Prank gone awry stuns Worthington

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH ^ | Thursday, August 24, 2006 | Kevin Kidder and Encarnacion Pyle

[null and void]

I dunno, if I was single, and I heard 5 girls giggling outside my door late at night, I wouldn't be opening fire, I'd be opening the damn door.

Yeah. Me too, OTOH We're not Norm Bates, either...

[Thrusher]

Unfortunately some anti-self defense lawyer will use this case to try to screw with the rest of the law abiding population.

I foresee "Rachel's Law" and lots of candlelight vigils...

[Spktyr]

Um, firing INTO THE AIR is the stupidest, most irresponsible thing you can do.

You DO know that what goes up must come down, right?

And, by the way, according to the story, he fired warning shots into the ground the first time around, then they came back.

[null and void]

Welcome to FR Top!

[Eagles Talon IV]

Nature at work along with the efficiency of the free market system are miracles to be admired by us all.

[Spktyr]

Also, note that these idiot girls were shot at when they FIRST TRESPASSED, and they came *BACK*.

[staytrue]

One more thing about Worthington being crime free.

from the article:

Mrs. Breen, of Worthington. "I thought, ‘This can’t be. This is Worthington. Those things don’t happen here.’

[JennysCool]

Good for you!

Most of 'em seem to look like women in their mid-twenties these days, but the guys look their actual age. Very strange.

[Spktyr]

Nope, more likely something in the deer rifle class, say a .270 or .308.

Or, if they were really, really unlucky, something that was full auto.

[Spktyr]

He fired warning shots when they trespassed the first time. They left, then came back. What does that tell you?

[Spktyr]

Idiots say that all the time. Then it turns out that their town is the Heroin Capital of the US.

[null and void]

He fired warning shots when they trespassed the first time. They left, then came back. What does that tell you?

Alcohol may have been involved?

[GOP_Proud]

< My rule of thumb:

Don't shoot before you hear the sound of glass breaking (or other evidence of forced entry.) >

and it continues:

Shoot 'em and then drag 'em inside. >

[ozzymandus]

Stupid kids. Don't mess with weirdos.
Now somebody's shot and somebody's going to jail.

[Argus]

Two of the girls stayed in the car while the other three started up the concrete walk to the Davis home. They didn’t get far before turning around.

Sheesh, if going up somebody's walk to ring their doorbell is trespassing, and that makes it okay to shoot them, then the Girl Scouts are going to have to start wearing body armor to sell cookies.

[facedown]

"Did they threaten me?" he said. "No.

Uh oh, it's jail time for you Bucko.

[isthisnickcool]

This guy didn't need a scope because his glasses are scopes.

[Spktyr]

Alcohol, stupidity, it doesn't matter. If you're given a warning, leave, then come back and sit in your car like you're planning something, guess what? Its pretty likely you went and got some artillery and are going to do something about the warning you received.

It happened to be wrong in this case, but only terminally stupid idiots would come back to a place that had fired warning shots at them. They deserve whatever they caught, and are lucky not to be dead. In Texas, no jury would convict this guy.

[reagan_fanatic]

Um, firing INTO THE AIR is the stupidest, most irresponsible thing you can do.

Your right - putting a couple of bullets directly into her body was much more responsible.

My mistake.