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Putting the gun in his pants was first mistake
Wichita Eagle ^ | Nov. 15, 2006 | STAN FINGER

Posted on 11/15/2006 9:20:12 AM PST by Ben Mugged

Maybe it was karma.

Three men attempted to kidnap a teenager in a dispute over stereo speakers shortly before 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Wichita police reported. One of the three pulled out a gun and fired it at the teen in the 1000 block of South Wichita.

The shot missed the teen. But then the shooter jammed the gun back into the waistband of his pants -- and it went off.

The bullet struck the 23-year-old man in his left testicle, causing him to cringe -- which caused the gun to fire again.

The second shot struck him in the left calf.

Police did not release information about the size of the gun he was using at the time.

The wounded man walked into Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus seeking treatment, police said, and was later booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of aggravated assault and aggravated attempted kidnapping.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansas.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ballblaster; banglist; darwinaward; gunsafety; moron
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Ya can't make this stuff up......
1 posted on 11/15/2006 9:20:17 AM PST by Ben Mugged
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2 posted on 11/15/2006 9:23:04 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Ben Mugged

Hmmmm...Darwin Award material.


3 posted on 11/15/2006 9:23:34 AM PST by The Blitherer (In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.)
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The bullet struck the 23-year-old man in his left testicle, causing him to cringe

Yep, that's that's worth a cringe, maybe even an "owwie".

4 posted on 11/15/2006 9:24:10 AM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: The Blitherer

nah! he still gots one left, er, right, er, whatever.

it made him cringe? I bet.


5 posted on 11/15/2006 9:24:18 AM PST by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Ben Mugged

he was here to cry "aw nuts!...er, I mean nut "


6 posted on 11/15/2006 9:24:21 AM PST by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Ben Mugged; presidio9; pissant; Millee; JamesP81

"The bullet struck the 23-year-old man in his left testicle, causing him to cringe -- which caused the gun to fire again."

But his right side is okay ping


7 posted on 11/15/2006 9:24:30 AM PST by Froufrou
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The bullet struck the 23-year-old man in his left testicle, causing him to cringe

He is now know as One.


8 posted on 11/15/2006 9:24:30 AM PST by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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causing him to cringe

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9 posted on 11/15/2006 9:25:00 AM PST by cripplecreek (If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
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To: Ben Mugged

Sounds like his second shot went off half-cocked.


10 posted on 11/15/2006 9:25:34 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (You cannot live forever, so live a life that will never be forgotten.)
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To: Ben Mugged

Only the left? If he'd hit both he could have been one of the few living Darwin Award recipients, since the criterion is not death, but selflessly removing oneself from the gene pool.


11 posted on 11/15/2006 9:25:37 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: dayglored

I searched for the title. I wonder why the title was changed on the original story?


12 posted on 11/15/2006 9:25:52 AM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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"Police did not release information about the size of the gun he was using at the time."

Well, the barrel length is probably 2" to 3" shorter then when he started.....

This started as a good pun but just petered out....

13 posted on 11/15/2006 9:26:13 AM PST by nevergore (?It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.?)
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To: Ben Mugged
Of course, it would be easier for us to search for previous posts of an article if the journalists would stop trying to be "cute" with the headlines, and just said something like:
Fool Shoots Self In Balls
but I suppose that would be too easy...
14 posted on 11/15/2006 9:26:15 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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> I searched for the title. I wonder why the title was changed on the original story?

See my post #14 above... this one ain't your fault.

15 posted on 11/15/2006 9:27:15 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: The Blitherer

Darwin award? Naaaah ... He still has his right-side nut.


16 posted on 11/15/2006 9:28:28 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Ben Mugged

I always wondered where the song "Great Balls of Fire" came from....now I know. ROTFLMAO....what a loser!


17 posted on 11/15/2006 9:30:41 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: nevergore
Well, the barrel length is probably 2" to 3" shorter then when he started..... This started as a good pun but just petered out....

Awe come on don't leave us hanging...

come on, put on a STIFF upper lip and try HARDER

18 posted on 11/15/2006 9:31:45 AM PST by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: geezerwheezer
Must have been a semi-auto. It's a wonder that every time he winced from a shot that it didn't go off again making him look like a break dancer.
19 posted on 11/15/2006 9:33:26 AM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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To: dayglored
"Fool Shoots Self In Balls"

Truth in advertising!

20 posted on 11/15/2006 9:34:16 AM PST by paulcissa (Only YOU can prevent liberalism.)
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