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Man Allegedly Fires Crossbow at Neighbor
AP ^ | 5/24/5

Posted on 05/24/2005 3:19:40 PM PDT by SmithL

Iowa City -- A man who police say fired a crossbow at his neighbor was arrested. Dana Lee Cockerman, 48, was charged Sunday with intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Cockerman, was angry at his neighbor about his dog being shot a year ago, and fired the crossbow, narrowly missing the man

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Ban the Bow!
1 posted on 05/24/2005 3:19:41 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Bowling for Iowa City, in a theater near you!


2 posted on 05/24/2005 3:21:35 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: You can get more reliable information in a beauty shop, than from the media)
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Man Allegedly Fires Crossbow at Neighbor

He's lucky a lot of those guys that use crossbows would have fired an arrow.

3 posted on 05/24/2005 3:21:41 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
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To: SmithL

Get thee back hell hound! Remove thy cur from my domicile or I shall smite thee.

Seriously....who uses a crossbow these days?


4 posted on 05/24/2005 3:22:37 PM PDT by edpc
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To: edpc
We are the knights of NEEE!!!

Bring us a shrubbery!

5 posted on 05/24/2005 3:23:36 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: isthisnickcool

LOL


6 posted on 05/24/2005 3:24:03 PM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: edpc

Does Ted Nugent?


7 posted on 05/24/2005 3:24:03 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: You can get more reliable information in a beauty shop, than from the media)
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To: SmithL

What a dummy! You kill the dog first, then, when the guy comes after you, you claim self-defense. And, unless PETA finds you killed the dog, you win!


8 posted on 05/24/2005 3:30:29 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: SmithL

I'm suprised he isn't charged with "assault with a deadly weapon".


9 posted on 05/24/2005 3:30:53 PM PDT by Andrew LB (Another solder in the fight against liberalism.)
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To: isthisnickcool

Most use bolts but some crossbows could use a man as its projectile.


10 posted on 05/24/2005 3:32:01 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." AYN RAND)
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To: SmithL

was it an assault-crossbow?


11 posted on 05/24/2005 3:33:29 PM PDT by King Prout (blast and char it among fetid buzzard guts!)
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and fired the crossbow, narrowly missing the man.

Bowsight, anyone?

12 posted on 05/24/2005 3:34:42 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: SmithL

Hmmm. Maybe I'll try that on my neighbor's blinding lights.


13 posted on 05/24/2005 3:37:15 PM PDT by hobson
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To: King Prout

It probably had a bayonet lug and a pistol grip. Grounds for drawing and quartering.


14 posted on 05/24/2005 3:41:53 PM PDT by ol' hoghead (If you stick your head in the sand, you make your butt a big target.)
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To: edpc
Seriously....who uses a crossbow these days?

Lots of hunter's here in OK...that can no longer use a traditional bow and arrow...( long, recurve, compound ) because of medical reasons, can apply for a crossbow hunting license.

FWIW, that's how the law is here. Check your own state's regulations.

15 posted on 05/24/2005 3:42:03 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Don't get all het up about it.....)
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Does Ted Nugent?

Not that I'm aware of..........

16 posted on 05/24/2005 3:42:44 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Don't get all het up about it.....)
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To: Osage Orange
Lots of hunter's here in OK...that can no longer use a traditional bow and arrow...( long, recurve, compound ) because of medical reasons, can apply for a crossbow hunting license.

FWIW, that's how the law is here. Check your own state's regulations.

In Washington State, crossbows are illegal to hunt with. The regs on compound bows are also fairly restrictive, such that you can't use a bow where the strength of pull goes below a certain point when the bow is fully drawn.

17 posted on 05/24/2005 3:50:17 PM PDT by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: SmithL

I'm curious as to whether the dog shooting incident was legitimate or not. Maybe the crossbow dude is a major league @$$#013, and so was his dog.


18 posted on 05/24/2005 3:50:57 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: edpc

Couple years ago a man in this town, the 4th most dangerous metropolitan area in the country, was shot in the neck with a crossbow bolt. Somehow survived.


19 posted on 05/24/2005 3:52:46 PM PDT by RightWhale (These problems would not exist if we had had a moon base all along)
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I smite thee with my elven crossbow! By Jove, I rolled a 23 on my 30 sided die! I am a level 12 paladin ye wretched cur.


20 posted on 05/24/2005 3:55:17 PM PDT by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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