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Monday, June 30, 2008

Topeka man convicted of shooting, killing hunter

Story is from Emporia and involves the death of Beau Arndt, 18, a hunter who was shot and killed near Americus last year. From The AP:

The jury took about three hours Monday to find 57-year-old Theron Thomas Kent guilty of involuntary manslaughter, hunting without permission and criminal discharge of a firearm ...

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Let's see. Joe Horn is free, Theron Thomas Kent is going to prison. Hart fired deliberately into the backs of two men running away from him, Kent at goose decoys (or a coyote), hitting a young man hidden in a blind.

I obviously don't understand.

I assure you -- I have never shot anyone, much less in the back! :)

Who was the editor on that post? Fire him! [blush]

A couple of differences.

One was in Texas, the other in Kansas. Different laws/lawyers/judges/juries.

In one case, a lawful citizen shot a criminal who was in the process of committing a crime.

In the other case, a criminal in the process of committing a crime, accidentally shot a human. (I may be out on a limb here, assuming he was really shooting at a goose with a rifle.)

And the bad thing is, this will be categorized as a hunting accident. Why do I not believe it is a hunting accident, you ask? Because poaching is not the same as hunting.

I agree Elrond. If poaching is hunting, then hitting mailboxes with a bat from a car is baseball.

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