Am I wrong to wonder?
An Alabama New Year’s Eve party turned tragic just minutes after the clock struck midnight: As a man, one of the approximately 30 party guests, allegedly fired celebratory gun shots toward the ground, a 5-year-old girl walked into the line of fire, the News-Courier reports. She was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at an Athens hospital. Police say that when suspect Fidel Rodriguez Canchola, 34, realized what had happened, he fled the scene on foot. He was arrested at his home Sunday morning and charged with criminally negligent homicide.
We all know that firing guns into the ground
is a new years celebration right?
Not in the US I grew up in.
“Am I wrong to wonder?” Nope, I think we all pretty much did when we read it. By dint of pure numbers, it becomes a social norm and therefore not wrong. See that? Just Spocked us all out of a “racism” charge.
POS, a .22, the proverbial Saturday night special.
Then ran away, his man card is revoked forever.
The wall should be so high it affects the weather.
Bastard should have been hung on site
the idiot was obviously illegal. here in the u.s., the savages shoot into the air like you’re supposed to…
> Wonder if he was legal?
Because a foreign soldier in uniform is a good thing, as long as xe’s in uniform?
Two things are sure:
1. He is not an American.
2. He is not a member of the NRA.
Normally, firing into the ground is a lot safer than firing into the air. Unless, of course, you are so drunk that you can’t tell the ground from a human being, in which case you should not be allowed to handle a weapon.
P.S. – This brings up one of my favorite subjects – i.e., the Law of Unintended Consequences.
When I was a kid, people didn’t shoot guns on New Year’s Eve and the Fourth of July. They shot off fireworks instead. Then, because of a few injuries every year, cities and counties started banning fireworks; first just the larger ones (which was probably a good idea, actually), then eventually all pyrotechnics were outlawed inside city limits. Now you have to drive out to the boonies to get/shoot them.
So, what’s a fella to do when he wants to make some noise on New year’s Eve and can’t easily get hold of some firecrackers? You guessed it: Whip out his trusty firearm and blaze away. Today I hear almost as many gunshots in town as I do firecrackers on New Year’s Eve, and sometimes I get nervous about standing out on the porch when the clock reaches midnight.
People who pass laws need to think about ALL the effects of a proposed ordinance, not just the obvious ones.
If he is not an American now he will be when Obama pardons him!
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Fidel Rodriguez whatever is NOT an “Alabama man.” Period.
By next year I hope to get my hands on a carbide cannon. Yes, they are dangerous if not treated with knowledge and respect, but by golly they do make a nice BOOM!