Man Accidentally Kills Wife During Botched Satellite TV Install

[Deleted member 56031]

http://www.switched.com/2008/03/26/man-accidentally-kills-wife-during-botched-satellite-tv-install/

 

[Krynn72]

*anti gun statement*

 

[Emporius]

That would be sad if it wasn't for the fact that he was being so damn stupid.

You Americans and your guns

 

[CptStern]

lol Darwin strikes again

Amazingly the husband, Ronald Long, was trying to use a .22-caliber pistol to shoot a hole through the wall in the couple's home to enable them to run a wire through to the television. His first shot was apparently unsuccessful in penetrating the wall and his second shot somehow hit his wife in the chest, 34-year-old Patsy Long.

idiots

 

[CyberPitz]

Wow, this is hilarious. Some people are complete morons. It's not the gun that killed her, it's the retarded husband.

 

[<RJMC>]

dont you have those hand wielded drills in the USA?

why using a gun on something like that?

 

[CptStern]

dont forget the retarded wife who agreed to it and then STOOD IN FRONT OF THE GUN

 

[Tyguy]

i almost feel worse for the husband, imagine how many times he has to explain how his wife died?

hope he at least got his satellite working

 

[<RJMC>]

and who he hell use a gun for that?

if he want to open a window he is just to blast it whit a shotgun?

 

[CyberPitz]

i almost feel worse for the husband, imagine how many times he has to explain how his wife died?

hope he at least got his satellite working

All that work, still no free playboy. DAMNIT.

 

[Emporius]

and who he hell use a gun for that?

if he want to open a window he is just to blast it whit a shotgun?

Heavy Assault Home Renovation

"Today we're going to use these derringers to make hook-holes for the wife's plants..."

 

[CyberPitz]

"We need to till this soil..."*throws in grenade*

 

[Adabiviak]

I like the 'ominous' picture of the sattelite dish.

 

[Slug Advisor]

hope he at least got his satellite working

**** yeah, satellite TV! ...Wait, Patsy's dead. Oh well.

 

[DreamThrall]

When will gadgets stop killing people!?

Way to ask the complete wrong question.

 

[MJ12]

*is reminded when Homer uses a gun to open a can of beer* That is sad, but god, what morons, lol.

 

[Krynn72]

Way to ask the complete wrong question.

Way to miss the sarcasm.

 

[Lucid]

Whatever works.

 

[Jintor]

When will dumbasses stop?

 

[Asuka]

Stupid way to die. Guy should be shot for being stupid.

 

[Azner]

lol America

 

[MJ12]

"her husband was trying to do what many of us have tried to do in our own home"

.... uhm, no, not really?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMsqzD86J4

 

[soulslicer]

That's terrible. He's gonna spend his last days obsessed with his loss of his wife, sitting in front of the cable tv everyday, watching Fox News or God TV with his daily words to his satellite dish being "I guess it's just you and me buddy.."

 

[Lucid]

"her husband was trying to do what many of us have tried to do in our own home"

.... uhm, no, not really?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMsqzD86J4

After fumbling with several methods of getting a hole through his house, through which to run his cable, he decided to whip out his trusty .22 pistol.

I take it that a drill wasn't one of those methods?

 

[Cormeh]

What a fanny.

It also remains to be seen whether the cable companies will start filming new ads about these new potential dangers of satellite dish installation, but we wouldn't put it past them.

"Don't do what Donny don't does!"

 

[VirusType2]

maybe he had an abnormal fear of drills...

... ever since they had to drill a hole in his head to eat his brain.

 

[mortiz-Redux]

lol American's

 

[Skaadi]

This has me thinking that we should just remove the safety labels off everything and be done with it.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Is it bad that I lol'd? I call homicide.

 

[mastag]

Err, I wouldn't be surprised if he just shot her on purpose and is using this a a cover.

 

[Azner]

"her husband was trying to do what many of us have tried to do in our own home"

.... uhm, no, not really?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMsqzD86J4

All americans try to use guns to make holes?

 

[Kula Meenur]

All americans try to use guns to make holes?

Not really gonna get very far with a .22

 

[VirusType2]

Not really gonna get very far with a .22

That is exactly it. The guy used a .22.

A .22 caliber is notorious for being incredibly weak, and the bullets tend to ricochet - even off of bone, which can actually cause more damage to the victim.


So, had he used a proper hand cannon, everything would have been fine, and people would have thought him clever.


Once it bounced though, they should have known it was dangerous and futile. I can't believe he tried again, and I can't believe she didn't cower or leave the room.

All americans try to use guns to make holes?

Oh shit. You're serious aren't you? I thought you were taking a stab at Americans at first.


The answer is no. I've never heard of anything like this before. It's weird to do something like that, even if it works.

"her husband was trying to do what many of us have tried to do in our own home"

You mis-understood. Trying to do what many of us try to do" that meant, many of us try to install a satellite dish instead of paying professionals to come do it.

 

[Kula Meenur]

Should've used a ****in hammer n screwdriver, or a drill

 

[Krynn72]

Everyone knows you use a shotgun for putting holes in your walls! What an idiot!

 

[nurizeko]

Either hes really dumb or the police are really dumb for believing his story of domestic murder.


Only in America.

 

[[Matt]]

I can see how easy it is to confuse the two... :/

 

[Raziaar]

It worked didn't it?

 

[giant384]

Heavy Assault Home Renovation

"Today we're going to use these derringers to make hook-holes for the wife's plants..."

i'd watch it

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Thats just absurd. A guy with a pistol and not a drill