Police: Costumed Pa. girl mistaken for skunk, shot

Associated Press ^ | Oct. 21, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

FREEDOM, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a costumed 9-year-old girl was accidentally shot outside a western Pennsylvania home during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk.

New Sewickley Township police say the girl was over a hillside and wearing a black costume and a black hat with a white tassel.

[skinkinthegrass]

was the "shooter" "drunker" than a *****
*not laughing..really.*

[TribalPrincess2U]

What dumbass would do that?

Either an idiot or drunk. Either way, that’s one POS that doesn’t deserve to own a gun.

[Vendome]

The shooter should be shot.

How big does that moron think a skunk really is?

[Dr. Pritchett]

Better ban guns. End of discussion.

(This is all the proof we need).

[bigbob]

I can see mistaking certain democrat spokes-womyn for a “skank”, but this is outrageous.

[DemforBush]

Poor kid. Hope she comes out of this okay.

[Fiji Hill]

The shooter was likely drunk as a skunk.

[ltc8k6]

I’m assuming he just saw the hat above the hill and thought it was a skunk...

But yeah...

[verum ago]

Gawd.

Be sure of your target and what's beyond it.

I've been on the wrong end of the latter half of that rule. For some reason it seems like a lot of rimfire shooters seem to think an animal counts as a backstop.

[Vendome]

Yeah, I don’t know. There is a huge difference between a 5 pound animal and a 50-60# pound hooman...

[UCANSEE2]

Doesn’t this guy know anything?

You don’t shoot kids in costumes unless they come to the door more than once.

[UCANSEE2]

Better ban guns.

ummmmm.... better choice would be to ban skunks. And mosquitoes.

[Godwin1]

Someone was drunk while handling a firearm. Needs to be locked up.....

[AnalogReigns]

Cops said the shooter had NOT been drinking. (I bet he just has bad eyesight)

Helps to actually read the article...

[dadgum]

Agreed.

One of the cardinal rules of firearm safety: “KNOW YOUR TARGET” (maybe he did - another story entirely).

“DON’T USE A FIREARM IF YOU ARE INTOXICATED” - another cardinal rule.

Stupid, tragic, and entirely avoidable.

Bust his a$$ to the fullest extent of applicable law.

[EggsAckley]

Just as big a dumbass is the idiot who throws a halloween party two weeks early.

[longfellow]

Ban skunks, always hated Pepe Le Pew.

[ArcadeQuarters]

Even if it had been a skunk, why was he trying to shoot it?

[fella]

Broke one of the basic rules of firearms. “Make sure of your target before placing finger on trigger”. His family should take turns whipping his butt over and over to make sure he learns his lesson.