[ConservativeStatement]

Not exactly a Mensa candidate. "Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight"

[ConservativeMind]

The article said that is a felony. She "shot a deadly missile into an aircraft".

If it didn't get into the aircraft, that law can't possibly hold.

Now, she attempted to do so. That is different.

However, one can't rightfully say a bottle rocket that even the pilot said didn't jeopardize the aircraft was a "deadly missile".

[NRA2BFree]

Some guy shot an Albuquerque Sheriff's helicopter out of the sky last year. Fortunately the pilot was able to land it with no life threatening injuries to either of the men in it.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

She's gonna wish that Bic lighter was empty, when they get finished with her in court.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Probably flunked the high school graduation exam as well as MENSA exam,perhaps.LOL!

[No Blue States]

Oh give me a break..

A bottle rocket is a risk to a helicopter?
I dont buy it. Its like shooting a bear with a bb gun.

[atomicpossum]

Relative of Cynthia McKinney?

[meyer]

A "deadly missile"? C'mon, it's a bottle rocket, not a cruise missile. I'm sure that there's something a bit more appropriate with which they can charge her.

As a side note, I wonder if Police are exempt from all those noise ordinances that they like to enforce.

[socal_parrot]

Marjorie Thompson was likely annoyed by the sound of the helicopter when she fired the fireworks in the air

She looks like she could use some sleep...

[BJungNan]

Pretty stupid thing to do. I hope, though, that they merely impress upon her the stuiditiy of what she did and not throw the book at her. That as long as she is humble in recognition of her mistake.

I can imagine many people doing similar stupid things in a moment of frustration.

[wolfcreek]

What's a bottle rocket launcher? A Bottle?

[Jeff Chandler]

"Bush lied, and rockets flied."

[Lx]

As the helicopter flew in the area, homeowner Emarjorie Thompson allegedly ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher...

Wouldn't that be a bottle? She should have just held them in her hand, that's the way I always launch the little ones. Of course I don't point them at police helicopters either, how stupid can you be? Next thing you know, she'll go to LAX and point them at commercial planes.

[AlBondigas]

...ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher

& what might that be...a coke bottle ?

[TXnMA]

....allegedly ran out of her house with a bottle rocket launcher...

"bottle rocket launcher"?

A "bottle rocket launcher" is - - - - - a bottle!

Sounds like she emptied the contents of a bottle, (or several) down her gullet, set one of the "dead soldiers" up in the yard, and let fly... (Note: the aforementioned "prep work" may explain her later behavior...)

[martin_fierro]

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[Cap'n Crunch]

I say arm the Sheriff's helicopters with mini-guns.

Rain down death and destruction, call it a new urban renewal program.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

IDIOTS like this get fireworks outlawed so those of us with common sense can't use them either. If you're facing a bottle rocket coming AT you, you don't know WHAT it is. A tracer round or antitank grenade might look similar. Evasive action in a helicopter could cause a wreck and loss of many lives.

She deserves to have the BOOK thrown at her.

NINCOMPOOP!

[after dark]

Stupid move ,but I am not sure how many people would not feel a sense of paranoia about a helicopter hovering lowly over their house.