100% idiot with an gun.

[HardDrive]

Yeah, thanks for the public relations boost ya jerk! What kind of moron fires a gun at lake? Has the kid never skipped a freaking rock before?

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/20620189.html

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - Campers enjoying the outdoors along a popular southwest Washington shoreline say they had to duck behind cars to avoid incoming bullets flying across Yale Reservoir.

Clark County sheriff's deputies responding to frantic 911 calls last weekend located the source of the gunfire. They drove around the lake and arrested Jacob Michael Johnson, 25, of Vancouver, who acknowledged that he'd been firing three guns, including an AK-47 assault-style rifle, according to the deputies' report.

Johnson told the deputies he'd been shooting at the water and at a small island directly between his campsite and the campground across the lake, the report said.

Informed that his bullets were ricocheting off the water into the campground, Johnson said he didn't know bullets could do that, the report said.

No one was injured.

Johnson pleaded not guilty Monday to five counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment in Clark County District Court, and is free on bail. Conviction on each charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $5,000 fine, Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Michelle Nisle said.

Reached by phone Thursday evening, Johnson told The Columbian, "The whole shooting into the campground is just speculation. It didn't happen. I wasn't shooting into the campground."

Deputies were called at about 9:30 a.m. on June 14, but campers said the shooting began hours earlier, shortly after midnight. Yale Reservoir is located just south of Mount St. Helens.

"We were just getting ready to go to bed when we heard the first shots," said Brad Burnett, a Vancouver man who was at the Beaver Bay Campground with friends and family, including children.

Burnett estimated about 100 people were at the campground.

Deputy James Payne said campers told him they tried to yell at the shooter, but that didn't work.

"As I drove in, I was contacted by about 20 people who were frantic and told me someone had been shooting from across the lake and the rounds were hitting in the trees above their tents and on the ground in front of the campsites," Payne said in the report, adding, "Some people stated that they climbed behind vehicles and under things to stay out of the line of fire."

When deputies talked to Johnson, he told them he'd been shooting a .357 Magnum revolver and a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol in addition to the rifle.

Deputies seized the guns and some ammunition as evidence.

Payne, a U.S. Army veteran and now a firearms instructor, said rifle bullets can travel well over a mile. He noted they can ricochet off water and continue for great distances. Using a laser device, Payne said he measured the distance between Johnson's site and the campground at 1,530 feet, less than the maximum range of the rifle and even the handguns.

"We go camping to relax and spend some time with family and friends," Burnett said. "But when you're dodging bullets, the tranquility is ruined. I'm hoping it'll be a one-time occurrence, because Beaver Bay is a real nice campground."

[dentist90]

Darwin award nominee.

[bell]

.......'cause he dodges bullets avey.......

[Jim Sims]

Yep, even idiots have the right to bear arms in this country.

[cgarr]

You see, if those campers had their guns with them (if they even owned any?) they could have started shooting back, Problem solved!!

[LakeCleElum]

Most gun nuts don't realize that bullets ricochet off water.....

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

Most gun nuts don't realize that bullets ricochet off water.....

Huh? Are we supposed to be stupid just because someone owns a few guns and you do not like it?

Lets delete the "gun nut" portion. This was a nut, period who happened to own a few guns and did something stupid with them.

[K. Roman]

^^^
Looking for a fight.

[jeffgrant]

Originally Posted by bell

.......'cause he dodges bullets avey.......

Best. Movie. Ever.


And what a moron this guy is... they should throw the book at him.

And I can't believe that people ACTUALLY HUNG AROUND WHILE SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING AT THEM!?

If that were me, I'd be the hell out of there after the first couple of ricochets. It took them 7 hours to finally call the cops!?


Sounds like there were stupid people both pitching and catching, if you ask me.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Joeaksa

Huh? Are we supposed to be stupid just because someone owns a few guns and you do not like it?

Lets delete the "gun nut" portion. This was a nut, period who happened to own a few guns and did something stupid with them.

eehm

why delete the "gun nut" portion when it's basically a fact that
"Most gun nut's don't realize that bullet's can ricochet off water"

person who likes guns
person does not know bullet's can ricochet off water
person is a gun nut

what's the problem with those facts Joe?

[KFC911]

Idiots have both the right to purchase a gun and the right to post on the Internet...that's just the way it is

[livi]

Originally Posted by KC911

Idiots have both the right to purchase a gun and the right to post on the Internet...that's just the way it is

Double Trouble.

But then again, as I have learned on PPOT these last years, guns can be great fun too! Thats why everybody in America should own at least a couple of guns. So they donīt miss out on the tremendous excitement of shooting at something or somebody.

[David]

Wasn't there a similar story a few months ago where a camper was killed by someone shooting on property adjacent to the campgrounds?

[Pazuzu]

1500 feet? Even with a lake between him and them, 1500 feet is well within that generalized range of "no shooty if there be peeps". I'm neither a gun nut nor a firearm owner, but even I know the rules of recreational shooting. We wouldn't even shoot into a berm if there was someone 1500 feet behind it.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by livi

Thats why everybody in America should own at least a couple of guns. So they donīt miss out on the tremendous excitement of shooting at something or somebody.

You'd make a fine American, Markus.

[livi]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

You'd make a fine American, Markus.

Thanks, Jim!

I am REALLY trying to fit in!

[HardDrive]

Originally Posted by livi

Thanks, Jim!

I am REALLY trying to fit in!

You will need a lobotomy and some chewing tobacco if you REALLY want to fit in.

[Joe Bob]

Not just idiots with guns...it's idiots that reproduce.....

[livi]

Originally Posted by HardDrive

You will need a lobotomy and some chewing tobacco if you REALLY want to fit in.

Right down my alley, then. I use Swedish snus 24/7 and I will never, ever be invited to even serve the drinks at the Nobel dinner..