... Romeo Gonzalez
Memorable Quotes from Aliens (1986)
Hicks
[Pulling out his pump-action shotgun]:
"I like to keep this handy for close encounters."
Even aside from shooting his neighbor, what kind of idiot shoots at a wasp's nest with a shotgun? A drunken idiot, I suspect.
There's only one way to deal with a wasp's nest: with a bug bomb. Get ready, take aim, shoot a stream of poison all over the nest, and run like hell.
At close range a shotgun pattern is still very dense and could easily penetrate a wall, especially if someone is using large shot. It wouldn't surprise me if this guy had had a beer or six and fired a load of #4 buck at the wasps nest from 10' away.
He shot a gun in an apartment complex AT MIDNIGHT. Pretty much guaranteed that drugs or alcohol are involved (unless the Chronicle screwed up that fact, too.)
They ought to stick to stories on how SUV'S are killing people. Don't you love headlines like:
OUT OF CONTROL SUV KILLS 4
SPEEDING SUV (OK actually it was a Honda Element) KILLS 3
SUV CAUSES CHAIN REACTION. 18 INJURED
Or maybe regarding this story, I'm surprized they didn't tie an SUV into this somehow:
SUV GUN NUT TRIES TO KILL SLEEPING BOY
"Deadly Conduct", eh?
Sounds like a slap on the wrist offense to me!
What sort of a moron uses a shotgun to shoot down a wasps nest!!!
A quick trip to any home & garden store for a can of Ortho Wasp & Hornet killer, which shoots like 20 feet, would have done the trick. And what about other infractions such as unlawful discharge of a firearm?
This guy should never be allowed to own a gun in the future if he doesn't have the sense of a used kleenex.