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Blind gunslinger hits more than 80 percent of targets [w/video]
Yahoo! News ^ | May 20, 2013 | Eric Pfeiffer

Posted on 05/22/2013 1:06:48 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

The Classical Fast Draw Society is home to a select number of expert marksmen. But their most remarkable member is not technically their most accurate.

Jim Miekka only hits about 80 percent of his targets, firing shots at just half a second apart. But the truly incredible thing about Miekka is that he’s totally blind.

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TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist; napl
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1 posted on 05/22/2013 1:06:48 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
I *told* him not to look directly at Helen Thomas!


2 posted on 05/22/2013 1:07:45 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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LOL.


3 posted on 05/22/2013 2:07:41 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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I have it on good authority that Medusa was the pretty one in Helen’s family.


4 posted on 05/22/2013 2:13:14 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnzuI4fsMs


5 posted on 05/22/2013 2:57:40 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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Someone should photoshop snakes in Helen’s hair. :)


6 posted on 05/22/2013 4:07:10 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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I want to see what happens when he meets Zatoichi, the blind samurai.
7 posted on 05/22/2013 5:32:35 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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Compare to 1.33% for LA's Finest...

8 posted on 05/22/2013 6:53:30 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of opression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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9 posted on 05/22/2013 9:56:37 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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No way he’s getting 80%+.


10 posted on 05/22/2013 10:24:58 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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He’s definitely a pinball wizard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTQ3co-aQsc


11 posted on 05/22/2013 8:18:46 PM PDT by Redcitizen (.)
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And why the sunglasses/protective glasses if he is blind?
12 posted on 05/23/2013 1:03:35 AM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS... We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? The Dems care!)
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Getting stuff in your eyes still hurts.


13 posted on 05/23/2013 1:04:18 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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