Guns Are Great for Night Time Hunting!

A Milesburg Pa man killed his girlfriend after a little night time hunting accident.  Didn't you know? Night time is the best time to get all shooty with your hunting rifle while you and your sweetie are crawling around in the dark.  This is an excerpt from Cliff White's story at CentreDaily.com:
Troy Tierney (pic), 25, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in May. Judge Pamela Ruest handed out the maximum sentence for the crime — two-and-a-half to five years in state prison. Tierney also must pay a $1,000 fine for game law violations.

“Life was lost. A very young woman has a family now that visits her at a gravesite, and that will never change,” said District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. “Based upon the gravity of the offense and the effect upon the victims, we thought that was an appropriate sentence and the judge agreed.”

In 2009, Tierney and 21-year-old Racheal Perryman were poaching deer after dark in the woods off state Route 504 in Union Township when they became separated and Tierney shot Perryman.  Tierney told police he shot at a moving object in the woods and didn’t know it was Perryman. He was on multiple prescription  medications at the time and police reported him to be stumbling and talking with slurred speech at the crime scene.
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What a thing to live with for the rest of your dumbass life. ADSENSE HERE

Did Senator Klein Really Point Her Loaded Hot Pink Pistol at a Reporter? Yep!

Sen Klein with her laser-sighted  Pink Ruger

Transcript of the interview wiht Senator Klein:

Klein: A friend of mine said, it looks like a water pistol. I'm like, yeah, wait until you see the laser pointer.

Henle: It has a laser on it?

Klein: Yeah. Yeah. I showed it to you.

Henle: I didn't see the laser part.

(Simultaneous) Klein: I pointed it at him.

(Simultaneous) Ruelas: She pointed it at me.

(laughter)

Ruelas: With the safety on, you pointed it at me.

Klein: No, there is no safety on that.

Ruelas: OK.

Klein: I just didn't have my hand on the trigger, god.

Ruelas: Oh no, but it does look, I mean, if I could see it again, it does look like a, like a, makeup bag . . .
Henle: There's no safety on that?

Klein: Yeah, no. There is no safety.

Ruelas: ... it looks like you're carrying sunglasses in there, I mean . . . actually, yeah.

Klein: I won't point it at you.

Ruelas: I have sunglasses. It's about that size . . .

Klein: So OK, this is the laser. Look, look, that's the laser. But see this gun is basically for self protection.  You're really accurate 20 feet away from you. Do you know what I mean? That's basically ... now, notice, I don't have my hand on the trigger. There is no safety on this gun. But you have to really pull the trigger, to you know, it's a harder trigger. That's part of your safety.
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At the AZCentral website you can follow this controversy which is a fascinating sidelight to the larger article I linked to yesterday about the gunslinger legacy in Arizona. 

Oh, and more on Senator Klein.  At her campaign website Klein first listed endorsement....?  Sheriff Joe Arpaio, big surprise, there, uh huh? ADSENSE HERE

Arizona Republic Special Report on Arizona's Gunslinger Mentality

Legislator Lori Klein with her Pink Ruger .380

The Arizona Republic is running a special report on its "Gunslinger Legacy."  Want to know why this country is gun nuts, you might find some answers in this terrific special series at AZCentral, the Republic's Internet portal.  ADSENSE HERE