Soldier permanently cures hiccups

[miso]

A Fort Hood soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter
-- admitting he accidentally shot his friend while trying to scare away
the hiccups.

Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, of Spartanburg, S.C., was sentenced to 3 1/2
years in military prison for fatally shooting 22-year-old Pfc. Isaac
Lawrence Young, of Ash Grove, Mo., in the face in September while they
were watching a football game at an apartment in Killeen, Texas.

Myers was also busted to private and will receive a bad-conduct
discharge, the Associated Press reported.

Police said three men were inside the apartment on Sunday, Sept. 23,
watching a football game and drinking alcohol when one of the men
produced a handgun, handled it in an "unsafe manner," and shot the
victim in the face.

An arrest affidavit obtained by the Associated Press in September said
Myers apparently pointed a gun at the victim's head to scare him and
stop the hiccups.

Myers said he thought the gun had dummy rounds when it was discharged.

The case was tried in military court on the Central Texas Army post
because the both victim and suspect were soldiers. Myers has been in the
Bell County Jail on a $1 million bond.

 

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A Fort Hood soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to involuntary manslaughter
-- admitting he accidentally shot his friend while trying to scare away
the hiccups.

Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, of Spartanburg, S.C., was sentenced to 3 1/2
years in military prison for fatally shooting 22-year-old Pfc. Isaac
Lawrence Young, of Ash Grove, Mo., in the face in September while they
were watching a football game at an apartment in Killeen, Texas.

Myers was also busted to private and will receive a bad-conduct
discharge, the Associated Press reported.

Police said three men were inside the apartment on Sunday, Sept. 23,
watching a football game and drinking alcohol when one of the men
produced a handgun, handled it in an "unsafe manner," and shot the
victim in the face.

An arrest affidavit obtained by the Associated Press in September said
Myers apparently pointed a gun at the victim's head to scare him and
stop the hiccups.

Myers said he thought the gun had dummy rounds when it was discharged.

The case was tried in military court on the Central Texas Army post
because the both victim and suspect were soldiers. Myers has been in the
Bell County Jail on a $1 million bond.

maybe he had been watching to much NCIS

A man walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bar tender
gets out a shot gun and shoots, just missing the man. The man thanks
him and gives him a tip. Why the thank you and the tip?
....

he had the hiccups

-Lasse

 

[RipeCrisbies]

Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, of Spartanburg, S.C., was sentenced to 3 1/2
years in military prison for fatally shooting

And he was, I assume, trained in how to handle weapons safely! Will he be
able to own a gun when he gets out?




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[miso]

And he was, I assume, trained in how to handle weapons safely! Will he be
able to own a gun when he gets out?

Well it depends. There is a program loosely called "guns for felons". It
comes and goes depending on the level of corruption in Congress. The
criminal lobby (NRA) sponsors it.

http://www.vpc.org/studies/felons.htm

You have to commend the NRA on their single minded focus. They want
everyone armed, even felons.

Incidentally, since when do you get a 3.5 year sentence for what I
murder? I would blame Texas, but it was a military trial.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Well it depends. There is a program loosely called "guns for felons". It
comes and goes depending on the level of corruption in Congress. The
criminal lobby (NRA) sponsors it.

You have to commend the NRA on their single minded focus. They want
everyone armed, even felons.

Incidentally, since when do you get a 3.5 year sentence for what I
murder? I would blame Texas, but it was a military trial.

It's not murder if the shooting was accidental. He pled guilty to
"involuntary manslaughter". There was no mens rea.

 

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Well it depends. There is a program loosely called "guns for felons". It
comes and goes depending on the level of corruption in Congress. The
criminal lobby (NRA) sponsors it.

You have to commend the NRA on their single minded focus. They want
everyone armed, even felons.

Incidentally, since when do you get a 3.5 year sentence for what I
murder? I would blame Texas, but it was a military trial.

More Miso lies.

 

[miso]

It's not murder if the shooting was accidental. He pled guilty to
"involuntary manslaughter". There was no mens rea.

I think the story that the asshole thought there were blanks in the gun
is pure bullshit. Anyone trained in weapons knows that blanks at close
range (in this case point blank) can be dangerous. Anyone arguing
otherwise is simply full of shit or a fucking moron. There are several
famous cases of people being killed with blanks.

http://propguys.com/gundanger/

You simply don't point a gun at a person and pull the trigger for yucks.

 

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I think the story that the asshole thought there were blanks in the gun

is pure bullshit. Anyone trained in weapons knows that blanks at close

range (in this case point blank) can be dangerous. Anyone arguing

otherwise is simply full of shit or a fucking moron. There are several

famous cases of people being killed with blanks.




You simply don't point a gun at a person and pull the trigger for yucks.

That's not right, I've shot people directly in the face with blanks and nothing more than a little temporary blindness or deafness results.

 

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On 2/5/2013 12:18 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:

the world is full of morons ... yes they do exist.

i'm not sure if the guy below is joking or one of those lucky morons?

but you'd be surprised at how stupid people can behave in handling weapons.

the shame is that the weapons get the blame!

 

[miso]

the world is full of morons ... yes they do exist.

i'm not sure if the guy below is joking or one of those lucky morons?

but you'd be surprised at how stupid people can behave in handling weapons.

the shame is that the weapons get the blame!

There are people I trust with guns, and people that I know shouldn't
have them. If you drink to the point of being in a stupor, having a gun
handy isn't too smart. If you are a hot head, perhaps lethal force at
your finger tips isn't a good move.

But nobody blames the weapon. If I was on your jury and your defense was
"I didn't know there was one in the chamber", you best get ready to
spend a long time in prison. I have zero tolerance for misuse of weapons.

Now if you are talking about assault weapons, there is simply no reason
for them to be in the hands of civilians. Learn to fucking aim.

 

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There are people I trust with guns, and people that I know shouldn't

have them. If you drink to the point of being in a stupor, having a gun

handy isn't too smart. If you are a hot head, perhaps lethal force at

your finger tips isn't a good move.



But nobody blames the weapon. If I was on your jury and your defense was

"I didn't know there was one in the chamber", you best get ready to

spend a long time in prison. I have zero tolerance for misuse of weapons.



Now if you are talking about assault weapons, there is simply no reason

for them to be in the hands of civilians. Learn to fucking aim.

what are you calling an "assault weapon"?

is your definiton based on caliber, feed rate, the mechanical method of projectile feed, cosmetic appearance, what exactly?


maybe you have some illusion that weapons jump up and battery themselves, pick a target and then fire?

what is your experience with guns?

maybe your just affraid of something you don't understand.

have you ever fired a gun? if not, it might behove you to become familiar with them before claiming they can do things that are physically impossible.

for your information, military type f/a weapons are illegal to possess if you don't have a registered weapon pre 1986. are those the assult weapons you're talking about?

don't blame inanimate objects for the malfunctions of broken humans.

find a way to detect and fix those humans. if, as a society, we can't fix them, then lets get rid of them.

or heck, maybe you will volunteer to take them home.

 

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There are people I trust with guns, and people that I know shouldn't

have them. If you drink to the point of being in a stupor, having a gun

handy isn't too smart. If you are a hot head, perhaps lethal force at

your finger tips isn't a good move.



But nobody blames the weapon. If I was on your jury and your defense was

"I didn't know there was one in the chamber", you best get ready to

spend a long time in prison. I have zero tolerance for misuse of weapons.



Now if you are talking about assault weapons, there is simply no reason

for them to be in the hands of civilians. Learn to fucking aim.

okay, i really missed something;

what does aiming have to do with the definition of an "assult weapon"?