A guy in Thurston County, Washington blew off part of his finger when he set off a trap for gophers that involved the use of shot shells. In most states, it’s illegal to set such a trap, and he’s being charged.
Category: Boneheads
Careful With That Half-Cocked Thing
I love the Fark headline for this story: “Gun goes off half-cocked, leaves man half-cocked.” I’m going to guess that either the reporter got the definition of “half-cocked” wrong, or perhaps we have a mistranslation. Unless he was packing a Colt Single Action Army, which would be kind of hard to fit in the pocket, the gun was probably just cocked, and apparently aimed at the same.
H-S Precision Digs Deeper
The Atomic Nerds have their recount of their encounter with the H-S Precision representatives on the exhibit hall of the NRA meeting.  Here’s a choice quote:
“No comment. That never happened. He was never affiliated with us. No comment. Move along. We do not include product testimonials.†Added emphasis mine. He continued to chant the “no comment†talisman while making sure the other two H-S Precision employees got the notion that they should keep quiet too.
“What about the apology? Your company didn’t even — †At this point, a white haired gentleman male stepped forward, visibly angry.
“What about an apology? Did they apologize for killing a US Marshall?â€
Go read the whole thing. These guys sure as hell aren’t PR geniuses. I’m told the McMillan people, in contrast, were quite nice.
Being Surrounded By Wisdom …
… I guess doesn’t necessarily make you wise. Apparently someone in the Pelham, New York library believes that a deranged, psychotic school shooter is going to do research on how to carry a firearm legally before going on the rampage.
Ban Caffeine
It’s for the children.
You can have my caffeine when you pry it from…you get the idea. Guns and knives clearly aren’t enough for the nanny state, now their residents want the goverment to keep them from caffeine because it’s easier than controlling their children.
HSUS Organizing Vermin Celebration
In New York City, they are celebrating the pigeon:
Animal rights groups will hold a “National Pigeon Day” in New York City next month to rally for the rights of birds and protest hunting activities at places such as the Philadelphia Gun Club in Bensalem.
Animal rights groups said they are rallying against pigeon trafficking to Pennsylvania for the purposes of pigeon shoots, pigeon control methods, including contraceptives and poaching.
I am not personally a fan of pigeon shooting, in that I don’t take part in it. But much like Canadian Geese, pigeons are pests, and can carry disease. I have no problems with effective management techniques to reduce their numbers, even if they are lethal methods.
San Francisco Chronicle Raises the From Dead!
Amazingly, the San Francisco Chronicle has managed to raise the dead. Praise be to Jesus! Amazingly, it can’t raise itself from nearly certain death since they could be closed any day now. They can just raise other people from the dead.
On the National Park Service lead ammo ban announced this month, the Chronicle quotes Neal Knox. That’s correct – the Neal Knox who died in 2005. They not only run the story online, but they published it in today’s paper on page H-8. (Someone in the area might want to grab a copy for the Knox family. I don’t know how they would feel, but I know I would find it amusing if someone quoted my father on a current issue when he’s been dead for more than 10 years now.)
How does their team of crack reporters do it? I’m fascinated by their new ability to raise the dead. This should give them a leg up on the competition. Oh wait, they are the only major daily in town – they have no competition and they still lose $1 million/week.
Or, maybe it’s not a new talent by Chronicle reporters. Maybe it’s just Neal Knox. Perhaps he has risen as a zombie and is now working with his sons to issue new statements? This could give some folks at NRA more than a little heartburn tonight.
Of course, if their reporters had done any research, they would find (as best I can tell) that the quote – which indicates nothing specific about lead, so I’m not even confident it is about lead issues – is from almost 20 years ago about a different issue. Shocking – I know – that Neal Knox, more than 4 years after his death, is not issuing statements about recent NPS policy announcements.
But remember, they have editors. They are better than bloggers – always! We’re just sitting around in our pajamas and spreading rumors with no editorial control at all. At this point, the difference is that we don’t even get paid.
Labor Negotiations in France
Interesting how they do things in France:
The chief executive of Sony in France was freed today after being held hostage overnight by workers practicing an increasing common negotiating tactic amid growing industrial unrest in France.
Serge Foucher and Roland Bentz, director of human resources, had been prevented from leaving the Sony factory in Pontoux-sur-l’Adrour in south-west France following a protest over redundancy payments.
I don’t know about France, but it’s lawful in the United States to use deadly force on kidnappers. If I were the workers at, say, Smith & Wesson, I don’t think I’d try this negotiating tactic. Management may very well, as Marko said, reject “an unacceptably termed business proposition.”
I’m surprised the French authorities tolerate this practice.
Pikers
Some NYU students took over part of the school the other day. The video is not to be believed. By the end of the video, you’ll just be begging to see the NYPD come in and bash some skulls in.  Sadly, that does not happen.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q6KAg6qEGY[/youtube]
Somehow I have to believe that even radicals like Bill Ayers have to be shaking their heads and wondering what the hell is wrong with kids today.
Video Games Destroying our Youth
We have found close relative of Mr. Elite Team Fighter, who has no doubt been spending too much time playing video games. I would also guess his dad is going to be pissed when he finds out junior taped a toilet paper roll to the scope of his deer rifle. Watch, and enjoy:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iU0x5TDY1k[/youtube]
And kids, if you want to “exercise your Second Amendment”, assuming you can spell it correctly, why don’t you try going to the range and learning how to shoot before making a fool of yourself before thousands of people on Al Gore’s Internets.
Thanks to SayUncle for finding this one. I’m sure this will make the rounds.
UPDATE: Look at this video for a great demonstration of this guy’s long range shooting prowice. Keep in mind that a 300 yard shot with a .30-06, you’ll have a full half second delay between the time you see the target hit, and the sound of the gunshot. The fact that you see the target hit simultaneously with the shot is a pretty good indication the range was pretty close. Pretty clearly this guy is a ballistics expert!
UPDATE: I guess he didn’t like being made a public fool of, because he took the videos down. Sorry for those that missed the fun.