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When Throwing Rocks at Cars Avoid Toyota RAV4s Armed with Crossbows | Death and Taxes
When Throwing Rocks at Cars Avoid Toyota RAV4s Armed with Crossbows
By Matt Kiebus Wednesday, August 31, 2011
A 16-year-old San Diego teen found out this out the hard way, when the arrow hit him in his stomach.
Kids do stupid shit all the time. High school breeds a certain inescapable rebelliousness. For a short period of time most teens think they’re invincible to repercussions of the physical or criminal variety. The result is petty theft, fights in the school’s courtyard, unnecessary speeding while driving, cheating in the classroom and of course throwing rocks at moving vehicles.
Okay, maybe the last example isn’t as common, but it does happen. I knew of troublemaking twins from my high school that climbed on top a building in my town and flung rocks at passing cars.
Yes, it’s extremely dangerous, but at the age of 16, hitting expensive shit with rocks might also be the most exhilarating thing in the world. Teenagers have a rather skewed perception of consequences – they don’t exist. The less dangerous version of this activity is tossing snowballs into traffic. It’s harmless in terms of damage, yet still precarious for the easily distracted driver.
Normally cars continue on their not-so-merry way, but in some cases a hot- tempered driver may roll down a window to curse and sometimes they’ll call the police. But rarely does a driver exit their vehicle to give chase. Those people are crazy.
However no one can hold a candle to the passenger of a black Toyota RAV4 in San Diego, California.
A boy was shot in the abdomen by a crossbow bolt Monday after he and another boy were throwing rocks at a passing car in Linda Vista, San Diego police said.
A passenger in a black Toyota RAV4 pulled out a crossbow and fired one bolt before driving away around 2:15 p.m. on Linda Vista Road near Mesa College Drive, said police Officer Dino Delimitros.
Now, I know a lot of people will think justice is served in this situation. Some will argue the arrogant little punk deserved a steel tip buried in his abdomen. These people are equally crazy. No one deserves to be shot with a medieval hunting weapon used on bears simply because they were being assholes. Especially if the reason was denting the hood of a damn RAV4. I mean, come on, people still drive those?
But let this be a lesson for future teenage hooligans to hide better, because the breeding ground for moronic behavior will not dry up over one abdomen piercing. Seriously, make another poor life decision and grab some camouflage cargo shorts from Abercromie or something. (Because who owns a pair of those anymore? Am I right?) Maybe consider switching to Koosh balls, and most importantly stay the fuck away from RAV4s.
