Confederate flag waving protester accidentally shoots himself at a rally

[underpants]

Shippensburg man accidentally shoots himself in leg at Gettysburg National Military Park
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GETTYSBURG, Adams County, Pa. -- A Cumberland County man is being treated for a gunshot wound, after accidentally shooting himself in the leg early Saturday afternoon.

Benjamin Hornberger, 23, of Shippensburg, was at the First Amendment Demonstration by the Meade Equestrian Statue on Hancock Avenue, when his personal revolver accidentally discharged into his leg just before 1:00 p.m. Saturday.

A near-by National Park Service Officer, quickly applied a tourniquet to Hornberger's leg to stop the bleeding.

http://fox43.com/2017/07/01/shippensburg-man-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-leg-at-gettysburg-national-military-park/

[HAB911]

1. Nothing says Loser like a Confederate flag

[Hieronymus]

2. Good

[oberliner]

3. He was not waving a confederate flag

It was an American flag.

Here is a story about this kid from during the campaign. Apparently he was an Obama supporter who switched over to Trump. (The article says he worked for the Obama campaign after high school).

Ben Hornberger: one of Trump's army of volunteers

http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/ben-hornberger-one-of-trump-s-army-of-volunteers/article/474995

[oasis]

4. Wounded in the cause of the Confederacy. He could be elected

to office in some states down south.

[oberliner]

5. The confederate flag part is not true

Not in the article - just made up in the subject line apparently.

[oasis]

6. I was an unwitting participant in the promotion of "fake headlines".

[oberliner]

7. That's ok

Interestingly there is a lot of into on this person online. He is one of those "former Obama voters who voted for Trump" people that we hear so much about.

[Kaleva]

8. He was there to protect Confederate memorials from leftiists

"A self-described "patriot" who went to Gettysburg National Military Park on Saturday following rumors that members of an alt-left group would be there to desecrate Confederal memorials, shot himself in the leg with his own revolver. "

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/01/patriot-shoots-himself-in-leg-at-gettysburg.html

[oberliner]

11. Maybe consider using other sources besides Fox News?

Other self-described patriots nearby said they had just talked to the man who was injured and that he came by himself to the park because of the planned demonstrations. He was not part of any specific group, but was just there as a patriot, they said.

The demonstrations were situated in a different part of the park than the reenactments Saturday.

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/07/patriot_shot_in_leg_gettysburg.html

[SecularMotion]

15. You just posted a link to the dailymail in your previous post

and now you're scolding someone for using Fox News as a source.

That's rich

[oberliner]

18. Daily Mail is a right-wing UK tabloid

But the story I linked to was just lifted from the AFP and reprinted verbatim on the Daily Mail site. They are the only site that still have the article available for free that I could find. If you can find the AFP story itself, I'll switch it out.

I agree that The Daily Mail is as awful as Fox News.

Edit to add: Found a better link to the AFP article - I'll delete the Daily Mail link.

[colsohlibgal]

9. Maximum Karma

Gun Toting Confederate fans are as insane as anyone.

These sub human vermin just will not go away, still whining about the "war of northern aggression".

Every time they hit the news I am reminded of the most disturbing X-File" episode ever, about the Peacock family....I think that episode is only available on DVD now.

[MoonRiver]

10. I'm sorry, but I can't stop

[cwydro]

12. Your op is incorrect.

Another poster pointed that out.

Why not fix it?

[oberliner]

14. The guy who shot himself is a RW a-hole

But he is the American flag waving type, not confederate flag.

I would point out that there is a lot of bad/sloppy reporting about this incident.

Best to go to the first-hand accounts from people who were actually there (many can be found online).

[cwydro]

16. Exactly.

Thank you.

[underpants]

19. Yes I saw that. I'm leaving it.

MURKA!

[cwydro]

20. Fake news alive and well on DU.

How pathetic.

[Kaleva]

22. He was there to protect Confederate memorials. He might as well been waving the flag.

[cwydro]

30. But he wasn't. nt

[Kaleva]

31. You'd have a case if this was LBN but it isn't so you don't

[cwydro]

33. I'm not looking for a "case".

The op is a lie.

[Kaleva]

35. Or it's a metaphor

Again, this isn't LBN.

[cwydro]

36. If you're ok with falsehoods.

All good. Fox will love you.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. He Brought A Gun To a FIRST Amendment Demonstration

For what? To threaten anybody who likes freedom of the press, or the right to assemble. This is very odd sounding.

[Orrex]

17. His "personal revolver accidentally discharged?"

So guns *do* shoot people.

Say it ain't so!

[Kaleva]

23. How in the hell does a revolver "accidently disharge"?

[Orrex]

24. It could totally happen

I knew a guy whose muzzle-loader loaded itself and shot him in the foot.

Damnedest thing you ever saw.

[NCTraveler]

21. Gotta protect the confederacy.

Keep that avenue of free speech alive.

Seems he is a little closer to knowing what it feels like to actually be a part of the confederacy.

[Orrex]

25. Gettysburg seems a particularly weird place to declare Confederate pride

I guess they need their participation trophies.

[Kaleva]

32. Like Neo-Nazis celebrating Stalingrad.

[Judi Lynn]

26. Article on this clown from 2016: Ben Hornberger: one of Trump's army of volunteers

By AFP
PUBLISHED: 08:13 EDT, 16 September 2016 | UPDATED: 08:13 EDT, 16 September 2016




Benjamin Hornberger is only 22 but not too young for a little grandiloquence. The 2016 presidential election, he says, is "really do or die."

The tireless volunteer who is canvassing for Republican candidate Donald Trump is one of millions hoping to sweep the New York billionaire into the White House.

White, male and lacking a university diploma, he typifies Trump backers who are often less interested in the candidate's economic ideas than his promise to "Make America Great Again."

. . .

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton draws only contempt from Hornberger, who says she represents elites and the status quo.

. . .




More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3792789/Ben-Hornberger-one-Trumps-army-volunteers.html

[dawg]

29. Hillary Clinton and those damned elites.

Funny, I don't *feel* all that elite.

(But I have been known to put dijon mustard on my burger.)

[OriginalGeek]

37. LUXURY!

In my day our burgers were made of MUD. And we just rubbed yellow flowers on 'em! And we LIKED it!

[Docreed2003]

27. It always amazes me the northern folks who fly the Confederate flag...

I mean I get it...conservative nutters are everywhere after all. I just can't help but wonder what this guy's Pennsylvania ancestors would think about him waving that rag.

[left-of-center2012]

28. I've not owned a gun in years, but ...

Don't hand guns have a 'safety' that prevents accidental firing?

[Vinca]

34. Yes, but you have to be bright enough to make sure it's on. LOL.