Posted on 05/12/2005 2:17:52 PM PDT by HolgerDansk
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant.
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
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By the time all five animals were shot, at least 120 rounds had been fired, a few that hit empty houses and a nearby car, Laxson said. The first buffalo took several shots in the head and "didn't even flinch."
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Lol....I like Larry the cable guys' bit about his horse breaking his leg. He broke his leg so larry shot it. Now it has a broken leg AND a gun shot wound. :-)
What a horrible catastrophe! Instead of killing the gentle buffalo, The police should have captured those poor creatures, lead them back into the slaughterhouse, and then . . . ah . .. oh . . . nevermind.
As a CU-Boulder alum, I'm really offended by this thread.
LOL I remember that.
I'm sure PETA is already on the scene. I'm sure the Libs have held at least three press conferences already. Never fear, more of our hard-earned tax dollars will be wasted on this.
Four cops emptying their Brady-exempted 30 round magazines.
Something like a .405 Winchester or .450 Marlin would have been more suited for the task.
Aren't you CU Buffs too busy with the sexual scandals at your school to worry about a little beff-kabob party ?
And I would bet it did not take 120 rounds to kill 5 buffalo.
Not to forget also, Indians killed enough to feed their people, with only spears and bow/arrow.
The LA County Sheriff's office is no doubt breathing a sigh of relief that those buffalo weren't in Compton.
In many states, hunting large animals with a .22 (yea, .223 is a .22 cal bullet) is a crime. Perhaps the "law" should study their own damn books.
You have to be an OU or NU alum, right?
Were the cops on a steak-out?
hahahaha...!!
Ummm...no I think this is goodness if youre a perp. I suppose you can pretty much count on not being hit no matter how much ordinance goes down range. OTOH if youre a large immovable object then its going to suck to be you.
The cops should be damned lucky that nobody was hurt by those shots that went into empty houses. No buffalo burgers for these guys.
You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.
So much for the called in air strikes...
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