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Sancho

(9,103 posts)
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 01:07 PM Dec 2017

More dumb people with guns...

http://wfla.com/2017/12/27/22-year-old-mistaken-as-thief-killed-by-father/

CULLMAN, Ala. (WIAT) – Family and friends of 22-year-old Logan Trammell are gathering to remember the young musician after an accidental shooting took his life on Christmas Eve.

Trammell’s family says he was driving away from his parents’ home around 11:30 p.m. on Sunday in one of his father’s vehicles when it happened.

His father was unaware that his son was borrowing his truck. Fearing the vehicle was being stolen, the family says he yelled out and fired a warning shot in the air in an attempt to get the driver’s attention. They say he then shot once at the tailgate to stop whoever was taking the truck.

Once the truck stopped, they say his father realized he had accidentally shot his own son.


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More dumb people with guns... (Original Post) Sancho Dec 2017 OP
well he saved the truck, so, there's that. unblock Dec 2017 #1
A little Bondo to fill-in the bullet holes Sancho Dec 2017 #3
"YOUR SON OR YOUR TRUCK!" Aristus Dec 2017 #2
Fucking idiot. john657 Dec 2017 #4
The lunacy is astounding... Sancho Dec 2017 #5
Typical gunner -- shooting at "someone" fleeing who is not a threat. Hoyt Dec 2017 #6
He got his truck back Turbineguy Dec 2017 #7

Sancho

(9,103 posts)
5. The lunacy is astounding...
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:03 PM
Dec 2017

It's Christmas Eve at almost midnight...

-Dad, who is in his workshop singing (Christmas carols?) has his loaded gun beside his guitar just in case the Grinch shows up?
-the Father of the Year decides to stop the car thief by shooting at his own truck (that's the Christmas spirit!)
-the local cops rule the shooting "accidental" presumably because the shooter missed the tailgate that he was aiming at

If I have reason to drive through Alabama, I will make sure to avoid Culman...

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. Typical gunner -- shooting at "someone" fleeing who is not a threat.
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:21 PM
Dec 2017

Of course had it been a "thug," rather than his son, the gun-stroking dad would be called a hero among the gun culture.

Another one of those responsible gun owners who don't fire into the air, never aim at a target they haven't identified, don't shoot people in the back, etc.

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