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Man Fires Bullet With Hammer
WANE-TV ^ | April 24, 2009 | Alyssa Ivanson

Posted on 04/24/2009 7:15:08 PM PDT by John W

PLEASANT LAKE, Ind. (WANE) - George Fath moved to his mobile home in rural Steuben County two months ago. The previous owners left a lot of trash in the yard, so Fath was cleaning up Thursday afternoon. That's when he found a 22 caliber bullet in the yard. He didn't want his three young boys to get hurt from the bullet, so Fath decided to dispose of it.

"My hammer was outside so I took the bullet and put it on a rock and smacked it with the hammer," Fath said.

Fath wasn't expecting the bullet to fire.

"It went off and went into my belly and knocked me on my butt," Fath said.

Fath said he thought he was shot in the stomach. His wife called 911. According to the police report the bullet didn't actually hit Fath.

"Fath was not bleeding, and it did not appear that Fath was struck with the bullet. Fath suffered a minor abrasion to the area of his stomach," police records read.

But, Fath told NewsChannel 15 the bullet did go in his stomach and doctors removed it at the hospital.

"I smacked the bullet and fell down and blood came pouring out," Fath said. "I was hitting it to smash it. I didn't expect it to go bang."

Fath said he'll never hit a bullet with a hammer again.

"I wasn't thinking about it. It was the dumbest thing I ever did in my life. I suggest nobody do it," Fath said.

Police agree. Steuben County Sheriff Rick Lewis said no one should ever hit a bullet with anything.

"The round can go anywhere. It could hit the person striking it with a hammer, a neighbor, a child in the yard. There's just no controlling where the bullet will go," Lewis said.

A bullet doesn't have to be in a gun to fire.

"Anytime you get pressure [to the end of the bullet] to cause it to explode, it will fire," Lewis said.

If someone finds a bullet, don't throw it in the trash either.

"Call local law enforcement and we can take car of it," Lewis said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Indiana
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To: Shooter 2.5

Were ALL of those cartridges from that “ONE” Shooter up in the 6th Floor Peanut Gallery?????


161 posted on 04/25/2009 9:42:46 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Last Great President George W. Bush)
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To: philly-d-kidder

Maybe. Maybe not. The funny thing is all have 1973 headstamps. Time machine, doncha know.


162 posted on 04/25/2009 10:25:23 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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To: al baby

At the age of 5 or 6 I did the same type of thing. Placed the 22 cartridge on its base on concrete and hit the top end with a table knife handle. When it went off it went between my head and my 3 YO brother. My mother came out of the house and took action. She proved that an irate mother can carry a 5 YO boy off the ground, by his hair, for at least 25 yards. Further action was carried on in the house.


163 posted on 04/25/2009 10:43:10 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
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To: DrewsMum

None of my “Southern” friends have ever shot their friends. I cant say that about my “Yankee” relatives or friends.


164 posted on 04/25/2009 10:47:41 AM PDT by GOYAKLA (My Tee shirt for 2009-2012:" I voted FRED don't you wish you did")
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To: John W; All

I had a buddy when I was a kid that put a shotgun shell in the end of a pipe and smacked it with a hammer... lost the end of his finger.

I love these stories!


165 posted on 04/25/2009 10:55:16 AM PDT by Gordon Greene (www.fracturedrepublic.com - Jesus said, "I am THE way, THE truth and THE life." Any questions?)
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To: SIDENET
Sounds like this dude didn't get enough attention as a kid.

I'm betting it was lack of oxygen.

166 posted on 04/25/2009 11:35:42 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: Graymatter
Oh my! We were some naughty little freepers, weren't we?

Not naughty...possibly now hearing impaired, but not naughty.

167 posted on 04/25/2009 12:25:47 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: Vinnie

Think I read a Darwin Award a few yrs. ago about a couple bubbas that did just that.

Cartridge got hot , went off and they wrecked on a bridge.

IIRC one of them had some testicular damage.


LOL....... You speaking of these two fine guys?...

......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-giggin’ trip.....

http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-04.html


168 posted on 04/25/2009 12:41:52 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport

LOL....that’s the boys!


169 posted on 04/25/2009 4:15:46 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
No, Darwin Award winners have to actually die.

No they don't. An injury which takes them out of the gene-pool is a qualifying event.

170 posted on 04/26/2009 10:18:12 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
No they don't. An injury which takes them out of the gene-pool is a qualifying event.

You are correct. However, the subject of this article didn't shoot his [deleted] off so he doesn't qualify under that standard either.

171 posted on 04/26/2009 10:46:57 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Rereading the story, he’s got three kids.

Unless he manages to take them out too, he’s already ineligible.


172 posted on 04/26/2009 11:03:41 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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