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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City (CC,NV)
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:25pm PT
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Double WTF
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:29pm PT
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Well it is Wyoming the state with the highest per capita gun ownership and the fifth highest gun deaths per capita.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:31pm PT
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Was he wearing one of those goofy antler hats?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:36pm PT
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During the Bush/ Kerry election campaign my wife and i climbed at Tensleep and that night stayed in a motel in Tensleep. I walked out to my car that morning to find a local redneck in the act of scraping the "Mssion Not Accomplished" sticker from the bumper.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2013 - 06:36pm PT
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You should have shot him.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:39pm PT
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i guess it really doesn't surprise me the instant default to petty prejudices and politics when reacting to a shooting incident in which nothing is known except someone was shot in the dark at 3 am in a camping area.
These news events have become Rorscharch tests for whatever grudge one happens to be carrying around.
Here's to a trouble free recovery for the shooting victim and his family.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2013 - 06:40pm PT
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Well, we know the shooter wasn't a inner city black teenager in a hoodie...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
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Yep.....it shouldn't surprise you.
I'll be surprised, however, if it turns out to be Nancy Pelosi's butler.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
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Tweakers.
Sad to hear, I hope he recovers.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Sep 17, 2013 - 06:58pm PT
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Hey, Ward, welcome to Supertopo! Facts don't mean sh#t round here.
I know. They don't mean a rats ass in society either.
The only persons who don't have the luxury of superimposing their own prejudices on this event is the detective assigned to the case, and the physicians treating the victim.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 17, 2013 - 07:06pm PT
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Well it is Wyoming the state with the highest per capita gun ownership and the fifth highest gun deaths per capita.
And the lowest population ( just over half of that of San Jose Ca ) all tucked into the ninth largest state. We're working out a few rough spots. First female governor though.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Sep 17, 2013 - 07:13pm PT
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What kind of gun was it?
The second link says "small caliber".
Are small caliber guns allowed in Why-oming?
-om
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 17, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Any State with grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines AND black footed ferrets is okay in my book.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Sep 17, 2013 - 07:35pm PT
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Probably some skin head rednecks who took notice to the Ecuadorian.
Small Caliber, no shots heard, probably a home made silencer.
So much WTF.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 17, 2013 - 07:46pm PT
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The only persons who don't have the luxury of superimposing their own prejudices on this event is the detective assigned to the case, and the physicians treating the victim. This is a rather optimistic statement. Being a detective or physician does not automatically exempt one from preexisting beliefs. People bring their own pasts to their present day.
Certainly we don't know what happened, but people can and do draw inferences based upon known facts. Sometimes these inference are surprisingly accurate; other times they are the polar opposite of that. Just as it's too soon to make hasty conclusions, it's probably also too early too call everyone out who made those hasty conclusions.
My best to the victim and his family.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Sep 17, 2013 - 09:22pm PT
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The only persons who don't have the luxury of superimposing their own prejudices on this event is the detective assigned to the case, and the physicians treating the victim.
Granted such a sentiment is idealistic. Still you expect these people do there jobs and not let garden variety biases interfere.
Isn't that what you would expect if you were a victim of this crime ?
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crankster
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Sep 17, 2013 - 09:27pm PT
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Obviously, more to this story than meets the eye.
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Sep 17, 2013 - 11:00pm PT
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Don't blame the gun?
ok........
so if there were no hand guns then what?
some psycho calf wrangler woulda jump otta the woods and hog tied the climbers
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ahhh you know
errrr....like Deliverance.
seriously,
how far is 10 sleep from broke back?
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Sep 17, 2013 - 11:08pm PT
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Potrero is closer and safer
LOL! That is just what I thought when I read this. Americans were REAL quick to jump on their soapbox and proclaim EPC the most dangerous place on earth. However, I have yet to hear of a climber having any issues with violence of any sort (let alone getting shot!) in EPC.
I hope that the climber that was shot has a quick recovery and that they catch the worthless POS that did this.
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