And the winner of this years Darwin Award is....
And the winner of this years Darwin Award is....
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PatHeald

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8,058 posts

285 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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My nomination goes to.....

snopes said:
The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of a previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:

1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop specializing in handguns.

2. The shop was full of customers - firearms customers.

3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police car parked at the front door.

4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee before work.

Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a 9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired.

The robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics. Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics identified rounds from 7 different weapons.

No one else was hurt in the exchange of fire.


Cheers

Pat

tvrforever

3,196 posts

294 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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quality - and you wonder why I was such a calm driver when I lived in the USA?

diddyman

3,646 posts

270 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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H&J Leather & Firearms?

"I'll have a nice swede jacket and an Uzzi 9mm, please."

tvrforever

3,196 posts

294 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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diddyman said:
H&J Leather & Firearms?

"I'll have a nice swede jacket and an Uzzi 9mm, please."


You sure you didn't think :-

Jaglover

46,737 posts

264 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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But did he die before or after contaminating the gene pool-if before then he might be the darwin award winner for this year.

BliarOut

72,863 posts

268 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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Quality.... In a JFK turkey shoot way. Only in America

Hilts

4,684 posts

311 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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My nomination goes to the DEA firearms 'expert' who whilst giving a demonstration to a class full of kids and their parents manages to shoot himself immediately after declaring 'I be the only one in dis room pofesssional enough to handle da Glock Fody....BOOM'

I posted the video link before.

sadako

7,080 posts

267 months

Saturday 26th March 2005
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