traditional american event ruined by gun nut

"The Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacy group notorious for its lynchings of
black people and those who favoured desegregation, has scored a spectacular
own goal. One of its members has been critically injured after being struck
by a bullet fired into the air during a Klan initiation ceremony."

"About 10 people were present at the ceremony, in which a new member was
blindfolded, tied to a tree and shot with paint pellets of the kind used by
management training groups to build team spirit. In order to give the event
a more dramatic feel, one member, Gregory Freeman, 45, fired a real pistol
with live ammunition straight up into the air."

"It would appear that the Klan, always dismissive of the laws that entitled
all citizens to vote and receive an education, also has little respect for
the law of gravity. The bullet, having gone straight up in the air came
straight down and straight through the head of Jeffrey Murr, 24. It went
through his skull, leaving him in critical condition"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1093311,00.html