Fun With Guns: Next Time Just Tap Me On The Shoulder Edition
Michigan.
A 61 year old guy who is not being named until his court appearance, which is a shame because I figure his name is Machine Gun Kelley, got into a minor accident where sideview mirrors bumped each other.
Monore County sheriff’s deputies said the man got out of his vehicle and fired at the other driver’s vehicle around 6:15 p.m. The incident occurred about a mile west of Luna Pier, a community 8 miles north of Toledo.
None of the shots struck the other driver or his vehicle, deputies said.
Deputy Ryan Sottile said the alleged shooter admitted being involved in a minor traffic crash minutes earlier and fired his handgun to get the other driver’s attention.
Well, I imagine it worked.
Thanks to Carl for the heads up.
Oh, Michigan, my Michigan! This is one of those times when I do call the age of the guy firing the gun as a reason to disarm him completely and forever. My Michigan experience just can’t let me do anything less. Ten to one he has long experience as a drinker and has some other Class A health issues as well. Once upon a time in MI we did have judges who would do that but damn they all died out!
1I got into a mirror side swipe the other nite…Umm…it was a narrow dirt road, at night, and well, we kinda chuckled about it…this is Colorado, just as rural as anywhere in Michigan, and yet, there were no shooting, no harsh words and nothing more than, “next time I will wait at the wide spot when I see headlights”. that wasn’t hard…
2This is a travesty. As I pointed out the other day, if only the NRA could extend the lack of regulation from gun ownership to car ownership, we would have the freedom to fire our pistols into the air, and crash our cars into other cars anytime we pleased.
As it is, most likely no ticket will be issued involving the shooting incident, but the slightly damaged side mirror? That’s going to involve a whole bunch of paperwork for the police and both insurance companies.
3All my cars have come with a horn which I could use for getting the other drivers’ attention. The gun for that purpose seems to be optional.
4@bob
Colorado? Land of legal grass and laid back drivers! New state motto maybe? Gotta love it.
@Rhea
5While it is true a handgun is a point and click device, horn prolly would work better given the circumstances
If they won’t take this guy’s guns away because he fired them recklessly, perhaps they should because he managed to fire at and miss a car. Cars are a little smaller than the broad side of a barn, but they’re still pretty big targets.
6I heard about an event when folks were shooting into the air with jubilation. One of the bullets came straight down into a woman’s head and killed her. Moral: what goes up, comes down. And what gets too close, sideswipes.
7An armed society is a polite society. I know cause the NRA said so.
8Maggie hit the nail on the head. He’d just been in another car accident and his first reaction is to shoot the place up.
9Sobriety test:
Repeat after me: The drunk skunk couldn’t hit the trunk.
I rest my case.
Nervous Rotten Ammosexuals.
10I shot a bullet through the air
Missed intended target,but I don’t care
I sure showed that sum-#$@#$ what was what
NRA says y’all can kiss my butt.
11says 61 y/o guy. In the interest of full disclosure e is 61 for another 2 weeks or thereabouts,but e is not the 61 y/o in the story. Hope that clarifies things.
12EPO, simply inspired!
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