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2007-03-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-03-11 00:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think they're dead Jim, you can stop shooting now.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-03-11 04:27|| 2007-03-11 04:27|| Front Page Top

#2 oh this warms the cockles it do..
a neat bedtime story.

..And the Bad Beasties were blown away by Mr and Mrs Smith & Wesson and they lived happily ever after.

Posted by RD 2007-03-11 04:39|| 2007-03-11 04:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I wonder if it was a .22

That facial wound doesn't look very impressive.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-11 10:13|| 2007-03-11 10:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone, get this old man a better gun and send him to the range. These perps should be turning green in the coroners cold storage locker, not awaiting prosecution.

Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-11 11:40|| 2007-03-11 11:40|| Front Page Top

#5 hell you gotta give the man props though at least he tried too kill them, and the wound unger the eye could have grazed him so he might have actually blew his brains out, by the way a 22 will kil you

Posted by sinse 2007-03-11 12:47|| 2007-03-11 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 I was thinking .22 also, it's true a .22 can kill you, but a .38 won't ricochet off a cheekbone like that, it'll punch on through.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-03-11 13:51|| 2007-03-11 13:51|| Front Page Top

#7 ...but a .38 won't ricochet off a cheekbone like that, it'll punch on through.

I wouldn't put that much stock in a .38 either. There have been documented instances of non jacketed .38 rounds flattening themselves out on folks skulls. Especially folks of a particular ethnic heritage. Nothing less than a round starting with .4x for me.

Posted by Chiper Threreger8956 2007-03-11 15:19|| 2007-03-11 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe he's just as well off he didn't kill them. I've never shot anything but paper (and some AOL disks) and am glad for it. I don't want to know how I'd feel if I killed someone, even someone who richly deserves it.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-03-11 16:01|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-03-11 16:01|| Front Page Top

#9 If he lived in Britain, Wiggins would be in jail right now.

Posted by DMFD 2007-03-11 16:26|| 2007-03-11 16:26|| Front Page Top

#10 i wouldn't let it be on my consciouns that i killed someone who would kill me
, thats like saying i wouldn't kill osama

Posted by sinse 2007-03-11 16:36|| 2007-03-11 16:36|| Front Page Top

#11 Combat Triad:

*mindset
*gun handling
*marksmanship

need all three to survive a gunfight and come out on top

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-11 16:44|| 2007-03-11 16:44|| Front Page Top

#12 "I don't want to know how I'd feel if I killed someone" I think I'd feel a whole lot worse if someone killed ME.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-03-11 18:21|| 2007-03-11 18:21|| Front Page Top

#13 66-year-old

Ah. Part of a generation with balls.

Posted by gorb 2007-03-11 20:29|| 2007-03-11 20:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Just the latest installment of "Geezers with Guts."
This is at least the third chapter in the ongoing sage; better than a Louis L'Amour Oat Opera, methinks.

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-03-11 21:59|| 2007-03-11 21:59|| Front Page Top

#15 Bad guy Kent saw the flame shoot out from the gun barrel, felt the hit on his cheek, and saw more flames coming at him - it may have reminded him he had pressing appointments elsewhere. If Kent and Carlos do not like jail, perhaps they could go back to Wiggins' house for more lessons in good manners.

Posted by whatadeal 2007-03-11 23:07|| 2007-03-11 23:07|| Front Page Top

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