Posted on 10/03/2007 2:40:39 PM PDT by ryan71
A 64-year-old Bradenton man who fired a shotgun to quiet his complaining wife while they were watching a football game was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.
Authorities said David A. Huffman got mad last November because his wife would not be quiet during a TV football game.
Huffman, a California native, walked out of the room and returned holding a shotgun pointed at his wife's face. San Diego and Denver were involved in a nail-biter that night, according to NFL.com records.
Authorities say Huffman's wife, Kathryn, grabbed the gun, which fired once but did not hit anyone. Huffman's attorney said his client thought the gun was unloaded.
Assistant State Attorney Brian Iten said Huffman's finger was on the trigger when the gun discharged, firing a slug through a window. Huffman's wife hugged her husband, trying to calm him, before going to a neighbor's house to call 911.
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I shot the Mrs,
But I did not shoot her mother, too.
Clearly none of you have had the pleasure of being at my mother’s house when there is a NASCAR race on television.
This is why I find something else to do when a football game is on. I know very little about football, and have no interest in learning. Since I can’t follow the game, I end up talking at all the wrong times and totally irritate the football fans I’m around. Thus I’ve found it much better to go shopping, read a book, or watch a movie at game time.
Kathryn Huffman, 48, said in court papers seeking a restraining order that the shotgun blast damaged her ability to hear in her left ear.
However, if his wife is half-deaf now, she'll probably be talking a lot louder so maybe he's better off away from her.
Wonder if beer and rednecks were involved?
the sentence seems excessive.
Note to self...Show this thread to the wife Sunday morning.
For shooting a gun, he got almost twice as much time as most murderers end up serving.
Indeed.
... and it's part of the bargain you get to have sex with them.
So thats it. I just knew I was getting shortchanged.
Her explanation was that he'd been physically abusing her.
She did no time.
If the account given in this current article is accurate, it sounds like southern California is not a good place for men to live, especially married men.
If you shoot at the queen, you’d better kill her.
I vaguely remember something about this.
Leni
That's right. Anybody who interrupts a football game in prison, will get acquainted with the hospital.
Shotgun Formation.
I think he should have got 10 yards and a loss of down . . .
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