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Careful with that gun, Eugene

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

(Mid-December, 2005) Two 17-year-olds were out on the prairie, shooting coyotes. Two males, four rifles that were not secured in the cab of their pickup. The truck hits a bump a rifle discharges straight into the chest of the gun owner, killing him instantly. Just plain bad luck, you say? Listen to what the Grandfather is quoted as saying: "We knew this was going to happen, we told him dozens of times about gun safety but he never listened." (!!!) I guess the moral of this story is that perhaps you should pay attention to your elders...and the coyotes are a little safer in southern Alberta.

Submitted on 01/03/2006

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Medicine Hat News, CHAT TV,

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James said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
This sort of thing is too common, but the write-up is interesting, amusing, and ironic. The victim's grandfather acted as if he knew this was coming all along! I'm a bit reluctant, but grandpa's posthumous "I told you so!" pushes this one ever so slightly ahead of the pack...


Greg said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
Sounds to me like the coyotes were never in too much danger from these clowns ... Much as I like the write-up, I still say too common. Grandpa deserves an award for speeding on evolution by not confiscating the idiot's gun, mind you!


Jack said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm going to go for a DA on this if only for the write-up. Much better than the usual "Oh, he was such a nice boy, excelled in school, member of the Honor Society, spent all of his free time serving on a local soup line for the homeless disabled" that we usually get in a "cut & paste" submission. Yes, the posthumous "I told him so!" put this into the running for me.


Jorge said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
With a better write-up it has potential.


Charles said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'll side with Jack and James here. So seldom do we hear a family member using "I told you so" as the coda. But it could use a better write-up.


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