"It's a free country and I can use my golf clubs wherever I want!"

That's what a golfer said when a neighbor asked him to do his swinging in the back yard. The tiff ended up as a standoff with police officers during which the guy said he could run a gas truck into the police station. (Menomonee Falls Patch)

Comments

[stevenvictx]

Golfers are like football fans.

Just skinnier, make more money, and drink less beer.

But they both think they own the world.

[Tom Weidermeijer]

It's a free country and I can run a gas truck into the police station... uh, not so much there pal.

Boy, that was a confusing article. Shotgun, AK47 and a five iron.

It doesn't even indicate if the guy was hitting any balls or not... even the little wiffle ones.

Hell, it doesn't even indicate if alcohol was involved!

Not my choice for Neighbor of the Year.

[twerp]

After reading the article, it sounds like the golfer was in his own yard minding his own business and some nosey-ass neighbor was the one causing all the ruckus. The nosey-ass neighbor was the one who pulled the gun--not the golfer.

The story did not indicate whether the golfer was actually hitting balls or not. He could have just been working on his swing without balls. If that's the case and no balls are going into the neighbor's yard, I say he's right. He's in his own damn yard. It's not like he's trashing it or sticking a toilet out there as a lawn ornament.

[Farmer Bob and the City]

Sterilization is definitely needed here.

[stopeatingmysesamecake]

@steve: What twerp said.

Jagoff (the gunman) is lucky he didn't end up getting his head shot off by the police. And the threats/I'll run a gas truck into the police station stuff means either he was using something or looking for 'death by cop'.

Or the always present but not always noted - could just be a galactic hole of the ass.

[Lambiepie]

WOW
the gunman was wearing a bullet-proof vest!
looks like he was planning to be a terrorist

[FRANKIE]

The guy with the AK 7 must be a Meth fan.

[Phranqlin]

I guess Golfer Guy won't be inviting his neighbor to a friendly afternoon on the links any time soon.

He and the cops are lucky that the neighbor shot off his mouth instead of his guns.

[KDP]

Tom, you know some substance was involved. It's a given with these stories.

[sometimesilie]

But how is the "country free" for those who do not want him using golf clubs "anywhere he wants"? The logical fallacy of what this lunatic is proposing.

[Me (the original)]

An AK47 is NOT a "shotgun".

[Sheila]

The reporter is not a fanatic about little things, such as clarity and facts.

[Krash]

Hey!... It's Wisconsin... of Course, alcohol was involved...

As well as that geographical phenomena known as WTF.

Definitely piss-poor journalism!

[Krash]

Blame THAT on WTF, as well.

[CT Tattoo Shop]

I wonder why he wanted him to use his golf clubs in the back instead of the front? I think it's a funny thing to get into a fight over but that's what people do.

[dryheat]

Double bogey.

[Many]

stuck on stupid