LJRockstar
Adventurer
Last night I witnessed an act of stupidity above and beyond anything I have seen in quite a while.
Last night was a friend of mine's 30th birthday....
He and another friend of mine were DJing at the local bar here in Philly. As the night progressed the two of them began to get wildly drunk in true birthday fashion. Then the birthday boy (Who is an AVID gun collector) Decided it would be a good idea to go shoot off his AK-47 behind a nearby abandoned warehouse.
So he gets friend 2's keys and goes home to get it. When he returns he recruits friend 2 to drive for this mission (Keep in mind that friend 2 is having a hard time standing up) All of us in the bar who know these two are actively trying to talk them both out of it. (With very little success)
Birthday boy and friend 2 pile in the pickup and are trying to get turned around. While this poor attempt at driving is going on birthday boy is sitting shotgun (Pun intended) loading a clip with the barrel of the AK hanging out the passenger window of the truck. Friend 2 manages to complete his 16 point tire smoke filled turn and they zoom off down the street while all of us are pleading with them to rethink their horrible decision.
They turn right and are now out of sight. Now all of us are still at the bar nervously waiting to find out the outcome. About 15 minutes later I get a text message explaining that all is well and that they are at the local Diner eating omelette's and drinking chocolate milkshakes.
Now thank god nothing happened and there was no Police involvement. but had it gone bad what would the outcome have been? I know what they did was a federal offense so it definitely would have brought jail time... But how much? I know there is going to be an argument of sorts the next time I see these two chuckle heads and I want to be able to intelligently defend my position.
I was never fearful of someone physically getting hurt, just losing their freedom over something completely STUPID!!!
Last night was a friend of mine's 30th birthday....
He and another friend of mine were DJing at the local bar here in Philly. As the night progressed the two of them began to get wildly drunk in true birthday fashion. Then the birthday boy (Who is an AVID gun collector) Decided it would be a good idea to go shoot off his AK-47 behind a nearby abandoned warehouse.
So he gets friend 2's keys and goes home to get it. When he returns he recruits friend 2 to drive for this mission (Keep in mind that friend 2 is having a hard time standing up) All of us in the bar who know these two are actively trying to talk them both out of it. (With very little success)
Birthday boy and friend 2 pile in the pickup and are trying to get turned around. While this poor attempt at driving is going on birthday boy is sitting shotgun (Pun intended) loading a clip with the barrel of the AK hanging out the passenger window of the truck. Friend 2 manages to complete his 16 point tire smoke filled turn and they zoom off down the street while all of us are pleading with them to rethink their horrible decision.
They turn right and are now out of sight. Now all of us are still at the bar nervously waiting to find out the outcome. About 15 minutes later I get a text message explaining that all is well and that they are at the local Diner eating omelette's and drinking chocolate milkshakes.
Now thank god nothing happened and there was no Police involvement. but had it gone bad what would the outcome have been? I know what they did was a federal offense so it definitely would have brought jail time... But how much? I know there is going to be an argument of sorts the next time I see these two chuckle heads and I want to be able to intelligently defend my position.
I was never fearful of someone physically getting hurt, just losing their freedom over something completely STUPID!!!