Congratulations to you New Years Eve sky shooters

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:02 am

Arrest Made In New Year's Day Double Shooting

Same High Powered Rifle Shot Kills Woman And Girl At Party

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14 ... etail.html

Hope you had fun.

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TedH · Post by **TedH** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:10 am

At least they were able to arrest the idiot responsible.

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:26 am

I had fun, and I'll do it again next year.

Because I use blanks.

Don't blame this on us.

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:34 am

The news report said the shot was fired from about 300 yards. That means he must have been aiming at the house, not into the sky.
I do not fire any firearm if I do not know the backstop, but this guy was not shooting into the sky.

Quinn

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:36 am

A single bullet, fired from hundreds of yards away, blasted through a wall and killed two people in a west Denver home early New Year's Day,...

That rifle was not fired vertically into the air. Bold print is mine...

Nobody talking about the subject advocated unsafe practices. Your post implies otherwise.

homefront · Post by **homefront** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:44 am

Hope you had fun.

To a man, the members here who said they were interested in doing this indicated using bird shot or blanks. A number of us said there's no way we'd do it at all.

We all feel as you do that this was tragic and unnecessary. The guy should be prosecuted, and there's nothing that can be done for that poor family except pray and offer support.

None of us encouraged or endorsed anything like what that ignorant man did.

God bless the victims and their families.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:19 am

I didn't point any fingers at any specific individual.

I don't care if your daddy did it, and his daddy before him. I don't care if you've been doing it for years. I don't care if you live in the city, in the country, or up a friggen tree. I don't care if you point it up, or down, or sideways, or up yer worthless can.

ANY person who discharges a projectile from a firearm without concern for when or where it will end up is an idiot.

I'm sure that the family of the dead people will calm down once you explain how much fun you had.

There is no rationale to excuse this behavior.

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:34 am

FWiedner wrote:I didn't point any fingers at any specific individual.
...
I'm sure that the family of the dead people will calm down once you explain how much fun you had.

Wall if y'ain't pointin' fingers at anyone, just who are you referring to when you say 'you'?

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:34 am

ANY person who discharges a projectile from a firearm without concern for when or where it will end up is an idiot.

Person, I think that was the point of the original post. This is a discussion group and that was a topic related to New Year's Eve. We have that problem in our Hispanic community here in LA and it looks like Denver has that problem as well. My own post in that thread said that I would not do it.

Are you saying that a Denver person member of Leverguns.com read that post and, zombie-like, went out and started shooting into the air? Somehow I doubt it.

You're preaching to the choir here.

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:41 am

FWiedner wrote: ANY person who discharges a projectile from a firearm without concern for when or where it will end up is an idiot.

No person here advocated such behavior although you seem to insist otherwise.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:06 am

ANY person who discharges a projectile from a firearm without concern for when or where it will end up is an idiot.

Agreed...Now, unless you have a bit more direct evidence that one of us would engage in such behavior, please MYOB

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:21 am

Not to take away from this wonderful blame fest, but we had a little incident here too.

Some guy was blasting away with his 9mm when the police arrived.
Their story: They ordered him to drop the weapon, he refused and pointed it them, they shot him.

Witnesses story: Cops didn't give him a chance, they just shot him.

Dumb pelosi shooter is in the hospital with multiple gun shot wounds, under arrest for numerous gun related crimes, and the State Police are investigating.

My opinion, if you're stupid enough to stand outside and shoot in the city, you gotta expect trouble.

Joe

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:30 am

Some moron over in the Projects next door dumped his hi-cap crunchenticker 22 times...

Oh, and I enjoy shooting guns into the air on Independence day...

But for that stunt I use my 12ga Double Caplock Pistol and shoot flaming balls of steel/brass/copper wool into the air.

Home-made roman candle.

45-70- · Post by **45-70-** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:31 pm

Yawn... I think Blaine said it best.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:39 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:Some moron over in the Projects next door dumped his hi-cap crunchenticker 22 times...

Oh, and I enjoy shooting guns into the air on Independence day...

But for that stunt I use my 12ga Double Caplock Pistol and shoot flaming balls of steel/brass/copper wool into the air.

Home-made roman candle.

You'll poke yer eye out!!!

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:21 pm

Guess I'd best stop shooting ducks in the marsh, too...

Jeeps · Post by **Jeeps** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:27 pm

By using the word "you" it means anyone who will take the bait.

Obviously he was baiting.

And did so masterfully.

wink wink

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:58 pm

MYOB????????

It was just on the 6 'O clock news here in Tampa there were 4 people hit here. 1 little girl required surgery.

Rusty <><

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:24 pm

Jeeps wrote:By using the word "you" it means anyone who will take the bait.

Obviously he was baiting.

And did so masterfully.

wink wink

Where I come from that isn't called baiting .... it is called making irresponsible statements. If a person is speaking to the group, accusing them of something serious, and the 'you' isn't referring to anyone specifically in the group, then he's speaking to the entire group. A fellow needs to think before he speaks. Having said that, I'll have to admit that I'm as guilty as anyone else when it comes to having spoken before thinking, and have caused damage by what I said. So when I say something irresponsible, I appreciate it when someone points it out, and I hope FWiedner accepts it as point taken.

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:31 pm

Not saying shooting into the sky is ok but this jerk was shooting at a streetlight with houses beyond it. Both are irresponsible but his actions are much moreso I think.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:47 pm

I really see this post as just plain antagonistic. There's no reason for it, except to stir the pot.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:05 pm

marlinman93 wrote:I really see this post as just plain antagonistic. There's no reason for it, except to stir the pot.

And what pot would that be?

The "grossly irresponsible use of a firearm" pot?

To redirect the metaphor, "If the shoe fits, wear it".

If you are one of the select few who think that pointing a gun at empty sky and pulling the trigger is a good idea, then yeah, I'm talking to you.

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:19 am

Obviously he was baiting.

And did so masterfully.

wink wink
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Jeeps

Jeeps, I don't think anyone but me got your joke...

Person, are you STILL missing the point or what? If you're so concerned about this phenomenon, go out into your community and educate the people who do this sort of thing. Go to the gang hangouts, the tattoo parlors, the strip joints, the 7-11 parking lots, spend your money on posters and stick them on boarded up buildings, if this is your quest. You're wasting your time here.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:12 am

sobenk wrote: You're wasting your time here.

Obviously.

GANJIRO · Post by **GANJIRO** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:23 am

What a BOZO...

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/12997052.html

Officer Arrested for Reckless Endangerment

By Olena Rubin

An off-duty Honolulu police officer was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of reckless endangerment. Neighbors say he repeatedly shot bullets into the air during New Years fireworks celebrations.

Roosevelt Blanco is an HPD officer of only three years, neighbors say he fired two guns, a pistol and another a rifleâ€¦possibly and automatic.

Early New Years Day families along Waipahu Street heard something unlike any firecracker.

â€œAll I heard was like pa pa pa pa and that was it maybe like 12 shots,â€

Jeeps · Post by **Jeeps** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:49 am

Jeeps, I don't think anyone but me got your joke...

I somewhat apologize for using it

For some reason I get angry quick at people who like to talk down to others.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:34 am

Oregon Family Finds Bullet on Boy's Pillow, Hole in Bedroom Ceiling

A New Year's Eve slumber party nearly turned tragic for a Beaverton, Ore. family when a stray bullet pierced the roof of their home and landed on their son's pillow, KPTV reported.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320076,00.html

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:47 am

OK already, Wiedner, I apologize for what I've never done and never will do. As has already been mentioned, you're preaching to the choir here.

redgum · Post by **redgum** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:58 am

.....FWiedner, I acknowledge your concerns over such behaviour, but please give the members here some credit. It's not our fault that screw-ups have access to firearms too.
.....anyway, .....betcha it wasn't a levergun

(Well spoken Claybob86)

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:01 am

try this one:

Man Obsesses Over Reckless Behavior, Shoots Self in Foot

A post New Year's Eve diatribe nearly turned tragic for a man when a bullet pierced his foot as he was demonstrating how never to shoot into the sky to celebrate New Year's Eve. Authorities in Beaverton, Oregon said F Wiedner was speaking to an audience on a Beaverton street corner when the gun he was holding discharged, thankfully not into the sky.

"He should have been more careful", said County Sherriff Rick O'Shea, "and we want to talk to him about his gun handling skills, but not today, because that HAD to hurt".

Wiedner was not available for comment, but he is expected to log on to a popular website and post a comment in the immediate future.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 6:31 am

Some people need to get in a fight with a loaded gun and to let the gun win.

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:10 am

I'm locking this topic.