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IronGambit · 05-04-2006, 08:02 AM

Some actual proof that it is a DUMB idea.
Although we have a surplus of nice looking women here in Texas, we never want to leave one behind.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9154488/detail.html#

dave_in_delaware · 05-04-2006, 02:24 PM

OK, maybe I'm missing something (like she's a ballistics expert), but how does she know:

1. the bullet traveled far, more than a mile...

2. some man was upset and just fired his gun into the air?

How did she find out? Did the person who fired his gun track the bullet and tell her what happened? How does she know it was a man, and that he was upset?

She says it was a freak accident. She's fine. Full recovery expected. No biggie, but yet she wants a punishment for whoever did this?

Personally, I think it was punishment for wearing such a horrible shade of green.

IronGambit · 05-04-2006, 02:31 PM

But she probably didn't pick out the color, so the bride should have taken the punishment instead

btadamsdvd · 05-04-2006, 02:37 PM

This goes back to the basic safety rule: "Know your target, and what is beyond". With very rare exceptions, when you are firing in the air, you probably don't know what is beyond the target. Of course the guy shouldn't have been trying to shoot down clouds.

05-04-2006, 08:02 AM	#1
IronGambit XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 15	shooting into the air Some actual proof that it is a DUMB idea. Although we have a surplus of nice looking women here in Texas, we never want to leave one behind. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9154488/detail.html# __________________ SA XD40 Service SA XD40 SC CZ SP-01 9mm Taurus 85 Airweight .38Spl Bersa Thunder .380 Magnum Research Mountain Eagle .22LR

05-04-2006, 02:24 PM	#2
dave_in_delaware XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 6,158	OK, maybe I'm missing something (like she's a ballistics expert), but how does she know: 1. the bullet traveled far, more than a mile... 2. some man was upset and just fired his gun into the air? How did she find out? Did the person who fired his gun track the bullet and tell her what happened? How does she know it was a man, and that he was upset? She says it was a freak accident. She's fine. Full recovery expected. No biggie, but yet she wants a punishment for whoever did this? Personally, I think it was punishment for wearing such a horrible shade of green. __________________ Dave Daily carry = XD-9 service in a Blackhawk CQC SERPA holster, a Spyderco Native, and a Streamlight Scorpion. "Everything matters... unless it's antimatter." “A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” [Delaware Constitution, Article I, § 20 Right to keep and bear arms]

05-04-2006, 02:31 PM	#3
IronGambit XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 15	But she probably didn't pick out the color, so the bride should have taken the punishment instead __________________ SA XD40 Service SA XD40 SC CZ SP-01 9mm Taurus 85 Airweight .38Spl Bersa Thunder .380 Magnum Research Mountain Eagle .22LR

05-04-2006, 02:37 PM	#4
btadamsdvd XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Commonwealth of Virginia Posts: 182	This goes back to the basic safety rule: "Know your target, and what is beyond". With very rare exceptions, when you are firing in the air, you probably don't know what is beyond the target. Of course the guy shouldn't have been trying to shoot down clouds. __________________ The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - TJ \"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?\" -TJ

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