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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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To: Free ThinkerNY
was the "shooter" "drunker" than a *****
*not laughing..really.*
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posted on
10/21/2012 8:57:14 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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.
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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)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The shooter should be shot.
How big does that moron think a skunk really is?
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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)
To: TribalPrincess2U
Better ban guns. End of discussion.
(This is all the proof we need).
To: Free ThinkerNY
I can see mistaking certain democrat spokes-womyn for a “skank”, but this is outrageous.
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posted on
10/21/2012 9:07:34 PM PDT
by
bigbob
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.)
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!)
To: Vendome
I’m assuming he just saw the hat above the hill and thought it was a skunk...
But yeah...
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posted on
10/21/2012 9:40:27 PM PDT
by
ltc8k6
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.
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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.)
To: ltc8k6
Yeah, I don’t know. There is a huge difference between a 5 pound animal and a 50-60# pound hooman...
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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)
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.
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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.)
To: Dr. Pritchett; TribalPrincess2U
Better ban guns.ummmmm.... better choice would be to ban skunks. And mosquitoes.
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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.)
Someone was drunk while handling a firearm. Needs to be locked up.....
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posted on
10/21/2012 10:04:08 PM PDT
by
Godwin1
To: skinkinthegrass; All
Cops said the shooter had NOT been drinking. (I bet he just has bad eyesight)
Helps to actually read the article...
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posted on
10/21/2012 10:11:25 PM PDT
by
AnalogReigns
(because the real world is not digital...)
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.
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posted on
10/21/2012 10:13:51 PM PDT
by
dadgum
(Overjoyed to be the Pariah.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Just as big a dumbass is the idiot who throws a halloween party two weeks early.
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posted on
10/21/2012 10:41:55 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply!")
To: Dr. Pritchett
Ban skunks, always hated Pepe Le Pew.
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posted on
10/21/2012 11:22:18 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Even if it had been a skunk, why was he trying to shoot it?
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posted on
10/21/2012 11:23:48 PM PDT
by
ArcadeQuarters
(I'm anti-socialism because I'm anti-slavery.)
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.
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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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