Darwin contender.

[Historic NY]

The following mind-boggling attempt at a crime spree in Washington
appeared to be the robber's first (and last), due to his lack of a
previous record of violence, and his terminally stupid choices:

1. His target was H&J Leather & Firearms, A gun shop specializing in
handguns.

2. The shop was full of customers - firearms customers.

3. To enter the shop, the robber had to step around a marked police
patrol car parked at the front door.

4. A uniformed officer was standing at the counter, having coffee
before work. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a
hold-up, and fired a few wild shots from a .22 target pistol. The
officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, the police officer with a
9mm Glock 17, the clerk with a .50 Desert Eagle, assisted by several
customers who also drew their guns, several of whom also fired, The
robber was pronounced dead at the scene by Paramedics.

Crime scene investigators located 47 expended cartridge cases in the
shop. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds. Ballistics
identified rounds from seven different weapons. No one else was hurt in the exchange of fire.

Here we are only in early April and we already may have the 2005 winner of the Darwin Award. This guy is going to be hard to beat

[lenidog]

1. HOW incredibly stupid could one be to try and rob a gun shop

that boy is unbeatable. He might win it for the decade let alone this year.

[immoderate]

2. Well....

He could have used a knife.:shrug:

--IMM

[lenidog]

6. It reminds me of that scene in snatch when they guys try to rob

Bullet Tooth with blank guns and he is carrying a .50 Desert Eagle.

[pres2032]

3. yup, contest is over, we all can go home now

wow, he won it by robbing a gun store, but he wins it by a landslide by doing it even though he KNEW there was a COP standing at the counter!!! :crazy:

[jeff30997]

4. He's certainly related to the Bush family.

Or maybe it's the "Get a brain morans" guy ?

[TaleWgnDg]

7. LOL . . . n/t

[Nomad559]

5. Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/crime/dumdum/gunshop.asp

[MazeRat7]

10. Snopes is great isn't it ?

I too check almost every time I hear one of these "fantastic" tales.......

MZr7

[punpirate]

8. Which means...

... among these gun aficionados, firing at close range on an incapacitated target, more than 50% of the rounds went stray....

[LiberallyInclined]

9. sounds more like suicide-

NOBODY could be that stupid.