Ravenwood - 06/29/03 01:55 PM
Dimwitted criminals are nothing new. But attempting to rob a pharmacy with only your finger is a new one on my list. ABC News reports on the masked bandit:
A masked man tried to rob a pharmacy armed only with his fingers. Police say the man formed his gloved hand into the shape of a gun during the alleged stickup.That's right. Our moronic protagonist didn't even bother to hide the fact that he wasn't armed. He simply waved his finger around like a gun, and expected people to hand over their dough. After being tackled and unmasked by the owner of the Neillsville, Wisconsin pharmacy, the suspect fled. He was later apprehended.A witness says the suspect didn't bother to hide his pointed finger under a jacket or anything.
Although I'm not sure if there is a direct connection, I will note that actor John Ritter used a similar ploy to some success, in the comedy Real Men.
Category: Dumb Criminals
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Perhaps he was "educated" in Colorado.
From Walter Olson's www.overlawyered.com
In Colorado, "Dry Creek Elementary school has disciplined seven boys for playing a game of 'army and aliens' in which they used their fingers as imaginary weapons and pretended to shoot creatures in the background. ... And, in an Orwellian touch, at least one student was interrogated by school officials who asked whether his family had real guns at home." ("Zero common sense" (editorial), Denver Post, May 15; Robert Sanchez, "Zero tolerance turns into 100 percent trouble", Rocky Mountain News, May 14; "Overreacting to gun games" (editorial), May 15; Mike Littwin, "Not to point fingers, but schools really need to get a grip", May 16).
Walter just re-did his site and the links are dead. Here is another source. link
Posted by: tom scott at June 30, 2003 3:22 AMMaybe this guy just buys into the whole anti-gun movement in a substantive manner.
Posted by: michael at June 30, 2003 10:37 AMReal Men was an excellent movie.
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