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Cat Shoots Owner
My Way News ^ | 10 March 2005 | Unknown

Posted on 03/10/2005 7:12:25 AM PST by AnOldCowhand

BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.

State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.


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KEYWORDS: banglist; cats; guns; rebellion
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They just THINK it was an accident!!
1 posted on 03/10/2005 7:12:27 AM PST by AnOldCowhand
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To: KidGlock; postaldave

ping


2 posted on 03/10/2005 7:13:27 AM PST by AnOldCowhand (The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
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To: AnOldCowhand

Funny story, but this is the 3rd posting


3 posted on 03/10/2005 7:13:33 AM PST by NRA1995 ("Yew jes' go and lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan & Ah think yer gonna fin'lly understand")
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To: AnOldCowhand

Viking kitty gone bad? Or was it a field test for a new type of zot.


4 posted on 03/10/2005 7:13:56 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: AnOldCowhand

I know, I have to keep the firearms locked up to keep them away from my two cats. I found a shiv in one their liter boxes. Don't know who it was meant for, me or my GF?


5 posted on 03/10/2005 7:14:11 AM PST by Holicheese (This is Hockey East)
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To: AnOldCowhand

Beware the Viking Kitties! :)


6 posted on 03/10/2005 7:14:26 AM PST by CAluvdubya (Looking for a new tagline........old one annoyed me)
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To: AnOldCowhand

Should have gotten some cat handcuffs.


7 posted on 03/10/2005 7:15:02 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Darksheare

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8 posted on 03/10/2005 7:15:49 AM PST by null and void ("Courage!" Said the cowardly lyin'...)
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To: AnOldCowhand

9 posted on 03/10/2005 7:15:54 AM PST by kingattax ( "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." -Thomas Jefferson)
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To: AnOldCowhand

Bad kitty!


10 posted on 03/10/2005 7:15:56 AM PST by MisterRepublican (I DEMAND THAT FOX NEWS GET JENNIFER ECCLESTON BACK FROM NBC!)
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To: AnOldCowhand

11 posted on 03/10/2005 7:16:11 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: AnOldCowhand

"Bad cat!" (Oh, like that's gonna make the cat feel bad or something.)


12 posted on 03/10/2005 7:16:23 AM PST by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: AnOldCowhand
VIKING KITTY ZOT! Beware of cats bearing guns! ;-)

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
13 posted on 03/10/2005 7:16:32 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: AnOldCowhand
Hope this thread lasts longer than my "Hunter Wants Open Season on Domestic Cats" thread.

And how about this for a little trip down memory lane:


14 posted on 03/10/2005 7:16:37 AM PST by KidGlock (W-1)
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To: CAluvdubya

15 posted on 03/10/2005 7:17:33 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: NRA1995

I searched (by the exact title) but didn't find...*sigh*.


16 posted on 03/10/2005 7:18:48 AM PST by AnOldCowhand (The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
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To: Holicheese

In response to this article I went ahead and put Sylvester down. I didn't like the look in his eyes anyway. I wouldn't have put it past him to attempt a "hit" on me when I wasn't looking/or asleep. Better to make a pre-emptive strike now than be sorry later.


17 posted on 03/10/2005 7:19:24 AM PST by BipolarBob (Yes I backed over the vampire, but I swear I didn't see it in my rearview mirror.)
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To: kingattax

OK, OK, I'll feed ya, dammit.


18 posted on 03/10/2005 7:19:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
OK, OK, I'll feed ya, dammit.

And clean the litter box every hour!

19 posted on 03/10/2005 7:21:18 AM PST by AnOldCowhand (The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
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To: AnOldCowhand

Why did he have a round chambered, is all I want to know. Guns don't shoot people, cats with stoopid owners shoot people.


20 posted on 03/10/2005 7:22:01 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Deadcheck the embeds first.)
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