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Police: Costumed Pa. girl mistaken for skunk, shot
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 21, 2012

Posted on 10/21/2012 8:52:55 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: banglist; skunk
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1 posted on 10/21/2012 8:52:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
was the "shooter" "drunker" than a *****
*not laughing..really.*

2 posted on 10/21/2012 8:57:14 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What dumbass would do that?

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


3 posted on 10/21/2012 9:00:50 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer. FREEDOM OR FREE STUFF- YOU GET ONE CHOICE, CHOOSE WISELY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The shooter should be shot.

How big does that moron think a skunk really is?


4 posted on 10/21/2012 9:03:10 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Better ban guns. End of discussion.

(This is all the proof we need).


5 posted on 10/21/2012 9:04:48 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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


6 posted on 10/21/2012 9:07:34 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Poor kid. Hope she comes out of this okay.


7 posted on 10/21/2012 9:08:47 PM PDT by DemforBush (100% Ex-Democrat.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The shooter was likely drunk as a skunk.


8 posted on 10/21/2012 9:16:26 PM PDT by Fiji Hill (Deo Vindice!)
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To: Vendome

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

But yeah...


9 posted on 10/21/2012 9:40:27 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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.
10 posted on 10/21/2012 9:45:42 PM PDT by verum ago (Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: ltc8k6

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


11 posted on 10/21/2012 9:45:52 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Doesn’t this guy know anything?

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


12 posted on 10/21/2012 9:49:29 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: Dr. Pritchett; TribalPrincess2U
Better ban guns.

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

13 posted on 10/21/2012 9:50:55 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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Someone was drunk while handling a firearm. Needs to be locked up.....


14 posted on 10/21/2012 10:04:08 PM PDT by Godwin1
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To: skinkinthegrass; All

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

Helps to actually read the article...


15 posted on 10/21/2012 10:11:25 PM PDT by AnalogReigns (because the real world is not digital...)
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To: Godwin1

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.


16 posted on 10/21/2012 10:13:51 PM PDT by dadgum (Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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


17 posted on 10/21/2012 10:41:55 PM PDT by EggsAckley ("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!")
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Ban skunks, always hated Pepe Le Pew.


18 posted on 10/21/2012 11:22:18 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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


19 posted on 10/21/2012 11:23:48 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (I'm anti-socialism because I'm anti-slavery.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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.


20 posted on 10/22/2012 12:38:28 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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