NO CHARGES IN GATOR MISFIRING. DEE WEBB CELEBRATES BY FIRING HOWITZER INTO EMPTY APARTMENT.
Florida WR Kenneth Tookes won't be charged in the accidental discharge of an AR-15 at Dee Webb's Gainesville apartment, and neither will anyone else, evidently. GPD has dropped the case citing insufficient evidence of intentional wrongdoing. If we were total homers here, we'd be dancing on the ceiling in our Lionel Richie sweaters, but it's hard to get too excited about someone on your football team NOT being charged with something for messing around with an AR-15.
(We just had a thought, though: most accusations of accidental discharge in Gainesville do happen in apartments, though most don't result in a hole in the wall, unless you've got some serious prostate problems we'd like you to see a physician about immediately. In this instance Tooke's accidental discharge of Webb's toy scared three women simultaneously. Innuendo just scuttled this paragraph completely, so we'll move on...)
The other burning--and they're always burning--question in this case is Meyer's handling of it. The incident doesn't merit a complete removal from the team, but a lack of action undermines UM's mad bastard stance on discipline. What he does sets tone on a team not too far removed from Zookdom and rampant FnDC. Meyer needs to come down in dramatic fashion here, or risk a slip in players' fear of his wrath.
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I’d be willing to have Tookes suspended for the year- hell, if we need someone to take the 15-yard penalties and get called for holding on any plays which require him to block, I called the NCAA and made sure I still had my eligibility. I can hold like a sonofabitch too, Tookes! Watch your depth-chart back! (ooooh, probably shouldn’t say that to a guy who has access to that type of weaponry…)
by italiangator on Feb 22, 2006 6:44 PM EST reply actions
Just for clarity’s sake, UF gets NOTHING as far as Fulmer Points for this, right? And are you accusing Webb and Tookes of being Shani Davis fans in paragraph 2? Scuttled, indeed.
by bitterhorn on Feb 22, 2006 7:25 PM EST reply actions
Why the hell not let Tookes take the brunt of Urban’s wrath so the man can let out a little steam? Urban is in dire need of releasing his pressure valve on sum poor sumbitch. Use Tookes!
by Bonghit Gator on Feb 22, 2006 9:09 PM EST reply actions
Fulmer Cup metion at the end of the article…is that validation?
I’m confused, the initial report was that it was Webb’s AR-15. I have to say the big question here is not how did this happen (a couple of college guys with a gun, accidental discharge is approaching 50% probability), but why the hell does Dee Webb have an AR-15. Just so you know it’s unlawful for drug addicts, alcoholics, mental incompetents or vagrants to posess a gun in the State of Florida. I’d imagine that lawful gun ownership is not a possibility for the good citizens of Florida.
by RowdyRoddyPiper on Feb 23, 2006 12:28 AM EST reply actions
An AR-15 is only good for one thing — mass slaughter. If they had a tank — or say, a low-yield nuclear device — I imagine that’d be cool in Gainesville as well. Remind me to tell the militia dudes in Alabama that Florida is way, way more accomodating.
I mean, it just may be me, but the fact a guy popped off a few rounds of an assault rifle within five miles of another person should land him in the pokey.
by Newspaper Hack on Feb 23, 2006 3:35 AM EST reply actions
It is acts like these that make it tough on legitimate and responsible gun owners from having their rights infringed upon.
Just owning one of those cannons, without the proper paperwork, in some parts of the country can make your life a living hell.
To have it on campus at all should get you expelled.
by Paragon SC on Feb 23, 2006 5:39 AM EST reply actions
Just another example of the Man keeping us down.
Or another example of a football player at U n F (ucking believable) not getting in trouble because, well he plays football. It happens at every school but I’ll bet you this. It happens in the state of Florida way more than any other state. With the THugicanes,Crimenoles,National Gator Rifle Association it is bound to happen every once in a while. Who hasn’t fired an assault rifle thru the neighbors wall and not even been handcuffed let alone kicked, beaten or Jailed to their 30th birthday.
by Charlie Murphy on Feb 23, 2006 8:05 AM EST reply actions
The AR-15 isn’t a ‘cannon’ you morans, it’s a .22 caliber, illegal for use as a deer rifle in most places.
The negligent discharge was off campus. So Gainesville/DA should be dropping the hammer on these assclowns, not the school. The Black Pope should be drop-kicking them off the team, but that’s unlikely.
by bitterhorn on Feb 23, 2006 9:39 AM EST reply actions
who let charlie murphy in from the message boards?
by ESMjr. on Feb 23, 2006 11:15 AM EST reply actions
Don’t make put a Rick James asswooopin on you.
He didn’t like it and neither would you.
An M-16 is a small caliber Rifle as well but it’s still only used for one thing.
by Charlie Murphy on Feb 23, 2006 12:00 PM EST reply actions
AR-15’s actually come in quite a few configurations, not just the stock .223. Not saying that Dee Webb owns a modified AR-15 but if you own an AR-15 why not own a modified one. Plus caliber isn’t what kills in this case, it’s velocity and firing rate.
by RowdyRoddyPiper on Feb 23, 2006 5:20 PM EST reply actions
maybe Meyer is just saving up his wrath to unleash at the moment which they least expect it.
by Tom on Feb 23, 2006 5:58 PM EST reply actions
My son Jason Parker went to school with Dee Webb since elementary school and I know Dee is a good person. I know he has never been a person to get into trouble . I am glad there will be no charges toward him..
by Annette Wright on Mar 3, 2006 11:10 AM EST reply actions

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