Guns and stupidity are never a good combination. North Carolina Man Charged After Shooting Child During Prank
This all started with another iteration of the stupid ding-dong ditch prank. Deputies were in the middle of a standard traffic stop at 11:20 p.m. when they heard gunfire nearby.
Sheriff Darren Campbell stated: "Deputies located an unoccupied vehicle stopped in the roadway with passenger doors open, broken glass on the ground, and apparent bullet holes in the vehicle." Nearby, they found five children in a field, including one with a leg injury.
The guy doing the shooting?
The homeowner, Craig Steven Mason, eventually identified himself as the shooter. According to investigators, Mason claimed he was woken up by noise, grabbed a handgun, and saw a vehicle passing by with no headlights.
So of course, being woken up by a noise, he thought the thing to do was to open fire on a vehicle with no headlights. He didn't know the vehicle. He didn't know why they had no headlights. Were they bad guys, or were they trying to escape bad guys? Or were they a bunch of stupid kids who presented no real threat to anyone?
Mason was arrested and charged with several things including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Sadly, he cannot be charged with felony stupidity.
This all took place in Statesville, North Carolina, which is about 35 miles north of Charlotte.
For the love of all that is holy people, try to be less stupid than this guy. At least remember that every bullet comes with a lawyer attached.
The Second Amendment doesn't have a stupidity exception. Freedom means as much being free to do stupid things as it does to do smart things. It also comes with the responsibility to accept the consequences.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the left likes to put everyone into groups and judge the whole group by the actions of a few (except, of course, for Somalis, blacks, latinos and other "POC") but the fact remains that this guy's stupidity only really reflects upon one person...himself.
I agree with both parts of your statement.
DeleteHe is stupid, and it reflects only on him.
The Left will use this to smear all gun owners, and people should recognize that, and call out the stupidity
I agree. Not saying you shouldn't be calling it out, but when the left tries to use this to smear all gun owners, we should push back. Vigorously.
DeleteI believe it was Tam of "View from the Porch" , who, many years ago, very succinctly stated it thusly (paraphrasing): "I don't care if every other gun owner in America shot someone yesterday, I didn't, so piss off"