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October 16, 2009
Guns 'R Us has a friend in Gainesville: Not wanting to be outdone by Florida State's recent NCAA-related news, the Gators have sprung a nifty surprise of their own. A University of Florida female gymnast has been arrested for harboring a weapons cache that any self-respecting sleeper cell commando would be proud to call his own.
posted by beaverboard to other at 08:18 PM - 9 comments
I feel for her parents. All the sacrifices they made for her to be a top gymnast, and she throws it away over a dude that was a convicted felon.
posted by bperk at 09:39 PM on October 16, 2009
Dang, they switched the story that the link takes you to. The original linked story was more lively and used the phrase "small arms depot". It was a Ryan Wilson feed from Fanhouse.
Maybe she figured she'd start tooling up for the Rio Games.
posted by beaverboard at 10:00 PM on October 16, 2009
I switched the link because Fanhouse was just quoting somebody else and added nothing to the story.
posted by rcade at 10:26 PM on October 16, 2009
Only nine guns? That's the minimum here in Montana. Hardly worthy of the 'sleeper cell commando' tag.
posted by BoKnows at 11:06 PM on October 16, 2009
It appears that the full story goes beyond her just letting her boyfriend store some guns in her apartment...burglary charges have been added, and more than just stolen guns were being kept in the apartment.
how stupid. Not sure what her long-term career goals were...21 is ancient in women's gymnastics...but it seems a shame to have thrown everything away like she did
posted by dviking at 01:27 AM on October 17, 2009
She flipped over the guy and in return, he dropped a dime on her. Its what a girl gets for playing with his guns.
posted by irunfromclones at 03:48 AM on October 17, 2009
I want to take back my comment about the Rio games. We all know Rio is a wild and violent city, but I remember being a high school kid and having my world rocked by the 72 Munich games. That memory should have occurred to me before I hit send. Guns and the Games are not a good topical mix, even in jest. Apologies.
posted by beaverboard at 12:05 PM on October 17, 2009
Holden, that could be the Zombieland sequel! ROFL!
posted by billsaysthis at 09:13 PM on October 17, 2009
Somebody get this girl in touch with Delonte West and let's get a script working for them.
He's a 6 foot, 3 inch shooting guard with an itchy trigger finger. She's a short and spunky gymnast with a mean streak and the ability to backflip her way out of an jam. They're off on a cross-country motorcycle adventure, but the only problem is that they are living through the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. Luckily, they have enough firepower to make NATO blush. Join them for a madcap adventure in .... ZOMBNASTICSBALL!!!