Anti-gunner's tasteless decision after VA Tech slaughter

peacefuljeffrey · May 9th, 2007, 04:33 PM

This article at Fox news tells of a guy who registered web domain names that would be related to the VA Tech slaughter in hopes of selling them off later. Since he's anti-gun, he stocked them with anti-gun stuff. What a loser!

Loser anti-gunner story

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BLACKSBURG, Va. — When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others.

Within hours of the rampage, the Phoenix man began buying dozens of domain names — CampusKillings.com, VirginiaTechMurders.com, SlaughterInVirginia.com — in the hopes of selling them later to the highest bidder.

McChesney, 48, said he saw it as an opportunity to show his contempt for firearms by featuring anti-gun content on the domains he is selling.

He also saw it as an opportunity to cash in.

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McChesney, who has been "hugely anti-gun" since his brother shot him in the face with a BB gun when he was a child, said he hopes to use some of his domains to draw attention to what he calls an epidemic of gun violence in America.

Sure it wasn't "shot him in the BRAIN"?

"Uh, my brother was a moron, and my parents had no control over our behavior, so I'll take it out on the guns."

His experience is part of "the epidemic of gun violence"? Well, did he press charges against his brother and have him arrested for aggravated battery? Probably not. Too easy to blame the gun.

incredipete · May 9th, 2007, 04:40 PM

What a loon. Fortunately, most people aren't going to want to pay good money to be associated with VT. Anti-gunners can get their message out just fine using domain names that aren't disrespectful.

peacefuljeffrey · May 9th, 2007, 04:51 PM

The sick thing is, the guy doesn't think there's anything wrong with his actions! (or with his anti-gunness, for that matter)

briansmech · May 9th, 2007, 04:59 PM

my brother and i usedta shoot each other with BB guns. only thing it taught me to hate, was missing the target....

this guy is justa loser trying to make a buck.

my buddy, Kharma, will make a call eventually, im sure.

:p

Raider39a · May 9th, 2007, 07:37 PM

that's too bad that it was a bb gun instead of the real mccoy. this guy would be out of the gene pool now. sick dude!

Colin · May 9th, 2007, 08:31 PM

Lets hope he blows all his money on these and no one buys them from him.

obxned · May 9th, 2007, 09:17 PM

People like this give pond scum a bad name.

peacefuljeffrey · May 10th, 2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Colin

Lets hope he blows all his money on these and no one buys them from him.

That's what I was thinking is almost certain to happen.

It's not hard to add just a tiny little thing, something nonessential, to a web domain name to make it into something that no one has yet claimed. I mean, yeah, it's more desirable to have "JohnSmith.com" but if you had to, put in the middle initial, or add "mr." to it or something, and you've done an end-run around the jerk who tried to hold it hostage from you.

rocky · May 10th, 2007, 07:41 PM

Seems a sick and rotten way to try and make a buck. Who does he think he is a major news network?

Pickpocket · May 10th, 2007, 08:04 PM

This is the reason:

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He also saw it as an opportunity to cash in.

This is the rationalization:

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said he hopes to use some of his domains to draw attention to what he calls an epidemic of gun violence in America.

The anti-gun red herring that the news focuses on only serves to validate this turd's actions.

May 9th, 2007, 04:40 PM	#2
incredipete Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 644	What a loon. Fortunately, most people aren't going to want to pay good money to be associated with VT. Anti-gunners can get their message out just fine using domain names that aren't disrespectful. __________________ Gun Control means never having to say "I missed you." - Glock 27 (.40) - Kel-Tec p3at (.380) - Beretta 96FS (.40) - Smith & Wesson 5906 (9mm)

May 9th, 2007, 07:37 PM	#5
Raider39a Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: CT Posts: 185	that's too bad that it was a bb gun instead of the real mccoy. this guy would be out of the gene pool now. sick dude! __________________ "embrace the suck" - our warriors in the sandbox... it implies that do the best you can in impossible conditions. "no plan survives intact upon contact with the enemy" - wisdom of the Grunts.

May 9th, 2007, 09:17 PM	#7
obxned Distinguished Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: OBX, NC Posts: 1,748	People like this give pond scum a bad name. __________________ http://www.obxammo.com/ There is only one gun law in this country, the 2nd Amendment. All else is bureaucratic nonsense that I choose to comply with or not at my discretion. When governments make laws, they must consider the unintended consequences.

May 10th, 2007, 07:41 PM	#9
rocky Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 11,750	Seems a sick and rotten way to try and make a buck. Who does he think he is a major news network? __________________ "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson Nemo Me Impune Lacesset Link to my kydex builds:http://rocknloadkydex.blogspot.com/

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May 9th, 2007, 04:51 PM	#3
peacefuljeffrey VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: south Florida Posts: 3,169	The sick thing is, the guy doesn't think there's anything wrong with his actions! (or with his anti-gunness, for that matter)

May 9th, 2007, 04:59 PM	#4
briansmech Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 677	my brother and i usedta shoot each other with BB guns. only thing it taught me to hate, was missing the target.... this guy is justa loser trying to make a buck. my buddy, Kharma, will make a call eventually, im sure. :p

May 9th, 2007, 08:31 PM	#6
Colin Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,385	Lets hope he blows all his money on these and no one buys them from him.