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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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To: strange1

Well be straight with me then and don't go off half cocked....


61 posted on 11/15/2006 10:50:01 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

He was later quoted as saying, "Oh man, I would give my left nut to have not done that..."


62 posted on 11/15/2006 10:52:48 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (I'm Hegemony Cricket, and I improvised this message.)
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To: GovernmentShrinker; Ben Mugged
> Nice story, but it bothers me that the article implies that this was yet another case of a dangerous evil gun going off by itself -- twice!..."accidentally pulled the trigger in the process..."

That's an excellent point. It's conceivable that something like a belt buckle caught the trigger, but I'll bet that he was disobeying the "Keep your finger off the trigger" rule of gun safety. A dismaying number of inexperienced shooters think their finger belongs on the trigger as long as the gun is in their hand.

63 posted on 11/15/2006 11:01:41 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

You neer wake up in the morning thinking "I'm gonna blow my n*ts off today"... but here we are.....


64 posted on 11/15/2006 11:06:04 AM PST by Bones75
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To: Ben Mugged

Sticking a loaded gun in your pants is nuts.


65 posted on 11/15/2006 11:06:54 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." (Psalm 53:1))
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To: fungoking
That's it! I'm going to take my ball and go home.

I declare you the winner.
66 posted on 11/15/2006 11:10:21 AM PST by texas_mrs
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To: Ben Mugged

I bet his voice rose at least two octaves after the incident.


67 posted on 11/15/2006 11:11:39 AM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: reagan_fanatic
> Sticking a loaded gun in your pants is nuts.

Especially if you have your finger on the trigger, which this guy apparently did. Guns generally don't just "go off" by themselves.

68 posted on 11/15/2006 11:12:28 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
From the 2000 Darwin awards nomines list:

[Arkansas Democrat Gazette] Two local men were seriously injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday morning. Woodruff County deputy Dovey Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday.

Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog-gigging trip.

On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pick-up truck headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older model truck had burned out.

As a replacement fuse was not available, Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering wheel column. After inserting the bullet, the headlights again began to operate properly and the two men proceeded toward the White River bridge.

After traveling about 20 miles and just before crossing the river, the bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply right exiting the pavement and striking a tree.

Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident, but will require surgery to repair the other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released.

"Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls off or we might both be dead" stated Wallis.

"I've been a trooper for ten years in this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those two would admit how this accident happened," said Snyder.

Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife asked how many frogs the boys had caught and did anyone get them from the truck.

69 posted on 11/15/2006 11:13:10 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: Ben Mugged
2000 Darwin Award Nominees

NOMINEE No. 1: [San Jose Mercury News]: An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a former girlfriend's windshield, accidentally shot himself to death when the gun discharged, blowing a hole in his gut.

NOMINEE No. 2: [Kalamazoo Gazette] James Burns, 34, (a mechanic) of Alamo, Mich., was killed in March as he was trying to repair what police describe as a "farm-type truck." Burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while Burns hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a rumbling noise. Burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found Burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."

NOMINEE No. 3: [Hickory Daily Record] Ken Charles Barger, 47, accidentally shot himself to death in December in Newton, N.C. Awakening to the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed, he reached for the phone but grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson .38 Special, which discharged when he drew it to his ear.

70 posted on 11/15/2006 11:16:19 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: Ben Mugged
Would a situation like this cause "Shrinkage?"
71 posted on 11/15/2006 11:23:37 AM PST by River_Wrangler (Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
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To: Ben Mugged

I hate when that happens.


72 posted on 11/15/2006 12:42:36 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: Joe 6-pack
Sounds like his second shot went off half-cocked. Yo, Joe, my daughter might be reading this. (OK she's 37 and not a bad shot, but it's the principle of the thing ... what if she tells your joke to my grandson? What would the neighbors say?)

Technically speaking, without knowing the caliber of the weapon, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were the old "buck and ball" round.

73 posted on 11/15/2006 1:58:37 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (The GOP, party of the markets, knows little about the marketing of candidates.)
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To: N. Theknow

You made this up, right?


74 posted on 11/15/2006 2:01:30 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (The GOP, party of the markets, knows little about the marketing of candidates.)
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To: Rakkasan1
if all he did was cringe, he must be Chuck Norris.

Nah, if it were Chuck Norris, the bullet would have shattered, thereby taking out all of the bad guys...

75 posted on 11/15/2006 2:06:07 PM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: fredhead
I wonder if he hit a musical note never before accessed in the natural world?

I wonder if that is what happened to this guy (it's a little way in). http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=08f6908bec22de942b9621ad6bd308c6.722639&cache=1

76 posted on 11/15/2006 5:53:22 PM PST by Hazcat (Live to party, work to afford it.)
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To: nevergore
"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....

I'll bet he'll be using a lighter load, in that pistol, in the future.

77 posted on 11/15/2006 5:58:32 PM PST by Thumper1960 (Unleash the Dogs of War as a Minority, or perish as a party.)
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To: Kenny Bunk
You made this up, right?

Sadly, no.

78 posted on 11/16/2006 6:11:10 AM PST by N. Theknow ((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
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To: Thumper1960

We'll he's only working with one "round".....


79 posted on 11/16/2006 6:18:09 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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