchandise they had been selling online, Crump said.

The man in the black vehicle got out, began talking to the couple and the conversation turned aggressive. The man then pulled out a firearm on the couple and one of the people in the white Toyota fired at him, authorities said.

As through your life you wend your way,
Scatter politeness throughout the day.

Zane Noland opened a bathroom stall door at an Ybor City theater and unfolded a plot line rivaling the drama of the superhero movie playing on the screen.

“Dad,” the 9-year-old said. “There’s a gun.”

(snip)

There, perched atop a toilet paper dispenser inside a busy bathroom inside a busy movie theater, he discovered the loaded Glock 26, a small semiautomatic weapon.

Be polite during the Mass:

Rebecca Hernandez told The Salt Lake Tribune that she was sitting in the back of St. James Catholic Church in Ogden as the priest was preparing to administer communion when Charles Richard Jennings Jr. allegedly shot his father-in-law in the back of the head.

Practice acts of random politeness:

Walji, who records show has previously has been arrested 14 times in Pinellas County, fired a semi-automatic handgun once into the living room of house on Frederica Lane in Dunedin on May 22, deputies said. He fired the gun from a sofa in the house’s garage, deputies said. It was unclear if he knew the occupants. The bullet penetrated an interior wall, ricocheted off the ceiling and lodged in another wall.

Display brotherly love, politely.

“Working jointly with Clayton County police, we have determined that the shooting actually occurred at the victim’s house inside Henry County,” Major Jason Bolton with Henry police said in an emailed statement. “It appears at this time that the victim was shot by her 18-year-old brother while he was playing with a gun.”

Walk the dog, politely.

Be polite to the family when visiting friends.

Authorities in northern Arizona say a 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father at a Prescott Valley home.

Prescott Valley police say the shooting occurred just after noon Friday. The 35-year-old man, identified as Justin Stanfield Thomas, and his young son were visiting from Phoenix and were at a friend’s house.

Via Bob Cesca.

How stupid do you have to be to qualify for a job as “school administrator”?

Seriously.

Inquiring minds want to know.

Here’s a link to the story at their local television station.

As Bob Cesca points out, this was the NRA’s fabled good guy with a gun.

The initial investigation revealed that the gun’s owner had completed shooting, and was preparing to put his 12-gauge shotgun away while he was inside the clubhouse. While doing this, the man believed he was putting a “snap cap” into the gun to protect the firing pin while the gun is stored. But he had accidentally placed a live shotgun shell into the gun instead of the snap cap, deputies said.

The man then pointed the gun at the floor and pulled the trigger. Shot from the live round struck the floor, then bounced up and struck several people, according to reports.

Afterthought:

So we are back to the subject of gun nut intelligence tests . . . .

Deliver your pick-up lines politely.

Police said Carmichael, 42, made attempted passes toward a woman on the 600 block of South Street who was with two friends around 1:47 a.m. When the women told Carmichael to leave them alone, he grabbed one and showed her a gun tucked into his waistband, police said. Carmichael then crossed South Street, pulled out the gun and fired a shot at the three women.

Be polite when you visit your national parks and monuments.

Police have arrested a man after more than 100 shots were fired into rock formations at the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs. There were no reports of injuries.

I was going to post about this, but the Booman beat me to it.

So skip that book on abnormal psych; kick back; pop a ‘lude; follow the link; and read the post and, especially, the comments.

More neighborly politeness.

Family members must be polite to each other.

A polite slip-up.

A Franklin County deputy determined that an East Dixfield man accidentally shot himself in the thigh Sunday when he slipped in the mud while target practicing, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Tuesday.

Make your fashion statement politely:

A 16-year-old has been charged with a hate crime after shooting a man because he was a cross-dresser, Tampa police say.

In a timely sidelight:

Retrieving cellphone records from a private carrier delayed the investigation for more than a month, Sgt. Michael Stout said Thursday.

Still wanting to re-fight the Civil War.