They Shoot Horsepower, Don't They?


Apr 20, 1:20 PM (ET)

MIAMI (Reuters) - Fed up with his troublesome car, a Florida man fired five rounds from a semi-automatic pistol into the hood of the 1994 Chrysler LeBaron.

"I'm putting my car out of its misery," 64-year-old John McGivney said after the incident outside an apartment building in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, according to a police report that listed the car as "deceased."

McGivney surrendered to police, was jailed on a firearms charge on Friday and released on bond a day later. He told them the car had been giving him trouble for years.

"I think every guy in the universe has wanted to do it," the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Wednesday quoted McGivney as saying. "It was worth every damn minute in that jail."

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Hahah... my dad had one of those...transmission broke down after 30K miles, and the soft top was pretty poorly made... still a very stupid thing to do though.

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There was a guy on some documentary awhile ago who took his horrid 70's Cadillac back to the factory and set it on fire in front of the factory.

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Kinda stupid they took him to jail over that. How does shooting your car hurt anyone?

According to this source, it was a misdemeanor charge of "discharging a firearm in public."

After seeing a few of those bullet hole decals on cars, I've entertained taking the TOAD's tailgate out to the range and blasting a few .22 to .54 caliber holes through it.

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I had an '88 LeBaron. Shooting it, would have been way too good for that thing.

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It doesn't. That is unless there is a ricochet or he missed because he sneezed, tripped, etc, etc. AFAIK, in the countryside, you can get away with discharge of weapons. NOT IN THE CITY tho. Just like Arrows. I asked a cop (my neighbour) if I could shoot an arrow into a target in my garage. Answer was "NO. What if you missed for whatever reason?"

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