Woman stabs cousin to death during large family reunion

[Jeebus]

A Tennessee woman was in custody Thursday in San Diego County on suspicion of murdering her cousin during a large family gathering in Oceanside.

Lashauna Shatrell Blanks, 24, allegedly stabbed the 35-year-old Nevada man in the chest outside a condominium in the 400 block of Los Arbolitos Boulevard about 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to police.

Blanks was arrested at the scene, Lt. Leonard Mata said. She was booked into Las Colinas women's jail in Santee early Thursday morning and was being held without bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Friday afternoon.

Authorities did not disclose a suspected motive for the violence, but the victim's sister, Shondria Ferrand, told a local news station the suspect and victim had been in an ongoing dispute that turned physical at times.

I wonder what made Lashauna Shatrell so angry that she would take the life of her own family member during what should have been a joyous family gathering.

We need stricter knife control laws.

[Grindelwald]

Yeah because stabbings are so much more common than shootings.

[BlandFood]

Shatrells done did it now! I thought this was the same as the animal in Annapolis that stabbed her beau with a fork on Tday.

[Jeebus]

Yeah because stabbings are so much more common than shootings.

On Wednesday in Oceanside, yes, they were.

Sounds like you have a number in mind....give us your scoreboard by weapons count - How many people have to die via a certain method (like stabbings) before more laws are needed?

PS - We have laws designed to prevent accidental shootings of children. Since more children die in accidental bucket drownings vs accidental shootings - should we have more bucket control?

[Grindelwald]

On Wednesday in Oceanside, yes, they were.

And shootings were more common on July 20 in Aurora. What's your point?

PS - We have laws designed to prevent accidental shootings of children. Since more children die in accidental bucket drownings vs accidental shootings - should we have more bucket control?

What does that have to do with anything? What about non-accidental shootings? Is there anyone better at cherry-picking data than you?

Sounds like you have a number in mind....give us your scoreboard by weapons count - How many people have to die via a certain method (like stabbings) before more laws are needed?

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus...pons_used.html

[ms maggie]

On Wednesday in Oceanside, yes, they were.

Sounds like you have a number in mind....give us your scoreboard by weapons count - How many people have to die via a certain method (like stabbings) before more laws are needed?

PS - We have laws designed to prevent accidental shootings of children. Since more children die in accidental bucket drownings vs accidental shootings - should we have more bucket control?

What is the primary utility of a bucket? Is it to injure people? What is the primary purpose of a handgun?

You limit yr example to children. How many people are injured by guns vs buckets?

[ms maggie]

A Tennessee woman was in custody Thursday in San Diego County on suspicion of murdering her cousin during a large family gathering in Oceanside.



I wonder what made Lashauna Shatrell so angry that she would take the life of her own family member during what should have been a joyous family gathering.

We need stricter knife control laws.

Without even opening this link, given you posted it, I'm guessing this is a black person. If I am right, I must be some kind of psychic!!

[BlandFood]

What is the primary utility of a bucket? Is it to injure people? What is the primary purpose of a handgun?

You limit yr example to children. How many people are injured by guns vs buckets?

Depending, I have one designed for target shooting the other I use for deer hunting. I keep locks on all my buckets though.............. for the chillins sake. Ted Kennedy killed more women with his Olds 88 than I have with all my buckets combined and I've owned buckets for MANY a year. All my clillins are certified to safely use buckets BTW, swabs too! Why did the Kennedy's have a war on women?

[cprenegade]

What is the primary utility of a bucket? Is it to injure people? What is the primary purpose of a handgun?
You limit yr example to children. How many people are injured by guns vs buckets?

The primary purpose of a handgun is to fire a projectile at a target. The primary function of a knife is to cut a target. That does not mean the target necessarily has to be a person. That is up to the human behind the gun or knife to decide. No handgun has ever consciously made the decision to fire and kill a human. It takes an operator to successfully engage a handgun in a method as to fire and kill a human or an animal. The handgun is merely a tool. The operator is the one who should be punished for using the tool in an inappropriate manner. Somehow in our twisted society we have decided the blame for a tragedy should be assigned to an inanimate object instead of assigned to the operator and that operator rightfully punished.

[ms maggie]

The primary purpose of a handgun is to fire a projectile at a target. The primary function of a knife is to cut a target. That does not mean the target necessarily has to be a person. That is up to the human behind the gun or knife to decide. No handgun has ever consciously made the decision to fire and kill a human. It takes an operator to successfully engage a handgun in a method as to fire and kill a human or an animal. The handgun is merely a tool. The operator is the one who should be punished for using the tool in an inappropriate manner. Somehow in our twisted society we have decided the blame for a tragedy should be assigned to an inanimate object instead of assigned to the operator and that operator rightfully punished.

I get that. I was pointing out the absurdity of equating a bucket to a gun. I assume you agree felons and mentally ill people should be denied guns. While I would guess you're fine with them buying buckets.

[Omaha Beach]

Depending, I have one designed for target shooting the other I use for deer hunting. I keep locks on all my buckets though.............. for the chillins sake. Ted Kennedy killed more women with his Olds 88 than I have with all my buckets combined and I've owned buckets for MANY a year. All my clillins are certified to safely use buckets BTW, swabs too! Why did the Kennedy's have a war on women?

Thanks for getting my day off to a LOL moment. My grandchilluns are coming over tonight so i will make sure all the buckets in the basement are locked up!

[Omaha Beach]

I get that. I was pointing out the absurdity of equating a bucket to a gun. I assume you agree felons and mentally ill people should be denied guns. While I would guess you're fine with them buying buckets.

Felons and mentally ill people are already not allowed to LEGALLY purchase guns. Buckets i dont know. Unfortunately many people do not exhibit mental illness until after they purchase a gun. No law can prevent that. Face it Ms. Maggie: there are some ills in society that no laws can prevent. If so as Bland Food points out Ted Kennedy would never have been given a drivers license.

[TheResearcher]

Someone should have told Lashauna Shatrell, "Girl! You better check yourself before you wreck yourself!"

[skeemer]

What is the primary utility of a bucket? Is it to injure people? What is the primary purpose of a handgun?

You limit yr example to children. How many people are injured by guns vs buckets?

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...60989126_n.jpg

[Jeebus]

Without even opening this link, given you posted it, I'm guessing this is a black person. If I am right, I must be some kind of psychic!!

You must not have opened a Spot72 thread in a while. Let me guess - every (EVERY!) criminal in his threads is white? I must be some kind of psychic,, wondering why you haven't made any comments on the races of "his" criminals.

BTW - I have no idea if Lashaunda Shatrell Banks (or her sister Shondria) is black, white, Asian, or Hispanic. There is no mention of their race in the article. Do you have some inside information as to the race of the killer, victim, or sister? Do tell how you came to that conclusion without any mention of the killer's race?

I get that. I was pointing out the absurdity of equating a bucket to a gun.

As I was pointing out the absurdity of gun control laws that claim to "protect children" but are simply "feel good" measures that do absolutely nothing.

[Baltimatt]

You must not have opened a Spot72 thread in a while. Let me guess - every (EVERY!) criminal in his threads is white? I must be some kind of psychic,, wondering why you haven't made any comments on the races of "his" criminals.

Actually, that's not true. Look up Bryant Keith Walls in Case Search.

Baltimore County police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man and a woman in Parkville early Sunday morning, in which the woman's husband has allegedly come forward and admitted his involvement.

As police began investigating, they were approached by Bryant Keith Walls, 45, of Joppa, who "admitted his involvement in the stabbing" and told officers a second victim was in a home in the first block of nearby Venus Court — where Okemia Walls lived

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...,4886369.story

[LarryN]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...60989126_n.jpg

I lol'd.

[ms maggie]

Felons and mentally ill people are already not allowed to LEGALLY purchase guns. Buckets i dont know. Unfortunately many people do not exhibit mental illness until after they purchase a gun. No law can prevent that. Face it Ms. Maggie: there are some ills in society that no laws can prevent. If so as Bland Food points out Ted Kennedy would never have been given a drivers license.

That is simply not true.

After he tangled with police and was committed to a mental health facility in Oregon in 2010, John F. Shick should not have been able to buy a gun in America under federal law.

But an Albuquerque, N.M., man told investigators he sold two 9 millimeter handguns with no background check to a man resembling Shick when Shick responded to a newspaper ad in April 2011, Pittsburgh police Cmdr. Thomas Stangrecki said on Friday.

Private sales without background checks are legal under New Mexico law. Shick tried to buy a handgun in Oregon in January 2011 and was denied after a background check.

Pittsburgh police believe Shick used the handguns to fatally shoot therapist Michael Schaab, 25, of Regent Square and wound five others at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic on March 8.

"This situation is an example of a person who clearly had dangerous tendencies -- he already had been flagged by law enforcement -- but he was still able to gain access to firearms because our laws are such a patchwork," said Max Nacheman, director of CeaseFirePA, a gun violence prevention group. "There are very few barriers to a person who is determined to get a firearm."

Unlike Pennsylvania, which requires background checks in private handgun sales, neither Oregon nor New Mexico requires an individual selling a gun to another person to run a background check or keep records of the sale.

Read more: http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib...#ixzz2EO3Xrs7K
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[TheResearcher]

I think that this meme of actor Sam Elliott is apropos to the discussion: http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.as...80892&#4839025

[The Astute Reader(tm)]

What is the primary purpose of a handgun?

To expel a small metallic projectile at a high velocity.