Man Shot at for Crashing into Fence, He Still Offers to Fix the Fence

[Cuchulainn 3,040]

Sheriff's deputies in Douglas County arrested a father and his teenage son after they say the pair opened fire on a pickup truck that had accidentally crashed into the family's front yard in Roseburg.

Armed with a .22-caliber pistol and a .40-caliber Glock, Mike and Dillen Sanderson unloaded at least 10 rounds at the brown Chevy as it sped away from their home early Wednesday, according to cops and court records.

"The guy emptied a clip at me!" the distraught driver, Adam Smith, 29, later told a Douglas County Sheriff's deputy, a probable cause affidavit shows.

The wild scene began around 5:40 a.m. when Smith, who claimed to be exhausted from working two jobs, fell asleep behind the wheel of his pickup and rolled into the Sanderson front yard, knocking over a portion of a fence, court records show.

The disturbance was enough to stir Mike Sanderson, 50, from his living room couch, where he was watching television. When Sanderson saw a truck in his front yard, he told authorities, he grabbed his gun, a .22-caliber pistol, and rushed to the front porch.

Outside, the armed homeowner trained his weapon at Smith and yelled at him to cut the engine, according to the affidavit. The sight of a gun pointed at Smith was enough to spook the disoriented driver, who started screaming and stepped on the gas.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll fix your fence," Smith said he tried to tell Sanderson, who responded by shooting twice at Smith's truck tires, according to court documents.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/10/roseburg_father_and_son_jailed.html

[Cuchulainn 3,040]

These people just seem to be waiting for a reason to shoot at someone..

[Irrelevant 20,293]

ugh 

I read the title as if the driver got shot tho, it got me really scared, thankfully he's safe 

[weed 78,957]

I honestly don't blame the owner lol bitches be killing people everywhere, I don't wanna be a victim (but they were a lil excessive with how many shots they took)

+ the driver shouldn't have been driving when he's sleepy. Imagine he crashed into another car and killed a family?

[tthen 4,621]

That's the most American thing ever...just add 6000 calories and voila

[Bebe 17,289]

I know this isn't all of the U.S, I know that most Americans probably don't fear this sort of thing happening to them - it's just that... You wouldn't hear a story like this from Australia...

It makes the U.S seem like this really strange, bizarre and honestly backwards country. The idea that everyone in your neighbourhood has a gun and that any dispute or accident could lead to you getting shot at is just... Not something you would expect in a developed nation...

Sometimes I really don't think Americans realise just how mind-bendingly bizarre these stories seem... You guys have guns, like any of you could just... buy a gun.... your neighbour could have a gun... your ex-school teacher could have a gun... your local pastor could have a gun... There are places where you can just carry around a loaded gun.... Whaaaattt??? 

I get that a right to bear arms is in your constitution, but that doesn't make any of this seem less crazy. At best owning a gun is a privilege, it shouldn't be a right.

[Laceface 2,964]

'Merica. 

[Economy 52,860]

1 hour ago, Bebe said:

I know this isn't all of the U.S, I know that most Americans probably don't fear this sort of thing happening to them - it's just that... You wouldn't hear a story like this from Australia...

It makes the U.S seem like this really strange, bizarre and honestly backwards country. The idea that everyone in your neighbourhood has a gun and that any dispute or accident could lead to you getting shot at is just... Not something you would expect in a developed nation...

Sometimes I really don't think Americans realise just how mind-bendingly bizarre these stories seem... You guys have guns, like any of you could just... buy a gun.... your neighbour could have a gun... your ex-school teacher could have a gun... your local pastor could have a gun... There are places where you can just carry around a loaded gun.... Whaaaattt??? 

I get that a right to bear arms is in your constitution, but that doesn't make any of this seem less crazy. At best owning a gun is a privilege, it shouldn't be a right.

Oh every so often u get a story u dont expect from ur Country

 

This is in Canada in a city near where I live  

 

 

PS: This news came out 2h after i had commented Canadians arent racist  

[Qualle1 1,385]

Only in Murica...