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Carno 12-16-2004 10:00 AM

bin Laden shot twice in the stomach
 
Well, a guy with a bin Laden mask anyways...

Quote:

Taxi driver shoots man in bin Laden mask

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- Osama bin Laden take note: You wouldn't be safe in Costa Rica. A startled taxi driver shot and wounded a jokester wearing a plastic mask of the al-Qaida leader, police said Tuesday.

Leonel Arias, 47, told police he was playing a practical joke by donning the Bin Laden mask, toting his pellet rifle and jumping out to scare drivers on a narrow street in his hometown, Carrizal de Alajuela, about 20 miles north of San Jose.

Arias had startled several drivers that way on Monday afternoon. But when he jumped out in front of taxi driver Juan Pablo Sandoval, the motorist reached for a gun and shot him twice in the stomach. He was hospitalized in stable condition.

"For me and I think for anybody else at a time like that one thinks the worst and so I fired my gun," Sandoval told Channel 7 television.

Police declined to detain Sandoval, saying he had believed he was acting in self-defense.
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fhqwhgads 12-16-2004 10:20 AM

So he shot a guy twice in the stomach for jumping out into traffic toting a pellet rifle??

I wouldn't have dropped the rounds that low.

water_boy1999 12-16-2004 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by fhqwhgads
So he shot a guy twice in the stomach for jumping out into traffic toting a pellet rifle??

I wouldn't have dropped the rounds that low.

No kidding, huh? That guy deserves to be a recipient of the Darwin Awards.

Carno 12-16-2004 10:34 AM

Yeah that guy is a dumbass..

lurkette 12-16-2004 10:37 AM

Only in America.

Oh....wait....

Bill O'Rights 12-16-2004 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by lurkette
Only in America.

Oh....wait....

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Made my day. I love it.

Gabbyness 12-16-2004 03:59 PM

Hahah, the comments were better than the story.

AquaFox 12-16-2004 04:10 PM

i wooulnd't even wrap a towel around my head, let alone that!


just trying to pretend to be osama with a realistic looking gun should earn you a bullet like that...

World's King 12-16-2004 04:14 PM

What the hell would he be doin' in Costa Rica? Looking for a good margarita?

blitz.fenix 12-16-2004 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The Original King
What the hell would he be doin' in Costa Rica?

What else would he be doing?!?!?! Jumping in front of cars of course!

Tracybrian 12-16-2004 04:35 PM

Costa Rician taxi drivers have no sense of humor.

roderickpsu 12-16-2004 04:38 PM

Sometimes I wonder if I were in his situation if I would be a terrorist too. I think it would be easy to imagine that most of us would also hate the US if we were in a middle-eastern country.

skinnymofo 12-16-2004 05:23 PM

if that man were in america, he wouldve been shot in the face by the first person who saw him i bet.

12-16-2004 11:05 PM

I would say its a tragedy. Im sure the Taxi driver acted responsibly but I still do want to shoot people. I can't imagine anyone looking for the chance to accidently wound someone.

MacGuyver 12-16-2004 11:36 PM

What an awesome joke... :hmm: Well look where it got him. DICK. :|

Faygo 12-19-2004 10:11 PM

Sounds like he got his.

Lakaiguy85 12-19-2004 10:26 PM

Heh, well i bet the first person in american with a gun would shoot him! but how hard is it to tell some guy is wearing a plastic mask!

jon_264 12-19-2004 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lakaiguy85
Heh, well i bet the first person in american with a gun would shoot him! but how hard is it to tell some guy is wearing a plastic mask!

I was thinking the same! Even from a distance I'm sure that it would be obvious that it was a mask. Although it was a bit of a stupid joke that backfired on him (no pun intended).

GakFace 12-20-2004 12:02 AM

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Leonel Arias, 47, told police he was playing a practical joke by donning the Bin Laden mask, toting his pellet rifle and jumping out to scare drivers
I hate to say it, but he deserved it. You've got to be one sick fuck to pull a stunt like that. Jumping behind someone and shouting something is a practical joke. Removing the Toilet seat while leaving the lid is a practical joke. Repeating a common suspensful noise from a Thriller to your friend across a crank phone call is a practical joke. But dressing up and even more importantly carrying something that looks like a real gun with the intent to scare someone is just plain stupid. I'm willing to bet he would have gotton shot even it he wasn't wearing that mask.

thingstodo 12-20-2004 04:27 AM

I wonder what he expected....for people to laugh and roll on the ground? He's fortunate he only got gut shot. Most would have put him down for good!

Painted 12-20-2004 05:58 PM

This guy is 47? What the hell is he doing with an Osama mask and a fake gun running around scaring drivers in traffic?

fhqwhgads 12-20-2004 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lakaiguy85
Heh, well i bet the first person in american with a gun would shoot him! but how hard is it to tell some guy is wearing a plastic mask!

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon_264
I was thinking the same! Even from a distance I'm sure that it would be obvious that it was a mask. Although it was a bit of a stupid joke that backfired on him (no pun intended).

WTF does this have to do with the mask? The guy jumped into traffic carrying a pellet gun with the intent to scare motorists. The fact that he was wearing the OBL mask, to me, makes no difference at all. If you point a realistic looking gun at me, you are getting dropped... no matter what the hell you're wearing.

Psycho Dad 12-20-2004 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fhqwhgads
If you point a realistic looking gun at me, you are getting dropped... no matter what the hell you're wearing.

And that is likely why he got a couple of bullets to take with him. The Bin Laden mask didn't have any more to do with this than the cost of admission to the Juarez donkey show. But if anything these days makes the news, and Bin Laden can be mentioned with it...


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