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Related: About this forumMinnesota man gets six months in jail for shooting gay couple with BB gun
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/22/us-minnesota-man-jailed-for-6-months-after-shooting-gays-with-bb-gun/From the article:
44-year-old Wayne Odegard an evangelical Christian was convicted this week after pleading guilty to shooting customers outside a Minneapolis gay bar.
On September 25 this year, took his gas-powered BB Gun and opened fire at men standing outside the Saloon bar...
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Minnesota man gets six months in jail for shooting gay couple with BB gun (Original Post)
shenmue
Nov 2014
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)1. Ironic I am in Blaine right now
I can't imagine 6 months for terrorizing someone for this. You would think even brandishing would get more time let alone the battery on one of the individuals irrespective of the motivation.
okasha
(11,573 posts)2. Ridiculous.
A bb gun is a potentially deadly weapon, not a toy.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. 6 years is more like it...knr
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)4. Plugging people with BB's? What is he, 12?
Regardless, he should've gotten prison - not county - time.