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SMan
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SEDALIA, Mo. | Officials are trying to determine whether to file charges against a man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite television system in their home.

Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deepwater, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.


You've got to be kidding me.
Udmas
Thats simply amazing.
Patton
Asshat of the Year award.
Mcgee
They walk among us. Scary very scary.
Yossarian
Only a .22? Heck, a .45 would have made a better hole to string coax thru. Everyone knows that.
Udmas
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communityhagerstown
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Mcgee' date='Mar 25 2008, 06:21 PM'
They walk among us. Scary very scary.


OMG, it is scary.
Thanks for the post Sman. So strange & outrageous.
Idiot
QUOTE (Yossarian @ Mar 25 2008, 05:43 PM) *
Only a .22? Heck, a .45 would have made a better hole to string coax thru. Everyone knows that.



That's horrible!!! ohmy.gif


It was also funnier than my initial response. laugh.gif



Seriously though... how sad can a story get? sad.gif
jelsey
My neighbor found a black snake on his kitchen counter a few years ago - he's afraid of snakes.

He got out his trusty shotgun and three shots later ...

1 - put a hole in his kitchen wall
2 - took out the coffee pot
3 - finally killed the snake with the last shot

All I have to say is "use the right tool for the job"
Snoopy
QUOTE (jelsey @ Mar 26 2008, 10:11 AM) *
My neighbor found a black snake on his kitchen counter a few years ago - he's afraid of snakes.

He got out his trusty shotgun and three shots later ...

1 - put a hole in his kitchen wall
2 - took out the coffee pot
3 - finally killed the snake with the last shot

All I have to say is "use the right tool for the job"

Well...he killed the snake didn't he? laugh.gif
theBurninator
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... awwww poor lady.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

yes he should be charged! charged for being STUPID. isnt there some sort of law against irresponsible use of a firearm?

wonder how he knew he got her?

" i SAID can yeh see the picture yet, dear!?... WOMAN!? you in there?! "

:: looks through bullet hole in house::

"aw hell. "
BMIC
manslaughter [(man-slaw-tuhr)]

The unlawful killing of a person, without malice or premeditation. Involuntary manslaughter is accidental, such as running into someone with a car. Voluntary manslaughter is committed in the “heat of passion,” as in a spontaneous fight in which one person is killed by a strong blow.
Dodge Man
Wow....
BMIC
It would seem mighty harsh to charge him, but they certainly could.
Dodge Man
Stupid as this was to do. I bet you're right they probably will charge him. But yet let a drug dealer get caught red handed in a raid for crap sakes and this they let them walk. How pathetic is that? Caught with Cocaine, Crack, Pot, and meth. Yet it's ok. Oh and 1 of them served 8 years in New York for trafficking and 1 year here in Maryland and he get's a bond. The other one got a Meir criminal summons. Oh Man don't make me go there. I have to stop and won't read this post again. It's gonna get me into trouble for speaking the truth.
heyceeo
QUOTE (SMan @ Mar 25 2008, 05:50 PM) *
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SEDALIA, Mo. | Officials are trying to determine whether to file charges against a man who fatally shot his wife while trying to install a satellite television system in their home.

Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deepwater, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.


You've got to be kidding me.

He shot from the inside of the home, if she was inside it had to be a ricochet unless he capped her and concocted the story. If she was outside and took it in the chest its still tragic.
SMan
She was outside.

Also from the same link...
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The woman, who was outside the house, was hit by the second of two shots fired by Ronald Long, the Henry County Sheriff’s Department said.
ChipStewart
QUOTE (BMIC @ Mar 26 2008, 01:36 PM) *
It would seem mighty harsh to charge him, but they certainly could.

I would think reckless endangerment or involuntary manslaughter would apply here where the husband acted recklessly and created a risk of physical injury to another person. The classic example they used in law school was firing a gun at a house, but not necessarily intending to hit a person. I suppose firing a gun OUT OF a house would suffice as well. Pretty reckless stuff - if he hadn't hit his wife, he could have easily it a passerby, neighbor, etc.
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