Christopher Pratt wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
> <a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>> --JMH, who will probably end up a crotchety, bitter old man who shoots
>> pellet guns at neighborhood kids who wander onto his lawn. Haha!
>
> Crotchety old men are fun, and there is nothing bad about turning weak
> firearms towards children! ;)
>
Well, one crotchety old man (retired US army special forces, Korea
and Vietnam veteran) turned a weak firearm towards a local child (Well,
by certain definitions of a child, i.e. under age 24) and things turned
out not so well. His American Legion post court-martialed him over the
incident.
http://bluestarchronicles.com/greenberet.html
All turned out well. The old man was acquitted of the charge of
failing to use a sufficiently large caliber of gun against a home
invader. The home invader in question, after having a bullet bounce off
his skull, right between the eyes, is in the county jail washing his
underwear out and reconsidering his life of crime.
--Dale
Received on Mon Feb 04 2008 - 18:50:57 CST