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Sheriff: Ohio man cleaning gun killed Amish girl
Associated Press ^ | Dec 20, 5:50 PM EST

Posted on 12/20/2011 4:16:41 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat

A man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle shot the gun into the air, accidentally killing a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away, a sheriff said Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amish; buggy; guncontrolsheriff; localpolitics; murder; overamile; shooting
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I've hunted muzzle loader for years. I just can't believe a responsible "hunter" would "clean" his weapon by discharging it in the air!!

Stupid doesn't come close, criminally negligent does. Manslaughter at the very least.

1 posted on 12/20/2011 4:16:45 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Death penalty for the moron


2 posted on 12/20/2011 4:17:48 PM PST by heiss (heartless and inhumane (radical rightwinger))
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Oh, my Lord. The poor girl and her family.


3 posted on 12/20/2011 4:18:54 PM PST by MeganC (No way in Hell am I voting for Mitt Romney. Not now, not ever. Deal with it.)
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To: heiss

A 15 year old driving a horse and buggy. Perhaps we should raise the age to what driving a car. Prayers to her family in this time of tragedy. Sad case.


4 posted on 12/20/2011 4:19:23 PM PST by napscoordinator (Anybody but Romney, Newt, Perry, Huntsman, Paul. Perry and Obama are 100 percent the same!!!!!)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Even the doofus Myth Busters usually shoot into ballistic gel.


5 posted on 12/20/2011 4:19:39 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ConradofMontferrat

posted here with 200 replies...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2822889/posts

Very interesting comments from FReeper experts on how this is possible/impossible.


6 posted on 12/20/2011 4:21:08 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Paladin2

Myth busters is what is needed.


7 posted on 12/20/2011 4:21:33 PM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: MeganC

Very sad. Prayers for her family.


8 posted on 12/20/2011 4:22:08 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Paladin2
Or bounce over a berm with a grazing shot, and take out part of a house with a solid shot cannon ball.

/johnny

9 posted on 12/20/2011 4:22:31 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Very sorry mods. I did what I thought was a thorough search. Do what you think.


10 posted on 12/20/2011 4:22:32 PM PST by ConradofMontferrat (According to muzslimes, my handle is a hate crime.)
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To: ConradofMontferrat
It was criminally negligent. Prayers for the girl's family.

/johnny

11 posted on 12/20/2011 4:23:30 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Don't forget the second house and the totaled minivan.

Oooppss...

12 posted on 12/20/2011 4:25:52 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: ConradofMontferrat

This actually will ease the fears of the Amish in my area.


13 posted on 12/20/2011 4:26:01 PM PST by Battle Axe (Repent, for the coming of the Lord is nigh.)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

No worries.

This is one strange story. Desereves a dupe. I’m just pointing out that the other thread has detailed discussions from FReeper experts on how this could have occurred.


14 posted on 12/20/2011 4:26:58 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Very interesting comments from FReeper experts on how this is possible/impossible.

I don't know about the impossible part, since we had a cop overshoot a local LEO range and sent a 9mm over a mile and embedded it in a house.

The Indiana State Police did ballistics on it and determined positively that it came from his revolver.(Glock, IIRC...HAD to be a hot load)

They then hired me to rebuild their backstop another 15 feet higher.

15 posted on 12/20/2011 4:29:09 PM PST by digger48
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Simple searches are the best. Think of one or two words would HAVE to be in the headline no matter who wrote it. Search as a title “Amish girl”.


16 posted on 12/20/2011 4:31:08 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yes. The other thread is worth reading if you’re interested in this story.


17 posted on 12/20/2011 4:32:42 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: digger48

Glock makes a revolver?


18 posted on 12/20/2011 4:33:26 PM PST by FortWorthPatriot (Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Why would anybody clean a loaded gun?

I don’t own a gun, and even I know to empty it before cleaning it.


19 posted on 12/20/2011 4:33:47 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: napscoordinator

I don’t understand your point about age. What difference would it make if she was 15, 30, or 90? Her driving the buggy had nothing to do with her getting shot. She was just in the wrong spot at the wrong time.


20 posted on 12/20/2011 4:36:01 PM PST by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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