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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Sat Nov 22, 2014, 11:44 PM Nov 2014

Minnesota man gets six months in jail for shooting gay couple with BB gun

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/22/us-minnesota-man-jailed-for-6-months-after-shooting-gays-with-bb-gun/

From the article:

44-year-old Wayne Odegard – an evangelical Christian – was convicted this week after pleading guilty to shooting customers outside a Minneapolis gay bar.

On September 25 this year, took his gas-powered BB Gun and opened fire at men standing outside the Saloon bar...

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Minnesota man gets six months in jail for shooting gay couple with BB gun (Original Post) shenmue Nov 2014 OP

Ironic I am in Blaine right now exboyfil Nov 2014 #1

Ridiculous. okasha Nov 2014 #2

6 years is more like it...knr joeybee12 Nov 2014 #3

Plugging people with BB's? What is he, 12? nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #4

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)

1. Ironic I am in Blaine right now

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2014, 12:13 AM

Nov 2014

I can't imagine 6 months for terrorizing someone for this. You would think even brandishing would get more time let alone the battery on one of the individuals irrespective of the motivation.