return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoIowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip, officials saywww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10
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minus-squareGeodad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoListen, I’ve been on Squirrel hunts. You use a dog to chase them up a tree, then shoot them down with a .22. At no time should you be aiming at anything person level.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoThe skeptic in me says it was an execution. A bunch of “friends” go out shooting and they pop him in the head?
minus-squareGeodad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI wouldn’t necessarily say that. A lot of people are just careless with guns. I would expect a manslaughter charge at most.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoWhy would you hunt squirrels?
Listen, I’ve been on Squirrel hunts. You use a dog to chase them up a tree, then shoot them down with a .22.
At no time should you be aiming at anything person level.
The skeptic in me says it was an execution.
A bunch of “friends” go out shooting and they pop him in the head?
I wouldn’t necessarily say that. A lot of people are just careless with guns.
I would expect a manslaughter charge at most.
Why would you hunt squirrels?