[NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961]

"Juan told me he had shot a shotgun into the air to mark the passing of his father," said Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff John Armstrong in his report.

Oh yeah, let me do that and I'd be in jail before one could say,"Gonzo". What a bunch of loons.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

something seems fishy.

[Sender]

Just a note to all my FReeper friends; if I should ever be reported as dead from credible sources, I expect you ALL to go outside and fire your shotguns into the air. Then raise a few drinks to me.

[Bar-Face]

"Juan told me he had shot a shotgun into the air to mark the passing of his father," said Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff John Armstrong in his report."


I wonder what the Pitkin County Sheriff and the Pitkin County DA would have said to me if I had fired off a shotgun or a BB gun or disturbed the evidence at the scene of a suicide or a possible homicide.
Pitkin County like Aspen are very sensitive to needs of their wealthy and famous citizens.

[Bar-Face]

"Juan told me he had shot a shotgun into the air to mark the passing of his father," said Pitkin County Deputy Sheriff John Armstrong in his report."


I wonder what the Pitkin County Sheriff and the Pitkin County DA would have said to me if I had fired off a shotgun or a BB gun or disturbed the evidence at the scene of a suicide or a possible homicide.
Pitkin County like Aspen are very sensitive to needs of their wealthy and famous citizens.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Firing off his gun in the air, eh? Where was this kid raised - Palestine? Iraq?

[gridlock]

A soft-sided gun case was found at Hunter Thompson's feet along with a spent shell casing and a semiautomatic Smith & Wesson model 645 handgun, Ryan's report said.

The gun's magazine had six bullets left in the clip, but no bullet was found in the gun's firing chamber, Ryan said.

"I think a bullet from the magazine should have cycled into the chamber, but if there's a malfunction, they may not," DiSalvo said.

DiSalvo said he hadn't checked the gun, but the weapon could have been on a manual cycle that would have stopped the other bullets from going into the chamber.

Any of our many FReeper handgunners know if this is a plausible story? I am not familiar with the S&W 465, but it sounds to me like this would either have to be a malfunction, or the clip was inserted into the weapon after it was fired...

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Gonzo, bonzo, the guys was a nut case, appears the nut did not fall far from the tree.