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This person shouldn't be allowed to handle a gun, EVER!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by kwik_e_mart, Oct 26, 2005.

  1. kwik_e_mart

    kwik_e_mart Member

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/australi...XLtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

    Cow slaughter backfires for man

    Wed Oct 26,12:50 PM ET

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man who twice missed while trying to shoot a friend's cow only to accidentally shoot a passer-by in the leg was fined Wednesday for what an Australian court described as a freak accident.

    Rudolf Stadler, 61, agreed in April last year to shoot the troublesome cow which belonged to a friend who owns a hobby farm at Caboolture in tropical Queensland state.

    Stadler lured the cow to a shed, and then took aim with his rifle. He missed. He took aim a second time, fired and missed again.

    The second shot went through the back of the shed, a fence across a paddock and then through the door of a car being driven along a road behind the farm.

    The bullet hit 46-year-old Carrie Tunning in the leg, the Brisbane District Court heard. Tunning, a passenger in the car, made a full recovery but Stadler was so distressed by the incident that he handed in his firearms license.

    The court fined Stadler A$1,000 and banned him from obtaining another gun license for five years.

    The cow was not so lucky, with Stadler eventually finding his mark.
     
  2. Christopher

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    See, thats why we mostly just keep Kangaroo's and Crocodiles as pets here in Australia.
     
  3. getsmartnow

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    "If a cow ever had the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you cared about!"- Troy McClure
     

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