Mass killer safer in Iraq than at home.

[lakeland27]

A former US Navy SEAL sniper who was responsible for 160 kills during his career has been shot and killed at a Texas gun range.

Chris Kyle, who wrote a book called American Sniper about his military service from 1999 to 2009, was found dead at the Rough Creek Lodge shooting range on Saturday, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, quoting Erath County sheriff Tommy Bryant.

A second man, named as Chad Littlefield, was also killed.

A third man, identified as 25-year-old Eddie Ray Routh, has been charged with two counts of murder.

Local police said both victims had been shot at close range.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-04/star-navy-seal-sniper-shot-dead-at-rifle-range/4498722

live by the sword, die by the sword or just bad luck ? i can't honestly say i feel sorry for him.

[lakeland27]

there are taliban who come under both headings.

[*crikey*mate*]

 i don't suggest any of those alternatives. i simply dont find his figures 'stats' admirable.

16 killings a year - I'm thinking that's pretty low ratio for war, isn't it? yeah, he pulled the trigger, but I wonder how many white collar workers don't physically pull the trigger, but end even more lives? (I'm thinking peeps like Trump, Bond, politicians, the insurance crisis - how many lives has that cost? How many lives has our dodgy health care system cost? He's just a trained middle man - it's the people pulling the strings that have the real blood on their hands.

Wonder what his hit/miss ratio was -

I mean look at it clinically - for most employees, you kind of hope they aim at 100% success rate, you know, get it right every time - So, on the same principle - if he only made 16 shots to make those 16 snipes, then his work performance is admirable.

[*crikey*mate*]

nor do I LL.I think it was inappropriate for those stats to be included .Perhaps they put them in for a reason ? 

My guess is - it means, that because of him, there are now 160 less people in the world trying to shoot at me and mine.

[lakeland27]

16 killings a year - I'm thinking that's pretty low ratio for war, isn't it? yeah, he pulled the trigger, but I wonder how many white collar workers don't physically pull the trigger, but end even more lives? (I'm thinking peeps like Trump, Bond, politicians, the insurance crisis - how many lives has that cost? How many lives has our dodgy health care system cost? He's just a trained middle man - it's the people pulling the strings that have the real blood on their hands.

Wonder what his hit/miss ratio was -

I mean look at it clinically - for most employees, you kind of hope they aim at 100% success rate, you know, get it right every time - So, on the same principle - if he only made 16 shots to make those 16 snipes, then his work performance is admirable.

i think the point you make about other occupations is a good one crikey. but i'm not convinced otherwise. i think you do have some potential working in criminal Law though 🙂 you just have to lose that support for the death penalty..

[izabsmiling]

  i suppose it helps readers remember who they are talking about. with sportsmen they list achievements as a means of identifying them to readers.

It's emotive in this case isn't it even if one doesn't see the numbers as an achievement.

The US has servicemen and women OS and

is trying to implement tougher gun laws .

Different people can and will see it differently ?

Chris Kyle did not (according to the article) support tougher gun Laws/Restrictions.That too may stand out as a positive or negative depending on ones own personal stance on the issue.

People have lost their loved ones .My sympathies do go to them 

[*crikey*mate*]

LOL - if I'm ever in the position to be representing someone for whom any death penalty laws are applicable, it means I'm working for the government (cos I'd be the prosecution). The big money is in defending criminals, not prosecuting them - so I'd be trying to get them off!

[izabsmiling]

I think you would do well with that Crikey.Not all people could do that job even with the intellect and training.

[lakeland27]

LOL - if I'm ever in the position to be representing someone for whom any death penalty laws are applicable, it means I'm working for the government (cos I'd be the prosecution). The big money is in defending criminals, not prosecuting them - so I'd be trying to get them off!

thats kind of what i meant. a friend has a booming practice, thats where the money is.

he left 2 large firms ..one after another .. and hasn't looked back. the thing that sets him apart and puts him in such demand is the fact that he gives everyone 100% (and crims talk to each other about these things)

[lakeland27]

It's emotive in this case isn't it even if one doesn't see the numbers as an achievement.

The US has servicemen and women OS and

is trying to implement tougher gun laws .

Different people can and will see it differently ?

Chris Kyle did not (according to the article) support tougher gun Laws/Restrictions.That too may stand out as a positive or negative depending on ones own personal stance on the issue.

People have lost their loved ones .My sympathies do go to them 

yes, and i should have thought about it first as i'm sure you arent the only one.

[izabsmiling]

LL I wasn't meaning myself I was referring to the family and friends of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.

I should clarify that this from the article above was Chris Kyle's view on gun control

In the wake of the slayings of 20 children and six adults at a school in Newtown, Connecticut in December, Kyle was interviewed in January about rising calls for curbing gun violence in the United States.

He told the website guns.com that he favoured arming teachers who have been screened and trained, and spoke against restrictions on gun owners.

I think things have been included for public appeal?