Teen wielding pellet gun shot by Anchorage policeman

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/crime/story/832633.html ^ | June 16th, 2009

[BlueMoose]

An Anchorage police officer shot and wounded a 17-year-old boy pointing what the officer thought was a scoped hunting rifle at people in the parking lot of a restaurant late Monday night.

[handy old one]

Stupid is suppose to hurt!!

[org.whodat]

Now that is one dumb kid!!!

[cripplecreek]

Yup.

[Clara Lou]

I’m wondering what the point of posting this is. The teen was pointing a gun. The officer believed people’s safety was in jeopardy. What’s to say, except “People teach your children responsible behavior with weapons”?

[Abathar]

"The shooting isn't the first violent encounter at that Taco Bell. In February 2004, 27-year-old Eric Kalenka was repeatedly and fatally stabbed in the leg during a fight prompted by a fender-bender at the drive-through window. In August 2003, restaurant worker Joshua Goliver, 21, was fatally shot in the chest through the drive-through window during a robbery."

It sure seems that Taco Bell gets more headlines for stuff like this than all the other fast food joints combined.

[handy old one]

Same category as bringing a knife to a gun fight!!

[Bon mots]

Stupid kid just got a little smarter.

[WayneS]

A modern .177 caliber pellet rifle (capable of 1,200+ fps muzzle velocity) is very nearly as capable as a .22 rifle of killing a human being.

Having one of them pointed at you is NOT a trivial matter and IS, in my opinion, a self-defense shooting situation.

[Uriah_lost]

Ok, ok, I’ll start it:..... Sarah’s fault!!!
/snark

[SpinnerWebb]

having been shot myself (by myself... don’t ask) by a .177 air rifle, I must concur.

[Billthedrill]

A modern .177 caliber pellet rifle (capable of 1,200+ fps muzzle velocity) is very nearly as capable as a .22 rifle of killing a human being.

Beat me to it. The young feller was doing what you can't do with a firearm, and if it had been me he was aiming at I'd have been awfully tempted to aim back.

[ketelone]

Dont these places have bullet proof glass?

[BlueMoose]

I kind of wonder about this. The kid was not pointing this gun at any one. Apparently he was looking at a sign through its scope.

[sten]

the point was that it is in alaska... just like promoting any bad news out of texas or florida (while jeb was running the state)

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

If the story is accurate, that is a good outcome. End of story.

[LeonardFMason]

Palin’s fault!!!!!LOL!

[VicVega]

Kid is lucky the cop hit his arm and not his head.

[east1234]

You’re lucky it wasn’t a 30-06.

[Clara Lou]

So, the officer, seeing someone aiming a firearm in the general direction of a group of people (it’s what the article says— an important point), should stand there and wait to see if the person shoots and what he shoots at? I-don’t-think-so.