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Originally posted by SimeyTheLimey:
Anyway, the bottom line is that there isn't enough information here to draw the conclusion you make. The article refers to an RPG, which could easily have been a ready-to-go weapon for all we know.
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No, actually, the bottom line is that there isn't enough information here to draw the conclusion others made namely that the kid was aiming an RPG at them. That was my "conclusion". I merely pointed out that on a balance, the information that we do have suggests that the kid was a weapons collector and that was the reason why he was killed.
I specifically dealt with the point that it may have been an RPG he was going for OR an RPG plus launcher.
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Originally posted by Troll:
In any event, he hadn't picked up whatever it is he was going for and certainly hadn't aimed it at anyone, so he wasn't a direct threat to Boggs at the time of his death.
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The journalist mentions specifically that the majority of the kids out there are weapons collectors and that this kid was shot while stooping to pick up. Both of those facts suggest to me that he was shot because he was a potential rather than a direct threat to their security. Now, if you disagree I'd be keen to hear what conclusion you draw from the facts as we know them.
