9mm may not really have enough stopping power for anyone’s tastes, but once upon a time in Mexico it was enough to blow away a mayor, but only wound his son.
Anyway, everyone knows that Catholic priests are most imposing when they wield firearms. One of my favorite character archetypes when playing modern-setting RPGs is a nutty Catholic priest who uses a shotgun. I could also see a Catholic priest doing a homerun slide along a tile floor while dual wielding micro uzis and spraying 50 rounds of 9mm ammo at your ankles.
Today’s Drunken Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
A Catholic priest shot to death the mayor of a town in western Mexico early on
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 after the pair got drunk and began punching each other
during a religious festival. After exchanging blows, the priest whipped out a
9mm pistol and fired four bullets into Lorenzo Ruiz, mayor of Chalpatlahuac, an
indigenous town nestled in mountains 138 miles west of the Guerrero state
capital of Chilpancingo. “It seems they were arguing, these two men. They were
at a get-together, they had words and the priest shot the mayor. They were
apparently both in a state of drunkenness,” said Guerrero state spokesman Jesus
Nava. Local newspapers said the priest, whom they identified as Lorenzo Cuellar,
was arrested after he also shot the mayor’s son, injuring him. The priest was
in Chalpatlahuac to celebrate a local religious festival which started on
Tuesday evening and lasted into Wednesday morning. Guerrero is one of the
poorest and most violent states in Mexico.
Culled from: Reuters
Generously submitted by: Bruce Townley
This story was taken from the Morbid Fact Du Jour.
Reminds me of that secret agent in the TV show watched by people in King of the Hill, where he says “Vaya Condios” (however you spell it, I don’t know Spanish) before he blows someone away. He dresses up as a preist a lot.
This just got added to my firearms 'to do" list. Other firearms to-do’s include hunting some kind of animal from a helicopter and fireing my uzi while riding a motorcycle.
Yeah, micro uzis are fun like that. Small enough for all kinds of ammo wasting foolishness. Be sure to get those longish looking 25 round magazines, though.
I didn’t know that all uzis have total magazine interchangability. I guess I just learned something.
I personally think that large drums of ammunition are a good thing, because it makes the gun look more like a gigantic pair of genitalia when looked at from the side. It makes it easier for me to compensate.
Haha, that’s King of the Hill “Monsignor Martinez”!!! That character is indeed a priest - in King of the Hill, he serves as a parody of the wacky, cheesy Mexican soap operas, which in the show, are what Hank and Peggy Hill watch the most.
Monsignor Martinez says “Vaya Con Dios” (Go with God) before dispatching someone with his 9mm. It’s funny cuz Monsignor Martinez is a priest, yet he wears sunglasses a-la Mexican Mafia. That is a wacky, wacky character.
