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Colo. man convicted of shooting himself in groin
breitbart.com ^ | May 9, 2010

Posted on 05/09/2010 1:08:22 PM PDT by PROCON

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado man who claimed he was trying to defend himself from a mugger when he shot himself in the groin has been convicted of illegal discharge of a firearm. Investigators said there was no evidence to substantiate David Leroy Blurton's self-defense claim and jurors convicted the 50-year-old on Wednesday. The shooting happened at the parking lot of a grocery store in Dillon, Colo., on May 2009. Prosecutors say Blurton had been drinking.

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Prosecutors say Blurton had been drinking.

Ya think..LOL!

1 posted on 05/09/2010 1:08:22 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Talk about adding insult to injury... I think a groin shot and that being published is enough of a sentence for this guy!


2 posted on 05/09/2010 1:12:55 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the Sting of Truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PROCON

Sentence should be “time served”.


3 posted on 05/09/2010 1:15:34 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: PROCON

Never want to find any discharge in your skivvies...but this is ridiculous.


4 posted on 05/09/2010 1:24:29 PM PDT by jessduntno ("My only apology is that it should have been larger." - David Obey, on his "stimulous package.")
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

Don’t bring a groin to a gunfight?


5 posted on 05/09/2010 1:24:38 PM PDT by gigster
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To: PROCON
Several years ago a young black had robbed a small store.
The police were chasing him and he tried to pull his gun
and his too large pants tripped him causing him to shoot
himself in the groin.
He bled out before help arrived.
Police were not sure if he was going to shoot out or
throw away his weapon.
6 posted on 05/09/2010 1:25:49 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: glorgau

Or should this read “time severed” [ugh! I shudder to think of the possiblities]


7 posted on 05/09/2010 1:28:55 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: PROCON

A Darwin Award contestant who didn’t die in the process!


8 posted on 05/09/2010 1:43:13 PM PDT by Gamecock (If you want Your Best Life Now, follow Osteen. If you want your best life forever, don't. JM)
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Colo. man convicted of shooting himself in groin

Nuts.

9 posted on 05/09/2010 1:45:00 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: PROCON

That’s gotta hurt!


10 posted on 05/09/2010 1:47:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: PROCON

How can shooting yourself be illegal???


11 posted on 05/09/2010 1:48:11 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: PROCON
It won't be long now.
12 posted on 05/09/2010 1:49:23 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: PROCON

I have to ask, how was the State harmed by this turkey almost blowing his package off?


13 posted on 05/09/2010 1:56:38 PM PDT by dljordan (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: PROCON

He came off half-cocked.


14 posted on 05/09/2010 1:57:42 PM PDT by rfp1234
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To: dljordan
I have to ask, how was the State harmed by this turkey almost blowing his package off?

As the bullet left the chamber, it released deadly C02 into the atmosphere, adding to global warming!

15 posted on 05/09/2010 2:02:25 PM PDT by PROCON (Thank you Troops and Veterans!)
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To: PROCON

Hasn’t he been punished enough?


16 posted on 05/09/2010 2:10:44 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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To: dljordan

How can the Judge convict him of anything?Cant he see that the guy is half nuts?


17 posted on 05/09/2010 2:39:22 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: PROCON

Sort of redefines the term “self-abuse”


18 posted on 05/09/2010 2:59:35 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
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To: Farmer Dean

“How can the Judge convict him of anything?Cant he see that the guy is half nuts?”

Lol! You’re killing me! I’ve got a very fine local brew up my nose.


19 posted on 05/09/2010 3:19:53 PM PDT by dljordan (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: martin_fierro

Mangled Genitals Ping, whaddya think?


20 posted on 05/09/2010 7:03:56 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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