I am truly sorry that Keith Ratliff was apparently murdered by a gunshot to the head. For those of you who do not know of Mr. Ratliff, he was the founder of FPSRussia, one of the top ten channels on YouTube. FPSRussia had received hundreds of millions of page views for the videos that Mr. Ratliff produced and in which he sometimes appeared. Those videos featured the use of high powered firearms.
Here is a video by The Young Turks about Mr. Ratliff’s murder:
Agents for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated that Mr. Ratliff was found at his place of business in Franklin County, surrounded by numerous firearms, some of which he manufactured himself.
Ratliff was known on the Internet for a series of gun-related videos he and a partner produced called FPS Russia.
The videos showed a man with a Russian accent shooting off all types of weaponry and blowing items up on screen.
YouTube said the video channel was the ninth-highest-rated channel on its site and the videos have amassed nearly a half-billion views. […]
Agents said they found several weapons at the scene, some of which Ratliff made, others which he did not make. Agents said they aren’t sure if the weapon that killed him is among the weapons found.
No known motive has yet been established for his murder. He leaves behind a wife and two year old son. My condolences to his family.
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Got the right-wing gun lovers completely upset over Soviet subversion in Georgia. Can’t grasp the videos were taped in the US state of Georgia.
This person is a friend of Keith Ratliff and produced some of the videos – Kyle Anderson. From other blogs, Keith had suspected trouble and was going to “lie low” a few years. Didn’t expect to be pushing daisies so soon. Gossip talk of link to porn on the Internet.
Possibly a “business” deal gone bad.
Soviets?
FPSRussia himself does a pretty good Russian accent. I am a big big fan of the channel but this guy apparently got what he wanted, a chance to show his gun skills. Apparently they were less than he thought.
The Soviet Union collapsed more than 2 decades ago
All those high-powered guns and he couldn’t protect himself.
My thoughts exactly.
The NRA talking point didn’t work out very well, in reality here.
Don`t you know he was tricked by someone he trusted?
Thats what you get if you stop keeping everyone at gunpoint and trust people.
The lesson we have to take from this is to never let anyone out of the crosshairs.
Or maybe he was the bad guy shot by the good guy?
Maybe i should feel bad about being so sarcastic and making fun of the irony or this guys death.
But we all know there will plenty of contorted BS to make this an example of why we need more guns and not less.
Just last week, a female cop was found shot to death in a parking lot. She had not drawn her weapon and was sitting in her car. Husband has been charged.
The most dangerous person in the world is a loved one or partner or relative with a weapon.
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Reminds me of the “gun-toting-soccer-mom” whose husband shot her.
Ooops – I just posted the link below before reading all the comments.
Nope. Owning a gun does not protect you.
Gun-toting soccer mom found shot dead
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From your link:
“The couple’s 10-year-old son and daughters ages 2 and 6 were home at the time, police said. The two older children ran outside and told neighbors …
Lebanon remained tightlipped, with Chief Daniel Wright saying only that the case was classified as a “death investigation” and that no one
outside the home, or any of the children, is suspected of killing the couple.”
Meleanie Hain was unarmed while chatting online with a friend as the shots rang out
It’s a sad, sad world!
Alex Jones goes ballistic on taking his arms away – CNN Piers Morgan
Congress should mandate that every citizen have weapons drawn at all times in permanent mexican stand-off. A safe and free society requires not only universal gun ownership but that we do all our business with our guns ready for justice: driving, teaching, parenting, socializing, all with guns drawn and rounds chambered.
That will keep law abiding citizens safe.
Surely another dastardly plot by liberals (or Obama’s secret forces) to discredit gun nuts.
Possibly. Without other data, one can’t rule out an anti-gun nut trying to stop him, i.e. the other side of the anti-abortion nut who shot the doctor in church to “save the babies”, perhaps the person who did this thought they were “saving the children”. Low probability but possible. When passions are inflamed people commit all sorts of acts for the highest perpuse, witness the reformation.
So THAT’S a Russian accent? Gosh, I didn’t know that when I lived in Georgia!