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They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:31 pm
by TxD
Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.

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Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:45 pm
by RoyGBiv
This fellow had a theory about people like that...

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Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:23 pm
by Lonest4r
Wow, that will teach them to not invite the rowdy side of the family ever again.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:33 pm
by TxD
I'm withholding judgment.
They might have seen a "Drone" overhead. :coolgleamA:

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:27 pm
by RPB
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.

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"At the wedding, the cable fell on a metal door and the 23 people who died were all electrocuted,"
...
. Thirty others were injured
Weddings are dangerous
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Fire at Saudi wedding kills 23
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi media reports say a blaze that erupted inside a tent at a wedding in the country's east has killed at least 23 women and children.
The media cite civil defense officials as saying that celebratory gunfire, common at weddings, brought down a power line that touched off the fire late Tuesday in the Eastern Province.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:21 pm
by philip964
I assume the men were firing the guns, but it was the women and children who died. The women and men are segregated at the wedding. Previously in 1999, 77 people died in Saudi when a disgruntled wife set fire to the wedding tent.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:54 pm
by Oldgringo
Them laugh a minute Muslims, what's not to love, eh?

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:36 pm
by sjfcontrol
RPB wrote:
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.

http://news.yahoo.com/celebratory-gunfi ... 41411.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"At the wedding, the cable fell on a metal door and the 23 people who died were all electrocuted,"
...
. Thirty others were injured
Weddings are dangerous
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-saudi-weddin ... 18970.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Fire at Saudi wedding kills 23
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi media reports say a blaze that erupted inside a tent at a wedding in the country's east has killed at least 23 women and children.
The media cite civil defense officials as saying that celebratory gunfire, common at weddings, brought down a power line that touched off the fire late Tuesday in the Eastern Province.
I say we need common sense wedding laws, it's for the children.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:42 pm
by WildBill
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.
Maybe they thought the laws of gravity were temporarily suspended during a wedding. :shock:

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:51 pm
by Oldgringo
WildBill wrote:
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.
Maybe they thought the laws of gravity were temporarily suspended during a wedding. :shock:
Well, liquor and pork BBQ is not involved. It must be something else.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:06 pm
by WildBill
Oldgringo wrote:
WildBill wrote:
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.
Maybe they thought the laws of gravity were temporarily suspended during a wedding. :shock:
Well, liquor and pork BBQ is not involved. It must be something else.
I never heard of this happening in Texas, so it must be something else. ;-)

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:31 pm
by sjfcontrol
Oldgringo wrote:
WildBill wrote:
TxD wrote:Celebratory gun fire shoots down power line and electrocutes 23 at Saudi wedding.
Maybe they thought the laws of gravity were temporarily suspended during a wedding. :shock:
Well, liquor and pork BBQ is not involved. It must be something else.
IQ?

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:47 pm
by The Annoyed Man
I've seen three people come through the ER I worked in who were struck by bullets falling out of the sky from so far away that nobody heard the shot. They resulted in absolutely devastating injuries. I would not oppose the imposition of draconian punishments on such a perpetrator.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:54 pm
by MechAg94
Note that the women who were killed were electrocuted when they tried to get out the door. The power line had electrified the metal door and door frame. I don't know if it was panic or something else.

Re: They like shooting their guns in the air.

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 4:46 am
by Beiruty
Oldgringo wrote:Them laugh a minute Muslims, what's not to love, eh?

Your point?