I would call it "the ol' redneck defense," but frankly I've never heard of this one before. But something tells me it ain't gonna fly. It's basically akin to whacking somebody out and then claiming, "that's just what we killers do." Or maybe next we'll get an undertaker who sets fire to his wife but claims that "cremating people is just a part of the family business."Regardless, this whole story (link at bottom) first got off to a shocking start when 43-year-old Mark Wach (pictured above) of Palm City, Florida started hitting the bottle at home and got all liquored up on alcohol (allegedly). Now let the gun play begin!
First off, Wach apparently had a big beef with the family lawnmower, since he pulled a pistol on the yard-grooming contraption and proceeded to shoot the hell out of it (allegedly). Next turning his attention to the living, Wach then allegedly took his sidearm and started up a row with his 18-year-old son.
Junior managed to wrestle the handgun away from Daddy, but Junior's old man was not about to be deterred. Not by a long shot. Wach next allegedly went and got a big shotgun and started going after Junior with that! But Junior somehow managed to also get the 12-gauge pump action shotgun away from Daddy Butter Fingers.Left with only his fists to throw around at this point, Wach allegedly started scuffling with Junior right out in the front yard. (No word whether the lawnmower played any role in the impromptu hardcore match).
When cops arrived, Wach was apparently in no mood to have to wait for his next fight. When Wach refused to stop fighting (allegedly), cops shocked his redneck ass with a 50,000 volt stun gun! End of incident, right? Wrong.
This fightin' lawn pugilist wasn't gonna let some itty bitty stun gun blast stop him! He allegedly managed to keep up the fight with Junior until cops had tased him three damn times just to get the old man off the kid.
As the cops cuffed him and stuffed him, Wach reportedly questioned what it was he did that was so wrong and that deserved a trip to the hoosegow: "Fighting is what redneck people do," Wach allegedly pleaded with the officers. And that wasn't his only defense.As for the gun play, Wach reportedly explained to officers that "I shoots in the yard all the time." If only the Son of Sam had thought of that one ("No one ever complained before when I rubbed someone out!").
Now Wach may have to exchange his guns for a shank when his next fight time rolls around, since cops threw his ass in the can and charged Wach with domestic battery and aggravated domestic assault with a firearm. But that's only if the prosecutor can manage to overcome that shrewd redneck defense.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/11/28/UPI-NewsTrack-Quirks-in-the-News/UPI-46711322519400/?spt=hs&or=on
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