Moron law student shoots his textbook with a rifle from the balcony of his apartment.

[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.

 

[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.

 

[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]

GMAT Study Guide

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

 

[yeled]

I wonder if they'll throw the book at him

?....

 

[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 likes to drink so is it his fault that

"he couldn't pass the bar"

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

 

[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.......