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Old 01-03-2012, 07:51 AM   #1
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This guy belongs in prison. But I doubt he will see a single day behind bars.

Wen I was a teen in Maine, there was a little girl shot in her backyard by a hunter who thought she was a deer because she had the audacity to wear white mittens while playing in her back yard. Did I mention she was in her own back yard? The hunter was sorry and promised never to do it again. Didn't go to prison. And the little girl died in her back yard.

Edit. I looked it up. It wasn't a little girl. It was a lady with little girls.
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Old 01-03-2012, 07:58 AM   #2
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The guy should at least be prohibited from ever touching a gun again.
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Old 01-03-2012, 09:32 AM   #3
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This guy belongs in prison. But I doubt he will see a single day behind bars.

Wen I was a teen in Maine, there was a little girl shot in her backyard by a hunter who thought she was a deer because she had the audacity to wear white mittens while playing in her back yard. Did I mention she was in her own back yard? The hunter was sorry and promised never to do it again. Didn't go to prison. And the little girl died in her back yard.

Edit. I looked it up. It wasn't a little girl. It was a lady with little girls.
I remember that event. If you were a teen then you must be very young... like 30 or 40.


The laws about accidental shooting vary from state to state. You can be charged with manslaughter or more in NY. My hunting mentor gave me a copy of Outdoor News or something like that that had an article about hunting fatalities this year in NY. The #1 cause of death is people falling out of tree stands. accounts for something close to half of all hunting accident deaths. I would suspect that 99% of all deaths are due to knuckleheadism, of which falling from a tree stand is a subset. That last one percent might cover legitimate accidents despite proper precautions.
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Old 01-03-2012, 09:43 AM   #4
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I would suspect that 99% of all deaths are due to knuckleheadism
Clearly we need to bring back Phrenology.
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