[jlbraun]

http://southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071020/News01/71020070/1011/News

Textbook may have been target in Bloomington shooting
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana University law student accused of firing several shots from an apartment balcony may have been aiming at a textbook, police said.

Investigators said Friday that they found two bullet holes in a book on real estate transfer finance and development in the apartment complex's parking lot.

Jesse M. Sneed, 27, faces a felony charge of criminal recklessness with a weapon in connection with Tuesday morning's shooting.

No one was injured, but the incident prompted police to close businesses and roads around the complex for several hours. The apartment is about a mile away from the Indiana University campus.

Officers arrested Sneed on Tuesday as he tried to drive away from the area. Police have said they found Sneed "under the influence of alcohol" and uncooperative.

Investigators said they found two assault rifles, an AR-15 and an AK-47, in the attic of his apartment.

[JohnL2]

It's numbnuts like this who make us all look bad.

[strat81]

Hmmm, I guess he hadn't taken criminal law yet.

[damien]

At least he isn't going to have to take any more law classes.

[elrod]

damien

At least he isn't going to have to take any more law classes.

That's the only silver lining to that cloud! :rolleyes:

[ClickClickD'oh]

If he hasn't taken Court Prac/Proc yet he's about to get a real up close look at it.

[Zundfolge]

It's numbnuts like this who make us all look bad.
Both gun owners AND lawyers agree.

[littlegator]

After having taken Real Estate Finance, I'm leaning towards self defense on the part of the student... :eek:

[Thernlund]

No one was injured, but the incident prompted police to close businesses and roads around the complex for several hours.

It took them that long??

This sort of thing aggravates me. I once went to pick up daughter #2 from school and the Dairy Queen across the street got robbed about 15 minutes prior to class dismissal. I waited 2 hours for the school to get the word from LE to let the students off campus. ***?! I understand not wanting the foot traffic through a crime scene, but they could tape the place off and let the world keep turning. Grrr.


-T.

[TexasRifleman]

y from the area. Police have said they found Sneed "under the influence of alcohol" and uncooperative.

Well no sh*t.......Who would have thought..... :)

[El Tejon]

Sounds like justifiable libroicide to me.:D Only class I felt like using profanity aloud during the final. I'd rather take a class just in Future Interests in Chinese.

Besides, it wasn't a rifle, it was just a dinky, little carbine. Hardly worth prosecuting isn't it?

"Look if the police are lying about this rifle thing, what else are your police lying about? How about we let my guy admit to an ordinance violation--discharging a firearm in city limits and wasting a natural resource, paper?"

[BridgeWalker]

I dunno. On the one hand, the class is truly evil, btdt. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure it's an elective. Is this justifiable librocide if he let himself in for it of his own free will?

[Deaf Smith]

Book'em Danno! Idiot is as idiot does.

While we have the right to own guns, we also have the responsibilty to use them correctly. Idiot ex-law student will just have to loose his.

[TexasRifleman]

Idiot ex-law student will just have to loose his.

Oh, he loosed it right into that book :evil:

Sorry, couldn't help it....

By the way? What caliber for Law Books?

My Business Law book was seriously thick.

Ought Six Armor Piercing maybe?

[El Tejon]

What caliber for law book? Easy, .40 S&W.

Well, someone I know pretty well used to keep a .40 (Glock 23) in a book in law school in a city that frowned on the RKBA (and a Smith 640 taped underneath a desk drawer).:D

[TexasRifleman]

Well, someone I know pretty well

Gee, wonder which THR attorney that might be :evil:

[Hook686]

... could be a numbnuts like that fellow. That is why the only person who should have the right to carry a gun, and who can be trusted with one, is me. :neener:

[iiibdsiil]

Bet the book won't try that again!

One down, many more to go...

[Fisherman_48768]

Come on folks, he was just playing judge, jury and executioner onto his paper nemesis in law school.

[RNB65]

Jesse M. Sneed, 27, is fixing to be taught a painfully expensive lesson about the price of stupidity. BOHICA.

:uhoh:

[physics]

Wow, this guy should try some of my classes... Hate to see what he'd do then.

People like that scare me, because they are what causes us to lose our rights.

[ServiceSoon]

Do you think the school would let me fill his place in class? I promise to keep good notes for him so he doesn't fall behind. Idiot!

[Geno]

I watched this happen at the complex where I lived my junior year at Central Michigan University. Guy shot a Rem 7400 .30-06 from the 3rd floor balcony cross a 100+ yard parking lot full of cars (and people), and shot at his old books on top of the garbage bin. Danged fool missed the book, but did hit the 10 foot X 6 foot trash bin. Cops never even showed. :banghead:

[cpttango30]

Some boys just never grow up. What can you say. I have had some painfull classes but I never thought about shooting my books. (Might try that on the range) Wonder what a 50gr v-max would do to some of my books. ART 101 would be the first to go. That was just a wast of money for a book and a class.

[Officers'Wife]

What do you expect?
Always remember,
Notre Dame students ask - Is He responsible
Purdue students ask - Is science responsible
IU stundents ask- Do you want fries with that?

Selena (ChemEng Purdue)

[Badkharma]

After taking the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test - used for entrance to MBA programs), I took my GMAT books to the range for "ballistics testing".

Both books were soft-cover with cheap paper, and about an inch and a half thick.

1: Sig 229R .40 180gr FMJ: The round stopped 2/3 of the way through the book. It wouldn't make it through. So, if you're ever getting shot - hold up your textbooks. LOL, it might stop the round.

2: Mini-14 .223: Like a Cutco knife through bubbly soap suds. With both books stacked back to back.

3: .12 gauge 3" nitro magnum. This was the last test, for obvious reasons. Blew a 4-5" hole through the center of the book.

Range for all tests was 10-15 yards.

:D

[rkh]

I wish him luck explaining his arrest to the Bar Association.

[damien]

I wish him luck explaining his arrest to the Bar Association.

If he gets convicted of a felony, he isn't going to have to. A felony is pretty much an automatic disqualifier. I have heard that bad credit is a disqualifier in a lot of areas. You can't have a substantial criminal history, a history of drug or alcohol abuse, or a history of not being able to handle money properly (i.e. client escrows) and be a lawyer in most places.

[Samuraigg]

After taking the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test - used for entrance to MBA programs), I took my GMAT books to the range for "ballistics testing".

Both books were soft-cover with cheap paper, and about an inch and a half thick.

1: Sig 229R .40 180gr FMJ: The round stopped 2/3 of the way through the book. It wouldn't make it through. So, if you're ever getting shot - hold up your textbooks. LOL, it might stop the round.

2: Mini-14 .223: Like a Cutco knife through bubbly soap suds. With both books stacked back to back.

3: .12 gauge 3" nitro magnum. This was the last test, for obvious reasons. Blew a 4-5" hole through the center of the book.

Range for all tests was 10-15 yards.

I'm also a big fan of taking used school books that I can't resell to the range.

I'm eager to see how my marketing book tackles a couple hits from my Garand and sks.

[sterling180]

That guy's a prat,what did he expect,then anyway? I'm staggered that a law student who is studying law,to possibly become an attorney/lawyer,behaved like a backward,simpleton.There is a time and place for shooting rifles and it is at a proper gun range and not from a makeshift one.What a total moron,he should have a brain transplant.

[Gustav]

Sheer stupidity!

At least no one was directly hurt other than his future and another tarnish on legitimate gun owners.:fire:

[The Wiry Irishman]

I watched this happen at the complex where I lived my junior year at Central Michigan University. Guy shot a Rem 7400 .30-06 from the 3rd floor balcony cross a 100+ yard parking lot full of cars (and people), and shot at his old books on top of the garbage bin. Danged fool missed the book, but did hit the 10 foot X 6 foot trash bin. Cops never even showed.

Ah, there's always a lot of high-brow goings-on at CMU. I grew up about 15 miles away.

On topic, though - this isn't much of a surprise. If he was smart, he wouldn't be going to IU.

[patentmike]

Book with holes in it 100 yards away. Drunk guy with guns assumed to have hit the book with an AK. No mention of anyone actually seeing him fire. Hope he paid attention in the rest of his classes. Better yet, if he helped his friends get through them, they probably remember seeing him at the library at the time the alleged shots were allegedly fired.

Stupid though, to sign up for the class. Unless Indiana is really weird, it won't be on the bar exam.

[Red State]

Badkarma, that is funny stuff. I bet the slug turned the book into confetti!

[yeled]

?....

[Robert Hairless]

Do you think he might succeed with a defense based on the First Amendment? He delivered a forceful review.;)

[WeThePeople]

I've got a bunch of law school books taking up spac in my office. Silly me, I really thought I might need to reference them. Hah, law school didn't teach me much that I use in practice.

Anyway, I digress. Anyone in the Louisville area up for a trip to the range to see just what caliber is needed to tame some law books? I can bring .32, 9mm, .38, .357, .22, and 7.62x39.

[gunsmith]

"he couldn't pass the bar":evil:

in general, guns and alcohol don't mix.
except if shooting makes you nervous, in that case, a few shots of Jameson should be taken...for medicinal purposes only:evil:

[tinygnat219]

Let's hope he doesn't represent himself in the trial.

[LeafsFan]

It took them that long??

No, the LEOs had the guy under arrest 30 minutes after he fired the shots. They kept the area locked down because they initially believed there was a second shooter still at large.

I actually drive right past this guy's apartment on my way to work/school every day and I passed by 40 minutes after the shooting that day. There were Sherrifs, Cops, everything... they had the situation under control from what I could see.

Check out this thread for a discussion I had in my History class shortly after...

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=310227

[qajaq59]

I often wonder if the antis pay these idiots to do this kind of stuff?

[TexasRifleman]

I often wonder if the antis pay these idiots to do this kind of stuff?

My tinfoil doesn't fit that tight usually but there are days I think the same thing.

[Klusterbuck]

Less than an hour from my back door.......
I hate this stuff.......