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Gunshots Fired at "Dukes of Hazzard" Star

Posted Nov 2nd 2006 7:06PM by TMZ Staff

John SchneiderTMZ has learned that '80s TV heartthrob John Schneider, who played Bo Duke in the classic "Dukes of Hazzard" TV series, was shot at (but not hit) on the way to a screening of his new movie in Enterprise, Alabama earlier today.

According to Schneider, who currently co-stars in the TV show "Smallville," he and a stunt coordinator were towing three vehicles used in the his new movie "Collier & Co.," when a deafening blast forced the men to pull over.

The two men were shocked to find that a bullet had ripped through the wing window of a Dodge Charger they were towing, which had been used as a stunt car in the film.

Despite the scare, both men were unharmed and still managed to make it on time to the sold-out premiere.

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1. I wonder if someone was deer hunting...

Posted at 7:51PM on Nov 6th 2006 by Laurie

2. He's not on Smallville anymore; he was unceremoniously killed off last season.

Thankfully, life does not imitate art in this case!

Posted at 8:42PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by whitelorelei

3. You mean they're STILL pissed off in Alabama because he left "The Dukes of Hazzard"?

Posted at 9:43PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Bill

4. Schneider is a notorious right wing, pro gun kind of guy. I wonder if he'll change his mind now about gun laws and "the right to bear arms."

Posted at 10:05PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Small-MindedNotSmallville

5. IF he was really shot at, he can be sure it was by either a) a right-wing conservative, or b) someone in the military. [That place is near the largest military heliport in the world.]

I find this story hard to believe.

Posted at 10:13PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Ginny

6. To #4, I am by no means a pro-gun kind of person but I believe we should be able to bear guns to defend our selves IF and only IF we're willing to deal with the consecuences. For example: being shot at. -Aldana-

Posted at 10:18PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Aldana

7. Did you all read # 4's comments. Can you believe the anti-gun libs out there. The only thing Mr. Schneider needed at that moment was a Glock to FIRE BACK! You libs are such panzy losers. Always wanting to destroy our American, God given rights! #4.....read the constitution. Idiot.

Posted at 10:40PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Curt Caldwell

8. i had the WORLDS BIGGEST CRUSH on him at 11 yrs old and i stil do at 36.
id of been devestaed if a bullet had pierced him and killed him.

it was so sad when his smallville character died..
but thats what happens to the character joh kent in the series.

Posted at 10:42PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by jane doe

9. I will never own a gun, because I do not need one. If I do not own a gun, no one can ever steal it and use it in a crime. Times change wake up fools.

Posted at 10:47PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by No Guns ever.

10. Come on people , this story is about him getting shot at , Do you think that the person who was shooting was thinking , hmmmm wonder if he is packing ? No ....
Our country , Our constitution , Our guns...Please leave it alone, I was in the military, I manage my guns in a safe manner , kept in a gun safe, I use them for target practice and also for hunting , What this country needs is not taking guns away , it is a mandatory class on how to properly handle them ...and store them ...Locked up and clip out ..

Posted at 11:05PM on Nov 2nd 2006 by craig

11. Too bad they missed. Hopefully they won't the next time.

Posted at 3:13PM on Nov 3rd 2006 by I hate gun freaks!

12. Hey, #7? Our "American, GOD-GIVEN" rights?!? Where the hell does God say "Let there be light and let all those moronic web posters in Alabama have guns". Separation of church and state? Ever heard of it, buttmunch?

Posted at 7:53AM on Nov 3rd 2006 by Phuque

13. I don't believe he was shot at. Had to be a stry bullet from someone shooting in the woods along the road - it happens. And for you pathetic Libs taking advantage of every opportunity to put down Republicans --- get a life! Stop drinking the Kool Aid - grow a brain - read the papers - educate yourselves - instead of being blindly led by the liberal media and the Libs in government. Boy, they got patsies in you all - all they want is power and you all are playing into their hands.

Posted at 8:42AM on Nov 3rd 2006 by Pieta

14. I am a pro gun guy but believe in gun safety. The best way to put it is with the saying you have probably all seen at one time or another.

"If we out law guns, only criminals will have them."

Posted at 8:47AM on Nov 3rd 2006 by Mark

15. look how the ploy worked. like he was really shot at, ha. how else would john has-been schneider get media attention? genius.

Posted at 8:57AM on Nov 3rd 2006 by neen

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