Old West Re-enactor who shot tourist is a Felon

[usmarine0352_2005]

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This isn't good for him.



http://www.startribune.com/local/125424033.html

Authorities say Old West re-enactor in South Dakota who used live bullets had felony record

Article by: DIRK LAMMERS , Associated Press
Updated: July 12, 2011 - 4:02 PM


SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Authorities say a mock Old West gun battle participant in South Dakota who wounded three tourists by firing live ammunition instead of blanks has served more than five years in Minnesota prisons on multiple felony convictions.

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[Owen Sparks]

Didn't someone get shot by accident as a Civil War reenactment?

 

[CapnMac]

If so, it was a very big deal and shut down the reenactment until it was resolved.

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

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He wounded 3 people.
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[BLACKHAWKNJ]

There was an accidental shooting at the Gettysburg Reenactment a few years ago. Here in New Jersey in 1991 a Union drummer boy received a Rebel tompion in his drum.

 

[pbearperry]

If you wait long enough,the rest of the story follows.I hope this idiot goes away for a long time.

 

[AKElroy]

This isn't good for him.

It ain't especially good for the folks he shot either.

 

[DaleA]

I wonder how long he had been doing the reenactment? Was this his first time or had he be involved in it for weeks, months or even years?

 

[cassandrasdaddy]

was he shooting blackpowder?

 

[birdshot8's]

those South Dakota Old West reinactors are realistic.

 

[Owen Sparks]

What is a tompion?

 

[Tinpig]

What is a tompion?

A muzzle plug or protective cover

I learned it as "tampion" but it could be a "tompion" down in Joisey.


Tinpig

 

[DammitBoy]

It got him right in the drum? Is that below or above the clavicle?

 

[Art Eatman]

More like birdcage liner than topical for THR. This is not the "Daily Blat"...