Joys of living in New Orleans

[Lokidude]

Xavier has a little different take on Grimes. I'm normally a backer of the police, give them the benefit of the doubt; however, this IS New Orleans, home of "any excuse to take your guns and your rights."

[308Mike]

They really grow good spellers down there, don't they? "Jusus Chyist"??



Oh, and just what is an "assault shotgun"?

Assistant Police Superintendent Marlon Defillo said that on Saturday evening, as crime lab investigators began to "process" the car, they found an assault shotgun in the trunk along with a "high velocity" magazine clip for the 9 mm handgun and shotgun shells.

Grimes said he did not know whether his son owned another weapon, but that if he did, it would be registered.

[Cybrludite]

I'm pretty sure that "y" is supposed to be an "r".

[Jered]

So the "Jus" the assault shotgun, and the high velocity 9mm clip are in it together?

[Cybrludite]

Dr King wept.

In unrelated news, I got woken up by gunfire Saturday evening. What sounded like a single shotgun blast in the apartments across the street. No idea if it was an ND, someone dealing with a break-in, or plain old crime. Sounded like the shot happened outside, so I'm guessing it wasn't the middle option. I just shrugged my shoulders and went back to sleep.

[workinwifdakids]

Woken up by gunfire... Wow, I wish I could say that's a novelty. In fact, there were so many incidents of 'a single shot' fired around here, I wrote a letter to the chief. I explained that I'd called 911 several times, but there's literally no point. Unless there's someone here when it happens, there's nothing anyone can do. The deputy asked a next-door-neighbor if he'd heard anything (infer what you may), and the neighbor thank God said the same thing I said.

Years later they still can't figure it out, though the pace has lessened. Every couple of weeks someone fires off a round. I don't even bother calling the police any more.