How very sad

[LeicsDom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21455453

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been arrested over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria, local media say.

So often the pressure of being a superb sportsman ressults in serious personality defects

[BENDERBOY]

Terrible news, i await further updates.

[Telstra]

The girl was a model:

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=R...w=1540&bih=786

[LeicsDom]

Initial reports suggest he mistakenly shot her when she crept up on him to give him a Valentine surprise.
I guess this will again rekindle the gun debate
He has previously gone on record as saying he always sleeps with a gun beside his bed.
What a horrible way to live, permanently in fear of your life.

[LeicsDom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21459240

police say neighbours heard screaming and shouting around the time of the shooting, and that they had been called to investigate incidents of a domestic nature at the same house in the past.

[nycguydowntown]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21459240

police say neighbours heard screaming and shouting around the time of the shooting, and that they had been called to investigate incidents of a domestic nature at the same house in the past.

with the gun debate in USA happening there was a statistic that in domestic abuse cases---there is a 50% greater chance for a murder to happen if there is a gun in the house---but read on BBC that there is lot's of crime where they live--fucked up.

[LeicsDom]

with the gun debate in USA happening there was a statistic that in domestic abuse cases---there is a 50% greater chance for a murder to happen if there is a gun in the house---.

In the heat of the moment anything will be used as a weapon. Yet another reason why guns should be very tightly controlled.
In the UK registered guns are meant to be kept locked in a reinforced cabinet so they can't be grabbed on the spur of the moment