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Mo. man, angered over digital switch, shoots his TV set
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| 02/20/09
| KSDK
Posted on 02/20/2009 6:33:27 AM PST by TornadoAlley3
The digital transition has left some confused, but a Joplin man was down right frustrated with the switch. So frustrated, in fact, that he peppered his television set with gunfire.
Police responded to the man's house Wednesday after reports of shots being fired inside.
Turns out the 70-year-old gunman was livid over losing cable and could not get his digital converter box to work. Police took Walter Hoover into custody after a brief standoff and charged him with unlawful use of a firearm.
Hoover's wife told police that he had been drinking before the incident.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; digital; dtv; shoots; tv
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To: TornadoAlley3
If all he could receive on his TV would be the drivel from the major TV networks he would be quite justified in shooting his set.
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:52:06 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: TornadoAlley3
Hoover's wife told police that he had been drinking before the incident. Of course ...
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:53:44 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ozark hilljilly
1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
Hah!
Just as I remembered.
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:54:07 AM PST
by
Califreak
(1/20/13-Sunrise in America)
To: TornadoAlley3
Hell, if he had ever got it working AND WATCHED IT, he woulda shot it - twice!
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:54:26 AM PST
by
djf
(NO FREE HOUSES!!!)
To: djf
Channel 4-3 (NBC, Washington DC) is 24-hour obscure sports. No "news", no trashy sit-coms, no bias ... just sports.
Speed-skating ladies are HAWT!!!!!
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:56:42 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: TornadoAlley3
I thought I saw a digital converter box at RadioShack. Why don’t people just go buy it instead of waiting for the government to mail them a rebate.
To: FrankCastle214
They can buy it, save receipt and when coupon arrives in mail take it to store with receipt and get refund.
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posted on
02/20/2009 6:59:01 AM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: TornadoAlley3
This is what will happen more and more with Obama over-exposure on the tube.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:03:56 AM PST
by
DarthVader
(Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
To: djf
Exactly! Over that air digital TV is horribly frustrating even when it is working properly.
It’s because the digital picture and sound just drops out completely when the signal gets a little poor, rather than just getting a little fuzzy.
This makes it unwatchable at times when analog would be perfectly watchable.
When the analog sound or picture used to just get a little fuzzy or scratchy, the digital one just disappears.
You get all enthusiastic over the cool digital picture and then nothing...and then it’s back perfect...and then nothing...
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:04:49 AM PST
by
ltc8k6
To: dennisw
Why the police? Its not against the law to kill your TV You're kidding, right? I'm a pretty big gun nut and a serious libertarian, but I'm not going to defend a drunk guy randomly discharging his firearm inside his house. Believe me, that's one call police would have been just as happy to pass on.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:05:17 AM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: TornadoAlley3
He may be better off now.
To: TornadoAlley3
There have been times when I wanted to shoot my TV, but it was mainly during the many Obama droolfests by the MSM.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:07:51 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Dissent Is Patriotic!)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
you might like this
VirginiaMom
To: TornadoAlley3
The digital transition has left some confused, but a Joplin man was down right frustrated with the switch. So frustrated, in fact, that he peppered his television set with gunfire. You know, I get that same feeling every time the current illegal occupier of the White House gets on TV and starts talking down the economy, or the need to take more of my hard earned money away so he can bail out some lazy-assed welfare recipient out of a mortgage that they can't afford shouldn't have gotten in the first place.
But then, I hear there's a growing number of us getting more and more frustrated by this bullshit every day. (Just ask Rick Santelli)
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:08:08 AM PST
by
usconservative
(The Obama Presidency is historic alright. Historic in it's abysmal failure in less than 30 days!!!)
To: TornadoAlley3
Couldn’t get I Love Lucy or Gunsmoke.
To: TornadoAlley3
This country is just crawling with Elvis Impersonators. Let’s see this guy jump out of an airplane!
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:12:40 AM PST
by
AnnGora
(Does this tagline make me look fat?)
To: Richard Kimball
He hit what he was aiming at. That isn't random, and he couldn't have been very drunk.
Keep in mind he was charged with "criminal use of a firearm" whatever the hell that means. What was criminal? Shooting in your house? (no more indoor ranges) Shooting a TV? (is this a new part of the "fairness doctrine"?) It all seems a little silly to me. He didn't hurt anything but a TV, let the man alone.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:14:24 AM PST
by
Durus
(The People have abdicated our duties and anxiously hopes for just two things, "Bread and Circuses")
To: ketelone
That and Max Headroom were awesome.◘ █
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:19:23 AM PST
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: TornadoAlley3
Obviously this gent is an Obama voter.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:26:08 AM PST
by
Irish Queen
(Ol' Teacher)
To: Durus
This is one where we'll just have to disagree. As a firefighter, if I make a call at a house and there's a drunk guy that's been shooting his television, I'm bringing in LEO, and we're figuring out some way to separate the guy from his gun and get him in custody until he's sober. He's a danger to himself, his wife, and the people next door.
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posted on
02/20/2009 7:28:54 AM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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