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Florida_Geek

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Tue Mar-09-04 04:37 PM
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Man Killed During Masonic Initiation

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Fatal-Ceremony.html

Man Killed During Masonic Initiation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: March 9, 2004

Filed at 3:55 p.m. ET

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) -- A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police said Tuesday.

A 76-year-old man alleged to have fired the shot was charged with manslaughter.

William James, 47, was shot while participating in an induction Monday night at the Southside Masonic Lodge, Suffolk County police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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MrBenchley

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Tue Mar-09-04 04:41 PM
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1. Dupe..

It's already in Guns in the News...

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FatSlob

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Tue Mar-09-04 04:41 PM
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2. And the Darwin award goes to...

Edited on Tue Mar-09-04 04:42 PM by FatSlob

what dumbasses.

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CO Liberal

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Tue Mar-09-04 05:09 PM
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3. Maybe This Warrants the Jon-Erik Hexum Award

He was the actor who killed himself with a pistol loaded with blanks on the set of his TV show. Forget the name of the show, but it was on CBS in the '80s.

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slackmaster

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Tue Mar-09-04 05:11 PM
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4. He's one of the original Darwin Award winners

The pistol really was loaded with blanks. But blanks are actually very dangerous at close range. The overpressure knocked a chunk of Mr. Hexum's skull into his brain.

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CO Liberal

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Tue Mar-09-04 05:44 PM
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7. Before That Incident....

...I always thought that blanks were similar to firing a cap pistol. Guess Jon-Erik thought so, too.....

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beevul

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Tue Mar-09-04 05:16 PM
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5. The name of the show...

was "Cover Up".

Dang...now that "I need a hero" theme song is gonna be stuck in my head all day. Lol.

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Tue Mar-09-04 05:20 PM
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6. The incident is more reminiscent of Brandon Lees death.

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