Never Bring a Gun to a Pool Ball Fight

Just as rock beats scissors, pool ball beats gun:

A 40-year-old man didn’t fare very well after a Kapowsin bartender refused to serve him more alcohol, according to Pierce County sheriff’s deputies.

As the man walked out of the Kapowsin Tavern on Saturday, he pulled a gun and pointed it at the bartender, deputies said. A witness threw a pool ball, hitting the man in the back of the head, court documents state.

Kevin J. Valentine now faces second-degree assault charges. Court documents gave this account:

The bartender told deputies Valentine got upset after she refused to serve him more alcohol because he was already drunk. She said he threw a glass into a cooler behind the bar and fell off his stool.

Valentine started to walk out but stopped at the door, pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the bartender. The witness told deputies he saw Valentine pull the gun and then clocked him with a pool ball.

And you don't need a permit to carry a pool ball.