Posted on 12/06/2004 5:05:37 PM PST by TERMINATTOR
St. Louis police were called to the Bullseye Shooting Range in Manchester Monday after an accidental shooting.
Police said a customer accidentally shot himself in the thigh while he was cleaning his gun.
The wound is not expected to be life threatening.
Police said he was preparing for target practice.
packinheavy (AssaultWeb)>> "As you might expect the media didn't get much right with the story, but what else is new?
The not so bright friend of mine who works there(not a customer contrary to the news report) had been carrying a Colt Model M 1903 .32 ACP in his left hip pocket trying to get a feel for how they did that frequently in the old days. At some point he removed the pistol from his pocket and was demonstrating to another coworker how the grip safety worked on the weapon and managed to shoot himself in the left thigh with a Glaser Safety Slug(no comment on his not unloading the weapon first). Thankfully he didn't hit an artery or he might not be around to give crap to . He was taken to the hospital and the injury doesn't appear to be life threatening(painful I am sure) and he most likely will recover.
He will never live this one down you can be sure.
Thankfully I wasn't there for this one. I had left about an hour earlier after getting some rounds down range. If I was I might begin to think I was cursed since I was there for the last suicide also.
Since he survived he is fair game for bashing so please begin."
SO9
The LAST suicide????
But glad he's going to be okay.
LOL.
Excellent candidate for the Darwin Award....
Al Gore?
Lets see....
"Thunder thighs"
"See how the safety works - NOT!"
"Is that a gun or are you just happy to see me?"
If you know the guy's name have some fun with that:
"Boom boom Bob"
"Pocket pistol Pete"
"Glaser George"
"Trigger thigh Tom"
As an old EMT let me tell you that it's possible to bleed out INTO your thigh without it looking too bad from all external appearances...
I guess that wasn't a banana in his pocket.
> Excellent candidate for the Darwin Award....
Only if you die, and even then, only if you do so before
successfully reproducing (attempts don't count :-).
Had .32 ACP once, sold it after discovering it wouldn't
even penetrate discarded highway signs at the dump.
You said it, not me. This is why I try to hit the range at slow times. You never know what kind of idiot is there handling a firearm.
Al Gore never wounded himself ('cept politically). Kerry's the one who wounded himself, may he enjoy the dustbin of history.
He's not out of the woods yet. Some of those fragments could possibly get into his bloodstream, or there could be other complications that cause serious problems. It's a bit early to say it wasn't an accidental suicide.
Im advocating we establish a new award...the DUFUS award.
Similar scenario to the DARWIN award...only you live.
.32 might not penetrate a highway sign, but it sure as hell will penetrate skin.
The Friendliest Fire of All... DIY! DUMB!
So what kind of shooting range allows a weapon to be loaded in the chamber when not on the firing line and pointed down range? Ignoring safety rules causes accidents.
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