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Idiots Shooting Guns in the Air on New Years in Columbus

Posted on January 2, 2009 at 4:58 pm by Madrigal Maniac Under Local | Print This Post | Email This Post |  


This is amazing to me. What makes someone think that shooting a gun in the air is a good way to ring in the New Year? Alcohol? A lack of knowledge regarding the laws of gravity? Do you not understand the bullet will eventually come down somewhere, possibly injuring someone? But here’s what police in Columbus had to deal with on New Years.

A breakdown of calls wasn’t available yesterday, but police said they were called to about 400 incidents in just one hour — between midnight Wednesday and 1 a.m. New Year’s Day.

The Columbus Dispatch

400! In one frigging hour! Your second amendment rights be damned. If you are so stupid that you believe firing a gun indiscriminately in the air is a good idea, you should never be allowed to handle a firearm again.

This year, the police began shooting back.

Columbus Police have released the names of two of the three people who were shot by officers after they refused to drop guns they were firing during New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The Columbus Dispatch

How drunk or stupid do you have to be to not drop your weapon when asked to by the police? I’m guessing incredibly drunk, stupid, or both. Amazing.

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  1. Podcast Zeitgeist, Jan. 10 « Palafo on January 10th, 2009 9:26 am

    [...] riff this week on dumb laws, cocaine-loving bees, the hazards of third-hand smoke. idiots who shoot guns in the air on New Year’s Eve, the world’s stupidest bank robber, the Jan. 16 opening of the Notorious B.I.G. biopic and [...]

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