Comments on: Escambia Man Sentenced For Aggravated Assault With Firearm

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 00:52:19 +0000

REGARDING:
” if you was just getting off work and you see your girl in a car with another guy your child is in there and they are getting high ,yea he could have called the police he seen his child in danger and he just didn’t think”

Or you could shoot into an area filled with other people who had nothing to do with the situation?
If the purpose is to protect the child, emptying a gun is seldom good for the child’s hearing, breathing or mental stability.

I fail to see how knowing him better would justify his endangering the lives of so many other people. In fact, many people oppose shooting fleeing humans in the back (even if police do it). It’s just a good thing he was such a poor shot.

There are two main possibilities:

1. He couldn’t control himself.
If this is the case, he needs to be restrained from doing it again since he has no control over himself.
2. He COULD control himself but chose not to do so.
In this case, he has shown absolute disregard for the lives of others and there is no reason to believe he won’t do it again if he gets mad.
In this case he also needs to be restrained from doing it again.

I wish we could be sure he wouldn’t kill people if not spending half his life in prison, but the lives of others matter too — even the friend’s girlfriend’s new boyfriend.

David for better people

By: lars

lars — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:20:23 +0000

It is somewhat interesting to me that the article does not mention Mr. Turner’s age or whether he had a concelaed weapons permit. I know the number of people with CWP who are convicted of crimes with those firearms is small. I was just wondering if that were the case here. Mary Jane says she knows the family and these young men are respectful. I wonder, were they respectful of the law and were carring firearms legally?

By: mary jane

mary jane — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:18:00 +0000

so true

By: Jcellops

Jcellops — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:41:54 +0000

Very sad- he looks young- wish these kids didn’t have to always learn the hard way.

By: mary jane

mary jane — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:49:51 +0000

its sad that we judge people and not know the real situation , I know this family very well they are church going people the mom raised her children very well .anyone can make a mistake black’s, white’s ,what ever you are .these young men are very respectful young men didn’t hang out like other people one of the guys even worked.put yourself in there shoe’s they young not thinking if you was just getting off work and you see your girl in a car with another guy your child is in there and they are getting high ,yea he could have called the police he seen his child in danger and he just didn’t think he just made a bad choice but just like I said know one’s perfect o by the way they have never been in trouble before this is the first time.

By: Sage 2

Sage 2 — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:24:33 +0000

Sad part is that he was working on his GED and now that has been interrupted.

Oh well, he’ll have the benefits of ALL his physical, social and medical needs taken care of by the use of taxpayer’s dollars for a L O N G time.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:15:03 +0000

Another productive, upstanding citizen off to “Club Florida” for an extended vacation.
Hope he enjoys the hospitality offered by the State of Florida.

By: Terri Sanders

Terri Sanders — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 14:34:21 +0000

Momma always said be careful who you hang out with….