Taking a knife to a gunfight...doh

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What an idiot. :noway:

[quote]Machete-wielder shot in gun shop
27 July 2006

BREAKING NEWS 11.45am
A man who took a machete into a South Auckland gun shop today is in hospital, after he was shot in the stomach.

The man was thought to have been shot by someone in the shop about 10am.

Police said they were not told about the incident until after the shooting.

Police spokeswoman, Noreen Hegarty said details of the shooting were still vague and she could not say what "the precursor to him being shot was.

“It would be reasonable to question why he went into the shop with a machete.”

It was not known if the man threatened staff in the shop, in Great South Road, in the suburb of Penrose.

“He was shot whilst in the shop and then police were advised of the incident,” she said.

It was not known what type of weapon was used.

The shot man was conscious when he arrived at hospital, said police.

The shooting was at Small Arms International, considered to be one of the leading gun shops in the country.

It was at the same address as a company which specialises in firearms auctions and antique gun sales.[/quote]

I would love to have been a fly on the wall during that encounter.

Mr Incredulous vs Mr Invincible!!

Dude, this is a gun. You’d better fuck off.

Ha, I’ve got a machete. Give me all your kiwi fruit or I’ll chop your head off.

Look, I’m serious. G.U.N. bang bang. Understand?

Fill this bag with kiwi fruit before you get hurt!

I’m sorry but I’m going to have to shoot you.

Righto.
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What a senseless waste of human life.

[quote=“Truant”]
Police said they were not told about the incident until after the shooting.[/quote]

This line really cracked me up. What the police expect, to be informed before hand that someone was going to shoot Machete Mack? You know the reporter is just trying to met a word quota when…

Anyway, yeah, dumbass idea taking a machete into a gun shop.

Waffles! Dem New Zealanders sure do love their kiwis.

[quote=“rob_the_canuck”][quote=“Truant”]
Police said they were not told about the incident until after the shooting.[/quote]

This line really cracked me up. What the police expect, to be informed before hand that someone was going to shoot Machete Mack? You know the reporter is just trying to met a word quota when…
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I think the reporter just meant that no one called the police to report an armed standoff in progress, which does happen sometimes. :stuck_out_tongue:

I like happy endings !

I’m talkin’ about the article here…ya wise-acres

Penrose. That’s an idyllic tourist resort area, right?

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audio clip included. You tell 'em Dad!

Along similar lines: darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2003-07.html

[quote](12 February 2003) Three men wielding knives tried to rob a slaughterhouse. But when it comes to hand to hand combat with sharp blades, butchers working in a slaughterhouse are more than a match for your average thief. They stabbed two of the intruders to death. The third man escaped from the angry butchers and fled in his car.

Police soon spotted him, and after a brief car chase, the would-be thief pulled over and leapt from his vehicle. But instead of fleeing into the underbrush, he tried to dodge heavy traffic and escape across the highway. Perhaps he thought that threatening butchers with knives was not a sufficient demonstration of his intelligence.

Within seconds, the natural justice system meted out his punishment in the form of a large truck, which struck and killed him. [/quote]