EVT1
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Post by EVT1 on Dec 16, 2013 19:20:28 GMT -5
Or is it? A warning shot in FL gets 20 years. Hard for me to believe if some random joe shoots and injures someone all they get is probation. abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/reno-man-probation-golf-shooting-21221314 Jeff Fleming, 53, was put on probation for up to five years in Washoe County District Court. He had faced as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after he earlier pleaded guilty to a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon. The unidentified golfer who struck Fleming's house took a drop and was attempting to play his next shot on the Lakeridge Golf Course in September 2012 when Fleming fired a shotgun at him. The golfer, who was playing with a friend, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries to an arm and both legs. Fleming's attorney, Larry Dunn, said Friday his client was just waking up when the stray golf ball shattered his bedroom window and sprayed him with glass shards. Fleming shot at the golfer from some 50 yards away in an attempt to scare him, not injure him, Dunn said. Haven't these golf course yahoos heard of unbreakable windows? |
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Post by Opti on Dec 16, 2013 19:28:13 GMT -5
I'll read the link later. No surprise "justice" and punishment varies.
Really if you are planning to scare someone you don't aim at them.
Unless of course you are an excellent shot and know how to shoot
close but not actually hit someone.
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Post by workpublic on Dec 17, 2013 9:36:22 GMT -5
maybe the golf course wasn't there when the house was built?
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 17, 2013 10:07:24 GMT -5
"But your honor, I was just shooting to make a hole in one"  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 17, 2013 10:21:16 GMT -5
maybe the golf course wasn't there when the house was built? The course was built ìn 1969. The guy had been living there for the past ten years. Move adjacent to a golf course or airport after they are built and you must put up with errant golf balls or jet noise. LakeRidge Golf Course |
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workpublic
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Post by workpublic on Dec 17, 2013 11:50:48 GMT -5
Move adjacent to a golf course or airport after they are built and you must put up with errant golf balls or jet noise. totally agree. also move to a rural area from a city deal with the manure smell, the rooster's crowing, the crows  , the lack of sidewalks and street lights. what I want to know is did the guy yell FORE! after he shot?  |
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Post by greeniis10 on Dec 17, 2013 13:06:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't understand why people live ON a golf course and then get mad at stray golf balls. Does not make sense. One of the golf courses DH plays at regularly has several homes on it. Lots of homeowners sit out on their backyard decks just evil-eyeing the golfers. So, what, you want to live on a "for show only" golf course?! Then they'd complain that it wasn't maintained or used and they'd "lose" the added value it gives their property.
Now I need to read the actual story...
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Post by jkapp on Dec 17, 2013 15:13:04 GMT -5
Or is it? A warning shot in FL gets 20 years. Hard for me to believe if some random joe shoots and injures someone all they get is probation. abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/reno-man-probation-golf-shooting-21221314 Jeff Fleming, 53, was put on probation for up to five years in Washoe County District Court. He had faced as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after he earlier pleaded guilty to a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon. The unidentified golfer who struck Fleming's house took a drop and was attempting to play his next shot on the Lakeridge Golf Course in September 2012 when Fleming fired a shotgun at him. The golfer, who was playing with a friend, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries to an arm and both legs. Fleming's attorney, Larry Dunn, said Friday his client was just waking up when the stray golf ball shattered his bedroom window and sprayed him with glass shards. Fleming shot at the golfer from some 50 yards away in an attempt to scare him, not injure him, Dunn said. Haven't these golf course yahoos heard of unbreakable windows? Sounds like he made a plea deal...I don't like them, either, but I'm told it saves money. As the lefty's are prone to saying: why would we want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting this guy in prison for 10 years?  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 17, 2013 16:35:49 GMT -5
Or is it? A warning shot in FL gets 20 years. Hard for me to believe if some random joe shoots and injures someone all they get is probation. abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/reno-man-probation-golf-shooting-21221314 Jeff Fleming, 53, was put on probation for up to five years in Washoe County District Court. He had faced as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after he earlier pleaded guilty to a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon. The unidentified golfer who struck Fleming's house took a drop and was attempting to play his next shot on the Lakeridge Golf Course in September 2012 when Fleming fired a shotgun at him. The golfer, who was playing with a friend, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries to an arm and both legs. Fleming's attorney, Larry Dunn, said Friday his client was just waking up when the stray golf ball shattered his bedroom window and sprayed him with glass shards. Fleming shot at the golfer from some 50 yards away in an attempt to scare him, not injure him, Dunn said. Haven't these golf course yahoos heard of unbreakable windows? Sounds like he made a plea deal...I don't like them, either, but I'm told it saves money. As the lefty's are prone to saying: why would we want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting this guy in prison for 10 years? Righties usually say that when pressing for the death penalty for a non-capital offense. Kill him/her they say. |
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Post by EVT1 on Dec 17, 2013 16:42:26 GMT -5
Or is it? A warning shot in FL gets 20 years. Hard for me to believe if some random joe shoots and injures someone all they get is probation. abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/reno-man-probation-golf-shooting-21221314 Jeff Fleming, 53, was put on probation for up to five years in Washoe County District Court. He had faced as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine after he earlier pleaded guilty to a felony charge of battery with a deadly weapon. The unidentified golfer who struck Fleming's house took a drop and was attempting to play his next shot on the Lakeridge Golf Course in September 2012 when Fleming fired a shotgun at him. The golfer, who was playing with a friend, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries to an arm and both legs. Fleming's attorney, Larry Dunn, said Friday his client was just waking up when the stray golf ball shattered his bedroom window and sprayed him with glass shards. Fleming shot at the golfer from some 50 yards away in an attempt to scare him, not injure him, Dunn said. Haven't these golf course yahoos heard of unbreakable windows? Sounds like he made a plea deal...I don't like them, either, but I'm told it saves money. As the lefty's are prone to saying: why would we want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars supporting this guy in prison for 10 years? Because he shot someone. Plenty of room for violent felons if you just let out all of the non-violent drug offenders. |
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 17, 2013 16:46:16 GMT -5
Hurray! A post about Florida and guns again!
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Post by EVT1 on Dec 17, 2013 16:47:59 GMT -5
What if some kid (or adult) hits a baseball through your window and you blast them with a 'warning shot'? Same thing. I think most of us would go straight to jail. No way it ends up with probation.
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