It happened in Florida.

Eighteen year old Brandon Rapé was out with some friends in a pickup truck at 11:00 one night and need to use the bathroom.  They pulled over and he proceeded to take care of business.

As they were pulling over, 18 year old Jared Hemphill saw a snake in the road and borrowed the semi-automatic rifle of a 21 year old friend who was with them to shoot the snake.  Jared heard rustling in the bushes and suspected that was the snake.  So he fired the Remington Speedmaster and hit … you guessed it … Brandon.

Luckily, Brandon was hit in the thigh and will live.  He is not pressing charges but will retain bragging rights for his stuff being mistaken for a snake.

And a week before that a 75 year old man in Florida shot himself in the finger while aiming for a water moccasin on his front porch.  The water moccasin got away.

It seems to me that the snakes are winning and they don’t even have guns.

Somebody alert the NRA.

Thanks to Carl for the heads up.