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Man Trying To Get Rid Of Wasps Shoots Boy In Leg (DumbA$$ Alert...)
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Posted on 06/01/2005 4:50:38 PM PDT by Andonius_99

Man Trying To Get Rid Of Wasps Shoots Boy In Leg

Investigators: Bullet Strays Into Bedroom Where Boy Was Sleeping

PASADENA, Texas -- A man who blasted a wasp's nest with a 12-gauge shotgun was jailed after an errant pellet injured a 5-year-old boy in a nearby apartment, police said.

Romeo Gonzalez, 18, was charged with deadly conduct and is being held in the Harris County Jail.

Pasadena Police Sgt. J.M. Baird said Gonzalez fired the gun to break up a wasp's nest hanging from a tree outside his second-floor apartment in the 3600 block of Shaver shortly after midnight Wednesday. The pellet entered a first-floor apartment and struck David Marban in the thigh.

The boy was hospitalized but is expected to recover.


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To: TomServo

What the heck?? Is that kid dead or not?


21 posted on 06/01/2005 5:03:59 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: TomServo

Strange, in this report the boy is said to recover. in the other report it says he was killed


22 posted on 06/01/2005 5:04:36 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I just read through the other thread, the boy is ok.


23 posted on 06/01/2005 5:08:14 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
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To: Andonius_99

Well, at least he did not set his house on fire.


24 posted on 06/01/2005 5:09:19 PM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
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To: microgood
Its easier to wait until dark and then spray them from 20 feet with RAID Hornet and Wasp Killer.

I keep a can of that in my car to ward off any potential carjackers. (Aim for the face.)

25 posted on 06/01/2005 5:11:23 PM PDT by DumpsterDiver
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To: Andonius_99

Hasn't this guy seen Tommy Boy?

"Bees!! Your weapons are powerless against them!!"


26 posted on 06/01/2005 6:02:53 PM PDT by bigmac0707
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To: Dinsdale

"Also the reporter is a moron. Shotguns don't shoot Bullets."

And he probably paid in-state tuition as well.


28 posted on 06/01/2005 6:24:12 PM PDT by righttackle44 (The most dangerous weapon in the world is a Marine with his rifle and the American people behind him)
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To: microgood
Good afternoon.

Siloo Wasp and Hornet Spray drops the little buggers on contact.

Michael Frazier
29 posted on 06/01/2005 6:28:43 PM PDT by brazzaville (No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: Andonius_99
"Romeo, Romeo ... wherefore art thy brain, Romeo?"
30 posted on 06/01/2005 6:48:04 PM PDT by mikrofon (Estupido)
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To: Uhhuh35

He should have used some of his "smoke" on the wasps.


31 posted on 06/01/2005 6:53:16 PM PDT by G Larry (Promote Conservative Judges NOW! YOU BUNCH OF COWARDS!!!)
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To: Dinsdale

Headlines aren't normally written by the reporter who writes the article -- they're written after the fact by editors. The article itself says "pellets".


32 posted on 06/01/2005 6:56:48 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Andonius_99

There's a funny magazine ad that shows a guy high up on a ladder with a string trimmer getting ready to whack a hornet nest from a house overhang. I'll bet this guy would actually try it.


33 posted on 06/01/2005 6:57:18 PM PDT by chickenlips
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To: microgood

A CO2 fire extinguisher works great for this. Freezes and suffocates 'em on contact.


34 posted on 06/01/2005 7:01:42 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: sammycook

Ha! I ran your phrase through a translator and it came out like this:

"Maintain my beer and you watch this"


35 posted on 06/01/2005 7:04:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Seven disloyal senators sold the chance to crush the democrats for tv face time.)
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To: DumpsterDiver

Excellent idea. I'll add it to this weeks grocery list.


36 posted on 06/01/2005 7:09:35 PM PDT by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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To: Andonius_99

He thought he could SHOOT the wasps?


37 posted on 06/01/2005 7:15:39 PM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than any of us will ever know! :))
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To: sammycook; Rebelbase; D-fendr

OK Guys, I'll give you the correct "Spanglish" and it will also 'splain to the Sapnish challenged:

"El holdo my beero and el watcho thiso!"


38 posted on 06/01/2005 7:20:07 PM PDT by TaMoDee
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To: microgood
"Its easier to wait until dark and then spray them from 20 feet with RAID Hornet and Wasp Killer."

No. It's easier to wait until early morning before it turns light to nuke them. Works for bees too. Both insects need the sun for navigation and are still warm in the evening and can still buzz a little.

If there is a trial for the guy with the shotgun, THAT's the kind of jury duty I want to get called for!

39 posted on 06/01/2005 7:28:00 PM PDT by BobS
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To: cubreporter
"He thought he could SHOOT the wasps?"

Yes. From an apartment window. And people were living in another apartment across the street. The cops must have had fun with live ones:)

40 posted on 06/01/2005 7:35:05 PM PDT by BobS
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