Posted on 11/14/2006 10:06:19 PM PST by Graybeard58
Maybe it was karma.
Three men attempted to kidnap a teenager in a dispute over stereo speakers shortly before 4:45 p.m. 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. 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.
He walked into Via Christi Regional Medical Center's 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.
His companions, ages 18 and 20, were arrested for aggravated attempted kidnapping and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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I knew a guy with an extra one. We called him "pawnbroker."
[Stolen from Larry Niven.]
I ain't cringing. Scum get what they deserve.
I'm not sure you can classify what he was doing as "walking"...
I'm also ROTFLOL on this. Cringing is what we men do when reading a story like this. Cringing is not the reaction of him who was shot. The second shot was pain induced for sure. But, hey, he got what he asked for, didn't he?
No. He's not shooting blanks. Just fewer rounds.
I'm still trying to figure out how the second bullet hit him in the left calf...
He actually only took out one, unless the other was damaged beyond repair. Or maybe the plumbing was...
awww nuts!
If at first you don't succeed...
Rofl! Men really amuse me with their antics! At least their good for a something! :)
I heard he's shooting blanks now.
Let's see, cringe...aaah, Roget's International Thesaurus of 1911-1939, "cringe" yield or bend, bend obsequiously to, truckle, to, kowtow, yield under humiliating circumstances, humble oneself, eat crow, swallow the leek, kiss the rod, grin and bear it, make the best of it, submission, draw in ones horns, acknowledge defeat, make a virtue of necessity, to name a few... yes "cringe" is the appropriate word in this story.... the lucky teen has a tale to tell..
I think "flinched" is the word the writer was going for. The poor devil just shot half his brains out.
I vote for 'convulsed'. Does one ever 'cringe' with pain? One can cringe with embarrassment, or disgust, or fear, but physical pain is another category altogether.
his street cred rests at goose-egg.
You gotta love that karma...
Nah, remember that great line from "Witness": "One ball is all it takes!" LOL!!!!
Not sure but thinking his left testicle was no longer in the way and if he did the knee jerk, I would imagine there was a free and gaping shot...
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