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| Short-fuse shootout: The Tale of Yosemite Sam |
| 2005-08-10 |
| A quarrel between two firearms vendors at a Floyd County [ed.: Kentucky] flea market on Thursday allegedly led both men -- described as "good friends" -- to draw guns. Douglas Moore, 65, of Martin, who supports the war, shot and killed Harold Wayne Smith, 56, of Manchester, who opposed it, investigators said. Proof that anti-war folks have lousy aim. ...the episode might mark the first death in the United States resulting from a dispute over the war. Both Smith and Moore maintained gun-trading tables at the Bull Creek Trade Center near Prestonsburg, and witnesses said they began arguing over the war early Thursday morning. One witness, Sam Hamman of Prestonsburg, told The Floyd County Times that the two men always carried guns and bickered frequently about the quality of guns, knives and the war. "Harold was talking about the 14 people that were killed in Iraq the other day and Doug said that just as many people were killed on the highways here," Hamman told the paper. Another witness, Chuck Newsome, said yesterday the Sept. 11 attacks also were included in the argument, which quickly escalated into an altercation and then to a kind of showdown in front of the market's snack stand. After a scuffle, Newsome said he saw Smith stand beside the snack shed, pull a small pistol out of his pocket, cock the hammer and sounding much like Yosemite Sam say, "Now, you dog-blasted, ornery, no-accountvarmint! Come back here, ya card-carryin' commie! "I'm going to blow your ... brains out." Witnesses said Moore responded, Dem's fightin' woids!" andpulled a .38-caliber pistol from his pocket. "Doug was just quicker," Harold Hannah of Salyersville said. Ouch! I knew I shoulda taken dat left toin at Albe-koi-kee! |
| Posted by:growler |
| #7 Kentucky? Not likely there'll be prosecutions |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-10 21:27 |
| #6 Agreed, .com. You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. If anything, this serves as a lil' lite news in a day full of MM/nuke nonsense. |
| Posted by: BA 2005-08-10 21:21 |
| #5 I thought we lost a troll..... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-10 17:54 |
| #4 Hmmm, the anti-war guy drew first. That's an interesting twist: "I like violence, it's war I can't stand!". |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2005-08-10 17:02 |
| #3 So the Smith guy was a Conscientious Boggles. This fits into the "You just can't make shit this good up!" category. Nice shooting, Doug. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-10 16:41 |
| #2 Sounds like mutual combat and righteous self defense. Watch some wanker Democrat DA try this guy. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-10 16:30 |
| #1 DId I get that right? The anti-war guy pulled his gun first? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-08-10 16:17 |