The dumbest thing that you’ll read today
A gunfight reenactment group staged a shoot-out in Tombstone, Arizona yesterday. One of the gunfighters showed up late and didn’t bother to check his gun – a gun that had been loaded with live bullets before he arrived at the show. So, he shot one of his fellow reenactors;
The man was shot in the upper groin area sometime around 2 p.m. and had to be airlifted to the hospital, said CCSO spokeswoman Carol Capas.
According to an update from the Tombstone Marshal’s Office, actors Tom Carter and victim Ken Curtis were facing off against each other when Carter fired his gun. Curtis fell to the ground after being hit by a live round.
Curtis was flown to Banner-University Medical Center to have the bullet removed.
It was a six-shooter, so, really how hard would it have been to check? I think if I was the target, I would have wanted to inspect the gun before someone fired it at me, especially if it had arrived on the scene loaded with live bullets. Dumbass bullshit all around.
Thanks to Marine_7002 for the link.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
Open and shut case of “Felony Stupidity”.
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You know what’s dumber than this?
Danny Dickbag Birdbath and his dancing blog-o-shame.
/No I’m not going to read it.
You can’t read it. Only people with paranoid schizophrenia can make any sense out of it. I know I can’t, but, then again, I’m not taking any psychotropic meds either….
I only glanced at it. I didn’t bother to try reading it because it’s in Idiotese, a language I’ll never bother to learn!
I heard he was trying to contact commanders of AD folks who had visited his jacking of the bandwidth.
1–how’d that work out, 2–how come my CO never said shit about it to me?
Not just AD people, he had “evidence” of others posting from USG compooters as well and we don’t hear shit about that anymore! All he does now is what Psychiatric Professionals refer to as “Projection”.
The article says that Tom Carter “accidentally shot another member of the Vigilantes.” Accidentally? There’s a loaded gun in his hand. He fires it multiple times, hitting his target once and putting a couple of other hunks of lead into store walls or windows. That doesn’t fit my definition of accident.
Spectator: “Wow that guy is darn good! He’s writhing on the ground, howling, and he’s bloody! Best re-enactment I ever saw!”
“Officials say it was discovered that there was a live round in the cylinder with five expended casings that indicated the gun had six live rounds in it before the skit. Officials say two live rounds hit nearby businesses.”
Agreed. He never loaded a blank, so (assuming operator confusion) at what point was he under the impression that blanks were loaded? And why couldn’t he tell the difference between recoils when shooting a blank and shooting a live round?
I suspect something else is going on…..
“I suspect something else is going on…..”
Probably something to do with BEER
A rifle inspection prior to going on the Battlefield was part of EVERY Civil War Reenactment I ever took part in. They would inspect every rifle, and part of it was where you had to take the ramrod and drop it into the muzzle to where the inspector heard a pinging noise meaning the muzzle was clear. Revolvers and Sharps Carbines as well as lever action rifles were checked as well, it sounds to me like there was criminal kind of failure on the part of whoever was managing that event!
Word.
And he shot him in the groin, to boot.
How is that for adding insult to injury?
Yeah, and besides that, it’s just not cool.
Ask Butters.
Probably not criminal … Gross negligence most probable or perhaps … definitely!
I just hope they maintain a Black List and put the shooter as well as whoever was tasked with event safety on it.
Read the story and first thought was “Why would anybody want to shoot Festus Haggen?”
Second thought: Dumbass.
Rednecks + Guns + Reenactment + Confusion Surrounding What Real a Bullet Looks like = Redneck Getting Shot!
PS: Betcha a bag of Brooklyn donuts, the shooter had little professional experience handling weapons.
But what do I know …
Reenactors pride themselves on being professionals, but it only takes one dumbass to do major damage to their image.
Rednecks? Must have been trained by the NYPD. If it wasn’t for bystanders, one wonders whether they would ever hit anything.
Very good … pithy yet not overly rude!
There’s something in the water in Tombstone that seems to cause all kinds of dumbassery. Bisbee is a story unto itself. Both places have to be seen, they just can’t be explained away.
New Tombstone (I lived in AZ during the era of Old Tombstone, before it burned down and was rebuilt. sigh. what a loss of history and artifacts) is not that close to Bisbee, both physically and “spiritually”. Bisbee is the remnants of a mining town that has been reborn as an “art” colony/town. Never heard of too much going on in Bisbee.
Tombstone is 26 miles from Bisbee. At least it was this morning when I drove through. Both cities are chock full of very special people.
snowflake would be the wrong term ???? LMAO..
nothing like arsenic in the water and a ample supply of dope or Meth Lol…
I think you have Old Tucson movie studio confused with the city of Tombstone.
yea lot of issues in both places. some go right back to the ole border..
Those of us fortunate enough to do some of our military time at Fort Huachuca got to visit both places.
As for the “unique” character of the people I think it’s the desert. Lots of desert towns have some…shall we say “touched” individuals. Ever been to Oatman, AZ, or Tonopah, NV? You find the same sort of “characters” there.
And I don’t think the desert made them strange. I think being strange is what drove them to settle in the desert. 😉
Spent most of my career at Huachuca. Retired and stayed. And for the record, I just work near Bisbee, I don’t live there!
That’s NOT an accident. That’s a negligent discharge. And both the supervisor and the shooter need to be charged. Dumbassery on display. (shakes head. head desk)
I don’t think this is the first time this has happened…
I a real cowboy who has worked at a Guest Ranch rich families go to going on 45 years. They take guests on horseback rides, overnights, along with the chuck wagon. During summer months they have mini rodeos’ that includes roping a calves, horse races, shoot outs, fast draws, etc. His draw is soooo fast and has yet to be beat by younger wranglers. He’s 75 years old and still works a five day week. I’ll send Jonn a link..I wouldn’t go against him with a ten second start. Yes, he uses blanks…and checks his gun before each show, unlike the moron in the story ?
I know…yup it’s Monday…
Check out Jerry Miculek some time… shoots for S&W, fast as hell, and in no way is he anyone’s spring chicken – 61
“I’m your huckleberry!”
BTW, mark this as exhibit no. 34,250,250 in the “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things” file. If it had happened anywhere besides the somewhat laissez-faire state of AZ, you can bet that the state would create a Department of Fake Gunfighting to license and oversee all fake gunfights staged in public.
Jesus.
H.
Christ.
I got nothin’.
Ditto. Nothing surprises me any more.
Nothing says, “I love you” like shooting your friends. Suppose this will affect their friendship?
Imagine the mayhem that would result if someone made that mistake with a 105MM round.
😀
I know it is not a 105 and the clip is a bit long, but this was the first thing that came to mind when I read your comment…
http://youtu.be/Fjj4a3zB1ag
Sarge, does this mean we’re done for the day?
“So, uh, standard questions: are either of you homosexuals?”
“You mean, like…flaming…homosexuals?”
“Sorry, standard question.”
“Uh, no…But we’re willing to learn!”
“Are they going to send us to a special school for that??”
John Larroquette with the grenade.
“Here, hold this, Private.”
A friend was a CHP officer, on police olympics shooting team and 1st class instructor. When he came home from his shift he would unload his weapons , stand in front of the mirror and draw and dry fire 15 minutes a day. One day a round went through the wall narrowly missing his wife at the kitchen sink.
Another friend, also CHP, was demonstrating to other officers how to press on a muzzle of a S&W to push it out of batterry. You can guess what happened next.
As a IDPA range officer I saw lots of AD’s. The moral, unload and then unload again.
Actually being shot in the upper groin is better than the lower groin or anywhere else. That location has no organs in it other than the intestines. The doctor literally cuts out he damaged portion and sows two good ends together. It is literally the easiest organ to fix since you have so many feet of it.
UPDATE
“Ringo’s” score was just updated to include a female bystander. Injuries not specified but doesn’t sound like she will be visiting boot hill on a permanent check in.
Two out of four, not bad for one of those black six shooters with a thirty clip bullet holder.
Like Proud Infidel I also did Civ War Reenacting. Anytime such an event is held the organizers pay an insurance company, or the site has insurance.
There are inspections of weapons and ammunition prior to battle. But there is always “that guy” who misses it. If there enough of “Those Guys” the odds increase that one of them is a moron.
I was at the 1998 135 Gettysburg Reenactment. There was a guy who came all the way from France to participate. He ended up borrowing a pistol for the 1st days battle.
The owner of the pistol had been live firing it prior to the event and had live loads in it.
Frenchie ended up putting a bullet through the neck of another reenactor. Luckily the wound wasnt major. Frenchie got locked up for a few days and ended up paying the medical costs.
In another incident a couple of years later a lead “skirt” left over from live firing came loose while a guy was firing blanks and hit a guy right in the balls. Not a bad wound,, but bad enough.
Ken Curtis had the bullet removed & is in stable condition. Now I guess it’s time for folks to lawyer up.