Man Shoots Six at His Own Surprise Party

[matcom]

:eyes:
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OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian accidentally shot and wounded six of his friends at a surprise party to celebrate his 40th birthday, police said on Sunday.

The man found out about the party in a forest cabin in south Norway beforehand and hid behind trees nearby with a shotgun as about 30 guests turned up on Saturday night, hoping to turn the surprise on his friends,

He blasted off one round in the air, meaning it as a joke to shock the partygoers. But when he came out from his hiding place, he tripped and the gun went off again, badly hurting one woman in the legs and slightly injuring five others.

"Seven people were taken to hospital in Fredrikstad including the man who shot. He wasn't physically hurt but in deep shock," a police spokesman said.


The party was canceled.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20030818/od_nm/odd_norway_shotgun_dc

[w13rd0]

1. File this one under...

...too stupid and irresponsible to own a firearm.

Would it have been too much to ask to not load the shotgun with LIVE AMMO?

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. Well.

That was a surprise party, literally.


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[liberalmuse]

3. LOL! (not about the wounded people)

'The party was cancelled.' Gotta love the newswriters.

I don't think there would be so many people who wanted to ban guns if there weren't so many dumbasses who owned them.

[joeybee12]

4. Talk about Male Menopause!

Some people just can't handle turning 40, I guess.

[Booberdawg]

5. LMAO!

Bet nobody ever throws HIM a party again.:o

[underpants]

6. Hey Sven your party was a TRIP!

Whoops

[rock]

7. I thought the punch line was gonna be

"He ran out of bullets."

[hlthe2b]

15. I hope they took their gifts back!

that'll teach em! (the only thing that surprises me is that this did not happen in the US)

[CO Liberal]

8. People Ask Me Why I Favor Gun Control

And stories like this show why. I'm guessing that if this "moran" lived here, he'd be an NRA member.........

[boilerbabe]

11. A paintball gun would have sufficed,

But I guess he wasn't planning on being so unco-ordinated!

[GOPisEvil]

12. Failing to plan...is planning to...

...shoot 6 of your friends with a damned shotgun. Not so poetic, but...

[slackmaster]

17. Wrong, wrong, WRONG!!!

Paintball guns are not appropriate for use in practical jokes either. A paintball can blind or even kill a person who is not wearing protective gear.

[HawkerHurricane]

9. Surprise Party?

Sounds more like a Ambush Party!
They got a bang out of that one, I'll tell you.
Next time, they'll tell him in advance and have a metal detector at the door.

[KCDem]

10. don't you know you're not supposed to shoot people

until AFTER they've given you your birthday presents?

sheesh, how dumb can one get? Oh wait, he's Norwegian; that explains a lot.

[HawkerHurricane]

13. Uff Da!

My Mom in Law's going to get you for that comment!

[maxanne]

14. guns don't kill people

surprise parties kill people. :eyes:

[slackmaster]

16. Repeat after me

Guns are not toys.
Guns and alcohol do not mix.
Even Norwegians do stupid things.