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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:18 AM Jun 2014

PD: Arizona man arrested after trying to shoot moon with handgun

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. -- A 39-year-old Prescott Valley man accused of firing several gunshots Friday night said he was trying to shoot the moon.

Prescott Valley police responded to a home in the 4400 block of Preston Drive after a woman reported that her boyfriend had fired several shots from a handgun and was still armed.

The woman and her teenage son were in the home when the shots were fired. They told police that Cameron Frank Read was talking about seeing Halley's Comet and shortly after that he fired a round out of the window.

The victims said they heard several more shots as they fled the residence. They were not injured.

http://www.azfamily.com/home/Prescott-Valley-man-arrested-after-trying-to-shoot-moon-with-handgun-262575931.html

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PD: Arizona man arrested after trying to shoot moon with handgun (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP

weird; "shooting the moon" is something you do in the old card game Hearts eShirl Jun 2014 #1

It's also when you pull your trunks down while jumping off the high dive Orrex Jun 2014 #8

If the idiot read DU he'd know moon bombing is FAR more effective pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #2

(_!_) pintobean Jun 2014 #7

Someone check to see if Florida man filed a change of address form. LeftofObama Jun 2014 #3

Well, Arizona's right next to California, home of Florida Man's west coast twin California Man. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #10

I didn't realize NASA's budget was cut THAT much Tyrs WolfDaemon Jun 2014 #4

Aim for the moon... NuclearDem Jun 2014 #5

MFM would have found a filming location and mooned the shoot pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #6

Oh my god, they're going to bomb the moon! Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #9

Oh, so when the government bombs the moon it's ok. But when plain... JVS Jun 2014 #11

Was the moon injured? FSogol Jun 2014 #12

It was just a flesh wound pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #13

Cowboy Dan's a Major Player in the Cowboy Scene alcibiades_mystery Jun 2014 #14

Silly. Everyone knows he shoulda used a .50... Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #15

eShirl

(18,490 posts)

1. weird; "shooting the moon" is something you do in the old card game Hearts

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:22 AM

Jun 2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts#Shooting_the_moon

Orrex

(63,188 posts)

8. It's also when you pull your trunks down while jumping off the high dive

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:27 AM

Jun 2014

Um. Or so I've heard...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. If the idiot read DU he'd know moon bombing is FAR more effective

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:29 AM

Jun 2014

pintobean

(18,101 posts)

7. (_!_)

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:25 AM

Jun 2014

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)

3. Someone check to see if Florida man filed a change of address form.

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 06:40 AM

Jun 2014

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)

10. Well, Arizona's right next to California, home of Florida Man's west coast twin California Man.

Reply to LeftofObama (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:49 AM

Jun 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018626353

Tyrs WolfDaemon

(2,289 posts)

4. I didn't realize NASA's budget was cut THAT much

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:57 AM

Jun 2014

Next thing you know, they will try using bungee cords to shoot our astronauts up to the space station; or perhaps a trebuchet.

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

5. Aim for the moon...

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:10 AM

Jun 2014

Because even if you miss, you'll land among the drunk and disorderlies.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

6. MFM would have found a filming location and mooned the shoot

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 08:14 AM

Jun 2014

:R.I.P., MFM

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,160 posts)

9. Oh my god, they're going to bomb the moon!

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:47 AM

Jun 2014

It's been there for billions of years, and our selfishness has destroyed it in a matter of seconds!

JVS

(61,935 posts)

11. Oh, so when the government bombs the moon it's ok. But when plain...

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 09:49 AM

Jun 2014

citizens try to shoot the moon it's suddenly a big fucking deal.

FSogol

(45,466 posts)

12. Was the moon injured?

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:24 AM

Jun 2014

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

13. It was just a flesh wound

Reply to FSogol (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:28 AM

Jun 2014

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)

14. Cowboy Dan's a Major Player in the Cowboy Scene

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:32 AM

Jun 2014

"Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes to the reservation, drinks, and gets mean
He drove the desert, fired his rifle in the sky
And says, "God if I have to die you will have to die"
Well, Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
He goes the the reservation drinks and gets mean
He didn't move to the city. 'The city moved to me,
And I want out desperately...'"

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

15. Silly. Everyone knows he shoulda used a .50...

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Wed Jun 11, 2014, 10:39 AM

Jun 2014

Explodes tank farms from miles away! Shoots down airliners! Breaks your shoulder...

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