[fella]

What's wrong with this statement?

"I just wanted to go somewhere where someone had a gun to protect me."

[knarf]

"I just wanted to go somewhere where someone had a gun to protect me."

[Hardraade]

“They were friends while working there”??

Sounds more like a long history of animosity.

[Ken522]

The gun did it - he said it was a “big gun” ...

[Bobalu]

This whole story smells funny somehow!?!? .....?

[trebb]

The victim said Horton fired several rounds from a large pistol into the driver's side door, then several more shots into the back of Merrick's Hyundai as he sped off. "I thought I was going to die because I'd been hit in the head and the neck and it was a big gun," Merrick said.

Gotta ask - How big was it?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

http://www.justice.gov/usao/txe/News/2007/EDTX_TYLER061107.html

PAUL MICHAEL HORTON, 43, of Jacksonville, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for being a methamphetamine user in possession of explosives.

According to information presented in court, Horton was arrested last summer after law enforcement authorities found twenty five one pound canisters of black powder with a length of fuse inserted into a one pound canister of Pyrodex explosives in a safe at his residence during a search warrant. Horton admitted that he possessed explosives at his home in Cherokee County in June of 2006 and that he was a methamphetamine user, which prohibits him from receiving or possessing explosives under federal law. Horton was indicted on July 11, 2006 and charged with possessing a destructive device.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Gregg Marchessault appeared in court for Jim Middleton, who was the lead prosecutor in the case.