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[JS©]

I'm kinda surprised this many people haven't seen the Budd Dwyer video before.

[Spangler]

Just watched it.



I've seen some of those websites that show graphically gory images, and it literally made me feel sick. Couldn't look at it after a few minutes. On the other hand, violent movies don't bother me.

Movie violence and real life violence are 2 completely different things. I don't think watching gory movies or playing violent video games desensitizes most people to violence because you are rarely faced with the reality of it.

[PensFanInDC]

I saw it for the first time last year.

Spoiler:

How the blood just pours and pours and pours from his head was kind of life changing

[Geezer]

I'm kinda surprised this many people haven't seen the Budd Dwyer video before.

I saw the newscast footage of it when it happened. It was bizarre and so were some of the circumstances.
Pennsylvania had had 2 oh its highest ranking politicians convicted of bribery.etc. Herb Fineman and another state speaker of the house were part of a long line of political crooks preceeding DeWeese,Mellow,Perzel,Veon,etc There was a lot of anger over the fact that polical crooks kept their cushy pensions and bennies despite being convicted criminals. The state finally passed a law forfeiting the pensions of future convicted dirtbags. Dwyer was going to lose his pension and benefits. I don't remember if it was part of the reason but Dwyer's family ended up keeping his pension because he killed himself.
Sad for his family that he made a spectacle of killing himself, but no pension was deserved.Political crooks are worse than everyday criminals and Dwyer was a greedy thief.

[Dickie Dunn]

I'm kinda surprised this many people haven't seen the Budd Dwyer video before.

I saw the newscast footage of it when it happened. It was bizarre and so were some of the circumstances.
Pennsylvania had had 2 oh its highest ranking politicians convicted of bribery.etc. Herb Fineman and another state speaker of the house were part of a long line of political crooks preceeding DeWeese,Mellow,Perzel,Veon,etc There was a lot of anger over the fact that polical crooks kept their cushy pensions and bennies despite being convicted criminals. The state finally passed a law forfeiting the pensions of future convicted dirtbags. Dwyer was going to lose his pension and benefits. I don't remember if it was part of the reason but Dwyer's family ended up keeping his pension because he killed himself.
Sad for his family that he made a spectacle of killing himself, but no pension was deserved.Political crooks are worse than everyday criminals and Dwyer was a greedy thief.

Other than what I just read I don't know anything about the situation, but according to Wikipedia the guy whose testimony was critical to Dwyer's conviction admitted to lying under oath and that Dwyer was innocent.

[JS©]

I don't remember if it was part of the reason but Dwyer's family ended up keeping his pension because he killed himself

I think he mentioned that in his speech. Not in those exact words, but I thought there was a quote about doing this would take care of his family or something along those lines.

[newarenanow]

I'm kinda surprised this many people haven't seen the Budd Dwyer video before.

I never heard of it until now. I watched it this weekend.

It almost seemed surreal. Just the amount of blood and stuff coming, it almost seemed fake in a way, what you'd expect from a movie. Just amazing how much damage one shot can do.

[mac5155]

it was a .357... that's not a small gun by any means.

[mac5155]

I also learned while reading about Dwyer that "Hey Man, Nice Shot" was written about him.

[newarenanow]

it was a .357... that's not a small gun by any means.

Oh I agree. I shoot many different guns up at the in laws, and it's amazing what damage can occur. It was just crazy to see it in real life.

[newarenanow]

I also learned while reading about Dwyer that "Hey Man, Nice Shot" was written about him.

I read that too.

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I also learned while reading about Dwyer that "Hey Man, Nice Shot" was written about him.

I read that too.

DUH thats why kenny the kangaroo posted it three pages ago

[count2infinity]

it was a .357... that's not a small gun by any means.

Oh I agree. I shoot many different guns up at the in laws, and it's amazing what damage can occur. It was just crazy to see it in real life.

I remember when I was little my dad had me shoot a .22 at a watermelon just to show me how much damage a small gun can do. I was shocked such a small bullet could do so much damage.

Spoiler:

He then shot his 270 at a watermelon, and it was AWESOME

[newarenanow]

I also learned while reading about Dwyer that "Hey Man, Nice Shot" was written about him.

I read that too.

DUH thats why kenny the kangaroo posted it three pages ago

I have you on ignore so I couldn't read your comments.

[mac5155]

it was a .357... that's not a small gun by any means.

Oh I agree. I shoot many different guns up at the in laws, and it's amazing what damage can occur. It was just crazy to see it in real life.

I remember when I was little my dad had me shoot a .22 at a watermelon just to show me how much damage a small gun can do. I was shocked such a small bullet could do so much damage.

Spoiler:

He then shot his 270 at a watermelon, and it was AWESOME

I use a .308 to hunt with and it puts a nice size hole in a deer.