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Pistol under pillow shoots sleeping man
Washington Times ^ | apr. 3 | unknown

Posted on 04/05/2004 6:49:21 PM PDT by dogbrain

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:41:35 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A man in Granite Falls, Wash., who slept with a pistol beneath his pillow woke up one morning last week to find the gun had gone off and shot him.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Saturday that the man, who was not identified, went to bed Thursday night with a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol. Sometime during the night, the gun discharged and shot him in the chest, but he apparently didn't realize he was wounded until he awoke early Friday.


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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; darwinaward; dream; guns; gunshot; inflicted; oops; pillow; realistic; realnightmare; self; shooting
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"...the gun had gone...and shot him."

See?

You just can't trust those guns.

1 posted on 04/05/2004 6:49:22 PM PDT by dogbrain
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" gun had gone off and shot him"

Then, it ransacked his wallet, took his car keys and headed south for Lodi, where it used his credit cards to buy a Harley and start a gang.
2 posted on 04/05/2004 6:50:59 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (If your cat has babies in the oven you don't call them biscuits!)
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3 posted on 04/05/2004 6:51:24 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
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To: dogbrain
We need to outlaw pillows for keeping morons alive.
4 posted on 04/05/2004 6:54:07 PM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Are these leftists stupid or evil or both? ><BCC>)
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To: dogbrain
the gun discharged and shot him in the chest, but he apparently didn't realize he was wounded until he awoke early Friday.

Doesn't say much for the stopping power of the 22.

5 posted on 04/05/2004 6:54:11 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: dogbrain
went to bed Thursday night with a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol.

Never tuck a revolver under a pistol.

6 posted on 04/05/2004 6:56:15 PM PDT by aomagrat ("The essence of war is violence! Moderation in war is imbecility!")
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To: Blue Collar Christian
a rude awakening
7 posted on 04/05/2004 6:56:29 PM PDT by C210N
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To: dogbrain
"a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol"

This is series.

A revolved tucked under a pistol is a sure recipe for disaster.

--Boris

8 posted on 04/05/2004 6:56:36 PM PDT by boris (The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
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To: dogbrain
This is why you should never use a .22 to sleep with.

If he had needed to shoot someone other than himself odds are it would just have pissed them off.

Sleep with a .38 or better........
9 posted on 04/05/2004 6:57:35 PM PDT by festus
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...a loaded .22-caliber revolved...

Those da%ned revolved will get you every time.

10 posted on 04/05/2004 6:57:38 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: dogbrain
He certainly is a sound sleeper.
11 posted on 04/05/2004 6:57:50 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Was it "Love Story" that was written about John Kerry? Or was it "Washington Square"?)
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To: dogbrain
So, did the guy dream about getting shot then or what? I mean jeez....talk about a nightmare...
12 posted on 04/05/2004 6:58:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
well, maybe he was "self-medicated".
13 posted on 04/05/2004 6:58:14 PM PDT by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where democrats wash their hands....)
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To: dogbrain
a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol.

Never Ever tuck a gun under your pistol.

14 posted on 04/05/2004 7:00:19 PM PDT by Jar Jar Binks
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To: dogbrain
The writer must have been LOL while writing this.
15 posted on 04/05/2004 7:02:29 PM PDT by swheats
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To: festus
"A spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department speculated the man's pillow might have softened the bullet's impact."

Obviously.

That's why a down vest is a much better, and cheaper, alternative for Kevlar.

16 posted on 04/05/2004 7:04:35 PM PDT by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where democrats wash their hands....)
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To: Savage Beast
LOL How true. I was thinking..."Well at least he woke up."
17 posted on 04/05/2004 7:05:24 PM PDT by Justice
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To: dogbrain
It would have been far worse if he had fallen asleep in his SUV. It would have probably killed him.
18 posted on 04/05/2004 7:05:43 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. - Ann Coulter 4/1/04, How 9-11 Happened)
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To: Savage Beast
"He was able to get to a telephone, dial 911..."

REALLY surprised he could find the "11" button on the phone

19 posted on 04/05/2004 7:07:40 PM PDT by dogbrain (memo to self: Don't drink from toilet; it's where democrats wash their hands....)
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To: dogbrain
man those 22 caliber revolved's are really wicked!.. allmost as bad and dangerous as those salt weapons!
20 posted on 04/05/2004 7:08:24 PM PDT by arly
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