Man With A BB Gun Killed By Police...  |
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 My mother told me of a news story that happened a few days ago regarding a man who was shot and killed by police for taking a BB gun to a hospital with the intent to shoot the doctors that would not help his dying infant because he had no health insurance.
Apparently, the police got a tip that this man was headed to the hospital with a gun (whether they knew it was a bb gun is beyond me) and by the time the man got to the hospital, he was met by a whole task force, who then gunned him down. The man died instantly and his baby died a few hours later.
Ok, so, my opinion on this is this, maybe the police didn't know that the gun the man was holding was a BB gun because some bb guns really do look very real. However, shouldn't they have waited to check it out before they started firing? Shouldn't they have made sure?Another thing that I take issue with is the laws that surround health insurance today. To me it just seems inhumane to let an innocent infant die because the parent does not or can not afford health insurance. How can people be so cruel? It's an innocent living breathing baby, is money so important to people these days that they will let a baby die instead of giving it the help that they clearly have right at their very fingertips?
I don't necessarily agree with the route that this man took but I can certainly understand it. Any parent wouldn't be thinking rationally when they're told by doctors that they will not help their infant and with the knowledge that their infant will die because of this minor detail. This situation reminded me a lot of the Denzel Washing movie John Q, which depicts a man in a similar situation who takes people hostage at a hospital in order to get his dying son the kidney that he needs, to which the medical staff there refuses to put him on the donor list because of his lack of proper health insurance.
In my opinion, these laws have to change and medical doctors need to start saving lives because that's what they were taught to do. In the old days doctors didn't think about money first, they just saved a life because that's what the whole reason they learned the professional was for, which was in order to save a life. It's just sad...
What is everyone's opinion on this story and the whole situation surrounding it?
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1.  ama1986 (108) | 4 months ago |  i think thats good,another siko off the street,coz if he would of had a real gun he would of took it insted
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 MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | You're probably right but I still don't agree with the health care laws and I can see why he was in the frame of mind that he was in at the time of his doing what he did... | |
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| 2. howard96h (4906) | 4 months ago |  It's sad to hear what happened to the infant and it should not have happened because of not having health insurance but the father was wrong bringing a BB gun to the hospital to shoot the doctors. I do not believe the police were out of line because all they know is there is a man with a gun and they reacted. In a situation like that they are not going to investigate or check out if it's real or whether the gun shoots bb's or bullets.
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| MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | Yeah, I guess you're right. Still, it just seems like a big waste of lives... | |
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| howard96h (4906) | 4 months ago | I agree and I hope something will be done to provide health care insurance to everyone, it is unfair that many people are without coverage simply because they can't afford it. I personally know people who have no coverage at all and this is not good, I think the government should be doing a better job to help all of their people. Have a great day! | |
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| MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | Exactly and I agree completely. Thanks for your comment! | |
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3.  patriciaqualls (1123) | 4 months ago |  That is so terrible. If they tried to save his child, like they should have done in the first place this would not have happned at all. Just because a family doesn't have insurance they should still help an innocent baby. I doo feel bad the baby didn't have a chance of survival from this hospital. How can those dr's and nurses sleep at night knowing they could have saved this baby but just let it die!!!
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| MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | Exactly, I just don't get how they can live with themselves knowing that they let a baby die without lifting a finger to help it and just because of some small stupid technicality. | |
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| patriciaqualls (1123) | 4 months ago | What is this world coming to. If you can't trust doctors who can you trust??? | |
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| MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | I know, it's really scary to think about. | |
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| patriciaqualls (1123) | 4 months ago | It is so sad. I can't believe doctors would be like that. Very scary! | |
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| 4. photographygirl73 (1462) | 4 months ago |  I see you have added a picture of the movie John Q...that was an excellent movie & Denzel should have gotten an award for the part he played(not really sure if he did win one or not)in it. That being said...the movie is a perfect example of what this father with the bb gun must have been going through. I am not saying that what the man did was right, but what I can't understand is how anyone can let another person die when they know that they have the ability to save them! Not everyone can afford insurance & this doesn't surprise me in the least when the rates for it keep going up higher & higher which each year that passes by. Sadly it seems that soon only the rich people will be able to afford to live on this planet while the poor (like us)will eventually die off one by one. Maybe that was the intention of rich people all along...who knows.
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| MrsFairWells (284) | 4 months ago | I know exactly, it's really very sad. I just think that it's horrible that they would rather see a little innocent baby die then do something to help it. It's also scary to know that all these medical personel seem to care about is money rather than saving a life. That's probably why they're always getting sued due to malpractice and all the mistakes being made... | |
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