Woman shot by oven while trying to cook waffles

NBC News ^ | 02/21/2013 | M. Alex Johnson

[Olog-hai]

An 18-year-old Florida woman was only slightly injured this week when she was shot by her friend’s oven, police said.

Aalaya Walker was visiting a friend in St. Petersburg Monday when they decided they wanted some late-night waffles, The Tampa Bay Times reported. So Walker began preheating the oven—unaware that her friend, JJ Sandy, 25, was storing a magazine from his .45-caliber Glock 21 in the oven.

The magazine exploded about 9 p.m. ET, spraying casing fragments at high speed and striking Walker. She managed to pick some of the fragments out of her leg and chest and then took a bus to the hospital, where she was treated and released. …

[Olog-hai]

Now we have to ban ovens?

[Jonty30]

Glad she survived.

[bgill]

Who stores ammo in their oven? What does this idiot have stored under the logs in his fireplace?

[Resolute Conservative]

Cannot afford a safe and being inventive.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Now comes the uncomfortabel questions for JJ:

Why would you keep* your magazine in the oven?

(*LEO will mostly likely use the word “hide” here but JJ is gonna squirm, me thinks.)

[EEGator]

My state is full of the finest people.

[camle]

waffles in the oven?

[ClearCase_guy]

Edison was inventive.
Storing your magazines in the oven is just stupid.

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks, for the post.
drive-by waffles!?...Maple Syrup only
NO HFCS!!!!!

[humblegunner]

Waffle chefery: You’re doing it wrong.

[Neidermeyer]

How do you cook waffles in an oven?

I use one of these..

[MinuteGal]

"Who stores ammo in their oven? What does this idiot have stored under logs in his fireplace?"

A dozen packages of Orville Redenbacher's Buttered Movie Popcorn. The idiot won't even have to have the TV on to enjoy a prolonged gunfight at the OK Corral.

Leni

[blueunicorn6]

Actually, heating up your ammunition is a humanitarian idea. I knew a Sergeant Major who used nothing but tracers in his rifle. He said he did that because he had a big heart and wanted to cauterize the enemy’s wounds. One of the nicest men I ever met.

[OrangeHoof]

Those danged women! Don’t they know ovens are for hiding your stash from the government not for actually cooking things?

[pleasedontzotme]

I’m more concerned that we’ve got ovens shooting people, apparently.

[JimRed]

Didn’t the old (pre-electric) waffle irons have to be heated in the oven or on a stovetop?

[YOMO]

Non all ovens, just Assault Ovens.
Oh I forgot, High capacity ranges
with over two oven racks.

[Fido969]

An exploding round isn't particularly dangerous, at worse it will spray some casing fragments around. Dangers of exploding ammunition tend to be exaggerated. There are plenty of documented experiments involving cooking-off ammo is various situautions, including ovens.

A loaded gun stored in a oven is a different matter. If the round in the chamber goes off, it will likely send the bullet through the oven wall, and could hurt someone outside the oven.

[muir_redwoods]

The gun owner is an idiot and shouldn’t be trusted with a garden hose.

[gattaca]

Thanks for making me laugh today!

[bigbob]

Ovens don’t shoot people, but I’d nominate this article for the Headline of the Month award.

[fieldmarshaldj]

She didn’t even have to call the Amber Lamps.

[wardaddy]

You are quite right...i have seen shotgun shells tossed in fires with little more than explosive effect..birdshot and they tended to burn or pop

I grew up with waxed paper shotshells

Peters

not sure i would throw a .950 JDJ in the campfire as a lark..and at 40 bucks a shot

[SIRTRIS]

I agree now, mental bakground checks on oven holders.

[Windflier]

"...was storing a magazine from his .45-caliber Glock 21 in the oven."

Storing? As in, he put it there for safe keeping? What a maroon.

[afraidfortherepublic]

My husband turned the broiler on in his mother’s gas oven to toast English muffins one morning, unaware that his visiting aunt had left her girdle in the oven to dry overnight via the warmth of the pilot light. Burnning rubber makes a horrid smell!

[ExCTCitizen]

Hmmm....that's why I need to have a 3 day waiting period for my new oven at Famous Tate!!

What idiot put a magazine in the oven besides an Obama supporter!

[ChildOfThe60s]

Sandy wasn't charged because he had a proper concealed weapons permit, The Tampa Tribune reported.

Am I missing something? Of what relevance is a CC permit to this incident? It's not a license to be stoopid.

Since the oven didn't have a permit, will it be charged, or just euthanized?

[muawiyah]

i use a different one ~ flip handle and so forth ~ really neat ~ but lots of people keep frozen waffles around ~ some toast them in the oven and others use a toaster. Maggotwaving them leaves them soggy.

[EricT.]

You've got to check out Florida Man on Twitter.

[muawiyah]

Guns don’t jump off the shelf and shoot people, but who knew?

[mikrofon]

LOL, I thought this was one of those misleading headlines, where the poor person was shot while STANDING BY an oven… But in this case, it was exactly as stated :-)

[k4gypsyrose]

Well, didn’t some idiot say something about “An unloaded weapon is just as deadly?” or something like that. Gotta keep with the agenda,don’tcha yaknow?

[Riley]

And all this time, I had no idea that all of those 'Florida Man' stories were about one guy.

[kevkrom]

Now we have to ban ovens?

Just the high-capacity ones at first, though.

[ExGeeEye]

Military-Style Oven Accessories!

RUN! HIDE!

[Average Al]

Load and lock your waffle maker...........

[Buckeye McFrog]

That's a running gag on the ABC sitcom The Middle. The Heck family uses their oven exclusively to store quilts and bedspreads. Until someone forgets and turns it on.

[Last Dakotan]

waffles in the oven?

Frozen waffles.

[MaxMax]

The same kind who store eletronics in the microwave.

[N. Theknow]

Leggo my Eggo ammo!

[Raycpa]

Now we have to add ovens to the list of items out to kill us which include SUVs and guns.

[BereanBrain]

Who stores ammo in the oven?

The same nut who buys a gun to carry concealed that has the ONLY safety on the TRIGGER!

There are PLENTY of videos on youtube of people shooting themselves with guns that have a “trigger safety”.

People are dumb...they defend the safety of carrying concealed a gun that was designed for holster use. (Nothing wrong with a trigger safety used in a holster that COVERS the trigger until gun is drawn)

Darwin effect. Now watch all the nuts defend their glocks. (and pit bulls, and driving without seat belts, etc ad nauseum)

[TurboZamboni]

Overcooked Glock tastes like chicken.

[PoloSec]

Aalaya Walker should be getting many calls... Lawyers reading this story and wondering if there are any warning labels on the oven stating...Do Not Store Live Ammunition In This Oven

[Jeff Chandler]

"Leggo my eggo!"