I'm not sure if it's natural selection, divine justice, or just a much-needed slap across the face of ignorant racist bigots, but news has reached DMfM of a Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony that ended up with one member in Intensive Care, and another being arrested.

Apparently, during a KKK initiation ceremony, the initiate - Jeffery Murr - was blindfolded, tied with a noose to a tree and shot with paintball guns as the organiser - Gregory Allen Freeman - fired a pistol in the air to provide the sound of real gunfire.

Now, I know what you're thinking... he fell over thinking was shot (by what were actually paintballs) and hung himself? Wrong. It's even more incredible.

The live bullet, having been fired into the air by Freeman, reached the top of it's trajectory and came back down to Earth, hitting Murr in the top of his head, passing through it, and exiting at the base of his skull. This left Murr in a critical condition, but not dead.

Obviously, although the bullet passed right through the skull of this racisct-wannabe, it missed his brain by several inches. The rumour is that it also didn't harm his Lynrd Skynrd t-shirt, or either of his teeth.

This left DMfM staff wondering just what the odds are of firing a gun almost straight up, into the air, and the bullet hitting exactly the person it's meant to scare.

Whatever the odds, it says a lot about the character of KKK organisers, that Freeman fled the scene, rather than give help to a fellow human in need of emergency treatment, thanks to his idiocy.

Perhaps we should suggest they use a machine gun at the next ceremony, and do us all a favour?

The full story is here and here. Thanks to Tim for the lead.