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**DirtyAnnie** · (This post was last modified: 10-21-2012 03:52 PM by DirtyAnnie.)

October 20, 2012
A 9-year-old mistaken for a skunk was shot earlier this evening in Beaver County.

County dispatch confirmed a shooting incident took place at about 8 p.m. at a home in the 300 block of Brewer Road in New Sewickley.

According to the Beaver County Times, the girl was shot during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk. The girl, who was not identified, was wearing a black costume with a black hat and white tassel when the family member mistook her for a skunk and shot her in the shoulder.

The girl was flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Her condition was not immediately released.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/loca...z29wQCQse6

**Pokoia** · **Pokoia** Subscriber User ID: 16873 10-21-2012 04:08 PM **Posts: 3,070**

DirtyAnnie Wrote:

October 20, 2012
A 9-year-old mistaken for a skunk was shot earlier this evening in Beaver County.

County dispatch confirmed a shooting incident took place at about 8 p.m. at a home in the 300 block of Brewer Road in New Sewickley.

According to the Beaver County Times, the girl was shot during a Halloween party by a relative who thought she was a skunk. The girl, who was not identified, was wearing a black costume with a black hat and white tassel when the family member mistook her for a skunk and shot her in the shoulder.

The girl was flown to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Her condition was not immediately released.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/loca...z29wQCQse6

Sorry to hear that, hope she heals fully.
Now for the relative that did it:
Shooting at a defenceless skunk, how could you.
Yeah lets give every idiot a gun, great plan.
S977

**Celestialguardian**

**The Evil AC** I am not a number!!! User ID: 666 10-21-2012 04:24 PM

Yeah, that's totally what you do when you see a skunk: shoot it.

What a fucktard.

**czygyny** · (This post was last modified: 10-21-2012 06:24 PM by czygyny.)

Homeowners can have legitimate reasons for shooting skunks. Skunks can be troublesome pests and in our area they very frequently carry rabies. At one time every skunk in our neighborhood I used to live in were trapped and found to have rabies! I am not a skunk-shooter, even though they frequently come through the property, but I do understand whey they are killed.

The problem is a near-sighted and careless person who like any hunter in the woods needs to have a beyond-the-shadow-of-a-doubt positive identification of the target before blazing away.

It's pretty easy to see the difference between a nine year old human child dressed in black and a bit of white, and a small, cat-sized animal with striking black and white warning colors.

The shooter needs to be cited.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 128381 10-21-2012 06:26 PM

Ok that is it, i will use my magical powers to get rid of guns Monday.

**czygyny**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Ok that is it, i will use my magical powers to get rid of guns Monday.

Keep your HP magic wand in your cloak. The girl could have just as easily been hit by a car, dressed up in black and out at night. It happens every Halloween. Both cars and guns are dangerous in careless hands.

Guns serve a purpose, especially in areas where predators and vermin cause trouble, two and four-legged alike.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 128381 10-21-2012 06:48 PM

czygyny Wrote:

LoP Guest Wrote:
Ok that is it, i will use my magical powers to get rid of guns Monday.

Keep your HP magic wand in your cloak. The girl could have just as easily been hit by a car, dressed up in black and out at night. It happens every Halloween. Both cars and guns are dangerous in careless hands.

Guns serve a purpose, especially in areas where predators and vermin cause trouble, two and four-legged alike.

Sorry im sick and tired of the "gun moaners" so they will be gone when you wake up.

**Pope Barbie Imaculata**

I have never shot a skunk. They are for the most part harmless little critters. I have shot Raccoons however. Ones that were foaming at the mouth and growling. Unless an animal is acting rabid or vicious leave it alone.

**Stormson** · (This post was last modified: 10-21-2012 07:12 PM by Stormson.)

czygyny Wrote:

Homeowners can have legitimate reasons for shooting skunks. Skunks can be troublesome pests and in our area they very frequently carry rabies. At one time every skunk in our neighborhood I used to live in were trapped and found to have rabies! I am not a skunk-shooter, even though they frequently come through the property, but I do understand whey they are killed.

The problem is a near-sighted and careless person who like any hunter in the woods needs to have a beyond-the-shadow-of-a-doubt positive identification of the target before blazing away.

It's pretty easy to see the difference between a nine year old human child dressed in black and a bit of white, and a small, cat-sized animal with striking black and white warning colors.

The shooter needs to be cited.

No doubt.. I got a HUGE ass skunk messing with my trash right now... Since I have very close neighbors, and of course the possibility of smell, I havent tried to shoot or trap it yet... Not sure WHAT to do about it yet, but its causing major problems for all of us here...

As for the dude that shot the little girl, I hope her daddy stomped the CRAP out of the idiot...

**Proof.** · **Proof.** Tyrant User ID: 127680 10-21-2012 07:36 PM **Posts: 96**

Was this in America...

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 126374 10-21-2012 07:38 PM

The Evil AC Wrote:

Yeah, that's totally what you do when you see a skunk: shoot it.

What a fucktard.

Proof. Wrote:

Was this in America...

you guys speak volumes
this is a reminder why we need to stay grounded

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 126374 10-21-2012 07:39 PM

^yes in pennyslvania

**N/A** · **N/A** leave it all behind User ID: 90585 10-21-2012 07:39 PM **Posts: 1,149**

The Evil AC Wrote:

Yeah, that's totally what you do when you see a skunk: shoot it.

What a fucktard.

this.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 125789 10-21-2012 07:45 PM

This is wrong on so many levels.