David only stuck his arm into the room and kept his head outside the doorway to avoid a possible ricochet. The bullet struck the buzzard, passed through the bird, exited a window, and struck Emma, who was outside. [More]
How would his every moment thereafter not be a nightmare hell?
Is it too soon to talk about becoming a Train SMART lecturer?
[Via bondmen]
No mention of what species of “buzzard”, a common nickname for a vulture, was involved in the incident.
Doesn’t really matter.
https://www.ilfb.org/resources/farmer-rural-resources/livestock/black-vulture-depredation-permits/
That’s right, he had no business shooting the bird in the first place. Both the Black Vulture and the Turkey Vulture, North America’s two native species, are protected under Federal law and the 1918 Migratory Bird treaty.
An old saying goes:
“If you’re dead it isn’t a problem for you. You don’t even know that you’re dead. It’s a problem for the people around you. It’s kinda the same way if you’re stupid.”
Yes, multiple Four Rules violations on multiple levels, leading to a preventable tragedy.
But my first question was this: If he was so worried about a ricochet — if that was such a likely possibility — why the hell was he using a firearm in the first place, and not something else that wouldn’t ricochet?