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Remonstrate politely with the neighbors.

Police say loud barking might have led a 56-year-old man to kill four of his neighbors and two dogs before turning the weapon on himself over the weekend at a central Phoenix town house.

And in other news of the polite . . . .

Pretending to the badge of politeness:

Philadelphia police say a city man who works as a clerk in the sheriff’s office falsely claimed to be a police officer then a deputy when he pulled a gun at an auto repair shop.

Show fellow drivers how polite you can be.

The incident occurred shortly before 5:30 a.m. Thursday on southbound I-680. Both drivers exited at Mission Boulevard and turned right onto Brown Road, and one driver fired a gun at the other car, hitting the driver, according to police.

The shooter then fled and has not been located by police.

“How many more?” indeed.

I got my answer sooner than I expected. Another gun for safety’s sake:

Orange County (Texas–ed.) Chief Deputy Sheriff Clint Hodgkinson said Tuesday that 19-year-old Melissa Ringhardt was babysitting a 5-year-old and 6-month-old in a home in Vidor, about 90 miles east of Houston. Authorities say Ringhardt brought a handgun with her because she was scared of being home alone.

Ringhardt left the handgun on a table and went into another room to take a nap. When she awoke, she found the 5-year-old boy lying in the living room with a gunshot wound.

The child is dead and sitter is in jail.

And in news for the polite, it’s not a good idea to leave your politeness stick in an unlocked garage.

Simulated politeness has a price.

Sonoma County sheriff’s officials and family members say deputies shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a replica assault weapon.

How many more?

Politeness is essential on the school bus.

Authorities arrested a 13-year-old boy they say showed off a gun at a school bus stop earlier this week.

Today has been a blood-red letter day for politeness.

A gunfight this afternoon between a jitney driver and one of his passengers on a residential street in the Hill District left the passenger in critical condition this evening, police said.

More guns will, no doubt, prevent this from happening again.

More news of the polite:

A student apparently opened fire at a Nevada middle school Monday, killing a teacher and wounding two boys, authorities said. The shooter was left dead.

A hospital said that the two boys arrived in critical condition. One was later upgraded to fair.

Had everyone been packing, no doubt nothing would have happened.

Via C&L.

Keep politeness in the family.

A fight between two cousins in a moving vehicle Saturday ended in a shooting, York County authorities say.

A 2-year-old girl died Saturday afternoon after she found a loaded handgun and accidentally shot herself, Fayetteville police said.

The NRA will no doubt claim that, had she been armed, this would not have happened, because that’s just how they roll.

Via Balloon Juice.

The parents of an Ingleside Elementary student were charged Wednesday with child neglect after the boy brought a handgun to school, police said.

(snip)

The child said he found the gun in his parents’ closet.

How could this be child neglect?

It’s but early exposure to politeness!

Be polite at home.

An 8-year-old boy was recovering in the hospital after being accidentally shot inside a Chester home Thursday afternoon, the city’s police commissioner said.

At Tampabay dot com, Dan DeWitt tells two tales of politeness, while questioning this statement from law enforcement:

There is “NO suspect at large and NO threat to the community,” it said in a statement.

That’s because there were NO survivors.

Via BartCop.

In the Bangor Daily News, Steve Edmondson follows a trail of politeness.

Join him on the trek.

Politeness is essential in a disciplinary hearing. (No doubt you’ve heard of this police chief and his crackpot videos.)

A hearing for a Pennsylvania police chief who made profanity-laced Internet videos about liberals and the Second Amendment was halted suddenly Thursday night after a handgun belonging to one of his supporters slid out of its holster and crashed onto the concrete floor.

The loaded semi-automatic handgun landed inches away from Gilberton Chief Mark Kessler and his attorney. It did not go off, but attorney Joseph Nahas said that he and other officials were concerned about the safety of everyone in the tiny, crowded meeting room at borough hall.

I am continually taken aback by the number of gun fetishists who have no idea how to practice safe gats. You’d think they at least would agree on “safe words” before their sessions.

And in other news of the polite . . . .

A woman was shot early Friday in what police are calling a road rage incident in north Cobb County (Georgia–ed.).

Network politely.

Investigators say a northern Kentucky woman shot her half-sister in the head Wednesday afternoon over a Facebook feud.

Politeness is essential to family functions.

According to the Amelia Bulletin Monitor Facebook page, two young boys, ages 10 and 11, were left alone. The boy was handling a gun, according to the Amelia Bulletin Monitor. That’s when sources say the weapon accidentally fired. Another boy, about a year younger, was also there. Neighbors say they’re brothers. It was the younger boy who called 911, and reported the child had been shot in the mouth.

By the time I was ten, I knew how to check whether the damned thing was loaded.

There is no room for “accidentally” where guns are involved. There is room only for “negligently.”

Via TPM.

Be polite to your fellow commuters.

A man standing on a crowded Muni train pulls out a .45-caliber pistol.

He raises the gun, pointing it across the aisle, before tucking it back against his side. He draws it out several more times, once using the hand holding the gun to wipe his nose. Dozens of passengers stand and sit just feet away – but none reacts.

Their eyes, focused on smartphones and tablets, don’t lift until the gunman fires a bullet into the back of a San Francisco State student getting off the train.

We need a Glockphone to spread the politeness.

Video of dumbphoners with smartphones below the fold courtesy of sfgate.com.

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