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You know those annoying pro-cable commercials that always talk about how awful or expensive it is to install a satellite dish, and how comparatively easy, cheap, and dependable cable is? Yeah, well, they don't have anything on this story out of Sedalia, Missouri, where a husband has admitted to shooting his wife during the install of a home satellite TV system.
Amazingly the husband, Ronald Long, was trying to use a .22-caliber pistol to shoot a hole through the wall in the couple's home to enable them to run a wire through to the television. His first shot was apparently unsuccessful in penetrating the wall and his second shot somehow hit his wife in the chest, 34-year-old Patsy Long. She was pronounced dead on Saturday night.
Ronald could now be charged with manslaughter, though prosecutors haven't confirmed whether that is their intention. It also remains to be seen whether the cable companies will start filming new ads about these new potential dangers of satellite dish installation, but we wouldn't put it past them.
In related news, and just in general, we'd like to know this: When will gadgets stop killing people!?
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsJAUNVIVAMEXICOMar 26th 2008 11:47AM
SHOULD OF USED A 38. STORY WOULD OF BEEN MORE BELIEVEABLE. POOR BASTARD DIDNT THINK IT OUT.
KenMar 26th 2008 11:56AM
The old maxim is: "Those too stupid to live, won't."
The apparent correlary to this is: "Those who insist on living in close proximity to those too stupid to live, won't live either!"
Don't make this a "Gun Issue" it's not. It's a STUPIDITY ISSUE!
butterMar 26th 2008 12:05PM
Why a gun? What ever happened to a drill?????
ddhlonewolfMar 26th 2008 12:14PM
I wonder if they need a dish installed at the Whitehouse Hmmmm.
tellitMar 26th 2008 12:45PM
Sounds like a bunch of BS to me. Better check the Life Insurance policies. Probably had her insured up to the hilt!!
BearMar 26th 2008 12:45PM
He just did it so he wouldn't have to share the remote....! No, seriously though, what kind of redneck idiot shoots a gun thru his roof to drill a hole to run a cable?!? Did it even occur to him he might hit electrical wiring or a water pipe, or ANYTHING else in his house? Absolutely, this was not a gun issue, it is a STUPIDITY issue. Sure hope they didn't have any children.
plburroughsMar 26th 2008 1:42PM
A 22 slug will probably not leave a big enough hole for an RG-6 cable. Certainly not for two cables if it has a dual LNB.
LeslieK007Mar 26th 2008 1:39PM
It just HAD to be someone from the SOUTH....I'm from New York and lived in Georgia for 10 years...Geeze. I believe it. A little thing called a drill ?...a hammer and a really long nail ? ...Who knows? Maybe,this idiot had success with this method in the past...lol... Now that I have lived there and experienced it, I believe it...As they say.."You might be a Redneck if..."
eric_barbaricMar 26th 2008 2:07PM
Wow...ever heard of using the right tool for the job moron? I really hope this guy gets charged with manslaughter. By the way LeslieK007, Missouri is the midwest, not the south.
Joseph MurphyMar 26th 2008 3:46PM
LeslieK- I don't know where the guy is from, but if you're referring to Missouri as "the south," you are way off. I have lived in Missouri, Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas. Missouri is as close to being part of "the south" as upstate New York is.
JoannMar 26th 2008 7:47PM
Rednecks are in every state
SlimMar 28th 2008 11:49AM
This story is a MUST for the Darwin awards.
MelissaMar 26th 2008 8:15PM
LeslieK007 says:
It just HAD to be someone from the SOUTH....I'm from New York and lived in Georgia for 10 years...Geeze. I believe it. A little thing called a drill ?...a hammer and a really long nail ? ...Who knows? Maybe,this idiot had success with this method in the past...lol... Now that I have lived there and experienced it, I believe it...As they say.."You might be a Redneck if..."
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Why does it "HAVE" to be someone from the South? Stupid people live in every state, ya know. And for the record, it happened in Missouri, which isn't part of the South. I live in Tennessee, and here, we use drills for this purpose, NOT GUNS!
RaymageMar 26th 2008 8:17PM
Where was this again?...Oh yeah--Missouri! Enough said.
Mr.MoronMar 26th 2008 8:23PM
Hey,I need to run a 10" sewer line thru a concrete wall.Anyone know where I can borrow a patriot rocket ? Helloooooooooooooooooooooo
tfcrowMar 26th 2008 8:29PM
He should have used a double barrel.
Dave CMar 26th 2008 8:31PM
Seemed like a good idea at the time,probably didn't have a drill bit long enough to get through the wall.The bullet must have ricocheted(is that a word)?? and hit his wife. What a tradgedy over not having the proper tool for the job.
IRMARINE4Mar 26th 2008 8:34PM
WHAT A DUMB @ STUPID WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE THINKING ABOUT HOW STUPID HE IS
VictoriaMar 26th 2008 8:46PM
This story is truly suspicious. For all we know he planned to kill his wife and came up with this lame story to cover up her murder. I mean really, who uses a gun to put a hole in a house to run cable? Shouldn't he have warned his wife not to be anywhere near the area he was shooting? Hmmmmmmmmm.
Thomas MolinaMar 26th 2008 8:41PM
JUST ANOTHER TYPICAL REDNECK STORY ABOUT SOME DUMBASS DOING SOMETHING STUPID LIKE SHOOTING A HOLE INTO A WALL. HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AND BORROWED A DRILL SO LIKE THAT, HE WOULDNT BE IN THE MESS HE FINDS HIMSELF IN NOW. PENDEJO!!!!