Klansman shoots gun ito sky. Bullet comes down and hits him in the head

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA1AVRUEND.html

Participant at KKK Initiation Wounded After Shots Are Fired Into Sky

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) - A bullet fired in the air during a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony came down and struck a participant in the head, critically injuring him, authorities said.

Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24.

About 10 people, including two children, had gathered for the ceremony. The man who was being initiated was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as Freeman fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire, Sheriff Fred Phillips said.

A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said.

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[Occulus]

1. God sending them a clue?

Perhaps?

[Tyler Durden]

2. Maybe there IS a God.

Not to wish evil on anyone, but how freaking "Poetic Justice" can you GET?

[Options Remain]

and supidity claims another victim

just stupid, anyone with any gun knowledge knows that bullets come back down.

this would be a darwin but he hit someone else.

TearForger

[slackmaster]

3. The probability of that happening is astronomically small

Once in a while there is poetic justice in the world.

[hlthe2b]

4. hands down winner for the Darwin Award!!!!!

oh,wait let me wipeaway my tear.... Yeah, right...

[hlthe2b]

5. hands down winner for the Darwin Award!!!!!

oh, wait let me wipe away my tear.... Yeah, right...

[hlthe2b]

6. hands down winner for the Darwin Award!!!!!

oh, wait let me wipe away my tear.... Yeah, right...

[brainshrub]

11. Unfortunately, no.

To win a Darwin Award, you have to do something stupid that gets you killed by your own actions.

[JHB]

14. Not killed, just...

...incapable of passing on their genes.

[Walt Starr]

19. Haven't there been DA winners who accidentally castrated themselves?

Or were those just honorable mentions?

[sexybomber]

38. You can get an honorable mention if you don't kill yourself

I'm not sure if you get an honorable mention or a full Darwin Award if you castrate yourself, though.

Here is the Darwin Awards website, for the curious.

[hlthe2b]

17. where's all those 35,000 DUers: there's an echo in the house!

sorry bout that!

[Wapsie B]

7. Too bad

it wasn't a "magic bullet" that finished them both off. No sympathy for white trash here.

[sangh0]

8. Evolution in action

No need to get excited. It's just nature's way of thinning the herd.

[quispquake]

9. Thanks, I needed that...

hahahahaha

[The Backlash Cometh]

10. But I thought they all went through this initiation?

It would explain the big gaping hole in their heads where their brains seep out.

[msmcghee]

12. Even Saddam is smarter than the Klan.

In all pictures of Saddam shooting his guns into the air - he always points the gun a bit out toward the crowd - rather than straight up in the air.

Of course, those in the crowd who applauded him are probably prime candidates for the KKK should they ever emigrate.

[jeffreyi]

13. Instant Karma n/t

[NNN0LHI]

15. More proof that guns and morAns don't mix well n/t

[NewGuy]

18. Why MorAns?

I know right wingers use the term to denote congressman Jim Moran. Is that where this comes from here at DU as well?

[NNN0LHI]

22. Here you go

[TacticalPeek]

16. Culling the herd.

They can be glad there wasn't an AC-130 orbiting overhead.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

20. hehehe

[spanone]

21. some things in nature are just wonderful

[Hand]

23. Hit him in the head?

I'd call that a minor injury for this crowd!

:evilgrin:

[kentuck]

24. That is so fucking funny!

:)

[Clark Can WIN]

25. God?

Yes, with a big lead hint.

[Code_Name_D]

26. Shot through the head?

Well at least they didn't hit a vietl organ.

[45th Med]

27. God Bless Charles Darwin.....right?

It's comforting to know Darwinism is alive and doing well......

[oasis]

28. Rove should protect Chimpy's voters by buying them hardhats.

[luckyluke]

29. I'm offended by the replies to this thread

A man died. I don't care how misguided or bigoted he was, this is no cause for celebration. Celebrating the destruction of people you don't agree with is Billy Graham / Jerry Falwell / Fred Phelps type talk and we should be above it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Unless there's an update

that's incorrect - he was seriously injured, not killed.

[luckyluke]

32. Woops, my bad (nt)

[Fescue4u]

30. DOH!

Sounds like Darwin is at work!

[spindoctor]

33. Next time, aim lower

lesson learned

[0rganism]

34. Poetic justice, or just plain stupidity?

If only all Klan initiations had casualties...

[Julien Sorel]

35. He was testing a new bullet proof sheet. Back to the drawing board.

[arcos]

36. huh... he didn't hurt HIMSELF... he wounded ANOTHER GUY!

"Gregory Allen Freeman, 45, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in the Saturday night incident that wounded Jeffery S. Murr, 24. "

So no... no Darwin award, since he didn't harm himself.

[in_cog_ni_to]

37. Who better???? THAT is fuuuuuuunny! n/t