Lots of Beer and No TV make Homer crazy!

Missouri Gun Laws
"[I]t is a felony to possess a loaded firearm while intoxicated."

A brief scanning doesn't yield anything about shooting said firearm.

Again, sorry for the multiple posts!

That was a joke, of course. There are no honest Best Buy employees.*

*Data collected via personal survey.

Anyway, I'm just glad to be averting that situation for anyone in my family.

Are you kidding me?

He should be admitted to Alcoholics Anonymous. That's what caused the "problem".

Quick - which one doesn't fit:
1. unable to get his new DTV converter to work properly
2. lost his cable
3. Missouri
4. shot up his TV
5. he had been drinking

Answer: none of the above

Andy Rooney won't have anyone to bitch to anymore. And THAT is a good thing.

@Oranges w/ Cheese: Oh no! Did you shoot it?

Ok, that made me fall off my chair!!! :D

LOL!!!!!

He said he had just LOST his cable, I'm assuming he didn't pay the bill, switched to antenna and the darn thing just wouldn't work, all these buttons are so complicated, Power, Volume UP/DOWN, Channel Up/Down, Scan AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

A weapon is a tool for defending yourself. I doubt that the TV posed a significant threat to this man.

You owe me a new monitor for that one.

I'm sure there is a law forbidding shooting and drinking. (At least I hope so).

And I also believe that his right to own a weapon should be terminated.

I have always been against the transition because of situations like this. Elderly people aren't as tech savy as younger people. A lot of them are on fixed incomes and can't afford to upgrade even with the $40 coupons. Even if they get the converter box they might not know how to hook it up and even if they have a friend, family member, or a neighbor to hook it up, they might not be able to operate it and having 2 remotes might confuse them. I know that having 2 remotes confuses the heck out of my Grandmother. Thank God that my step-grandparents have basic cable because the 2 remotes would probably confuse them as well.
Ben

@madanthony: Agreed. Most gun people would agree that owning a weapon requires more than an average amount of care, restraint, and responsibility. Just like a driver should be responsible enough to never drink and drive, a gun user should have the responsibility to never drink and handle his weapon.

A weapon is a tool for defending yourself. I doubt that the TV posed a significant threat to this man. You use the right tool for the right job. The right tool, in this case, would be a sledgehammer. Of course, this would be AFTER you carefully remove the back of the TV and properly drain the capacitor.

So yes, in this case, I believe that reckless discharge of a gun is a suitable charge. And I also believe that his right to own a weapon should be terminated.

Guns don't shoot tvs, wacko rednecks shoot tvs.

I dunno, there is the whole discharging a firearm thing in a dwelling/neighborhood thing. What if his wife had been killed by a richochet, or a bullet went through a wall and killed a kid on the sidewalk?

He was charged with "unlawful use of a firearm", whatever that's defined as. While I'm very pro-gun, shooting a gun in a confined space with lots of things that could ricochet against, at a plugged-in electrical device that contains a giant capacitor, with other people nearby, without eye or ear protection, while drunk, is a pretty stupid practice that even my libertarian heart is having trouble defending.

Unless the TV was being rented or he lived in an apartment complex with other neighbors close by, this isn't really a crime. Do I recommend getting drunk and blasting your TV? Not really, but if I want to take my gun and my stuff in my yard and blast holes in it, as long as I'm not posing a hazard to others its my damn business.

But I'm sure this will gain a ton of media, just like any other case that makes gun owners look like wacko rednecks...

Oh, come to think of it, the cops are just helping as well, as now he'll have fines, and court costs, and maybe even a lawyer to pay big money to get out of trouble. Keep that government rolling, violent old people...

Not a jury in the world would convict him.

Long live Bubba Ho-Tep!

This reminds me of when I took my cheap DVD player out to the dumpster and smashed the hell out of it "Office Space Style." It had always been finicky and stopped working so I put it out of its misery. Only afterwards did I find out that my roomate had unplugged the connecting wire. I was so ready to pound that thing that I didn't even check to see if it was connected. Oh well, felt good. I bet that old man felt good too. Before he was arrested at least...