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Woman shoots self while trying to kill mice
FresnoBee ^ | 07/08/08

Posted on 07/08/2008 5:35:21 PM PDT by Joiseydude

POTTER VALLEY

Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 6:42 a.m.

A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

-- Glenda Anderson

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1 posted on 07/08/2008 5:35:21 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: Joiseydude

She should have gone with snake shot.


2 posted on 07/08/2008 5:35:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Joiseydude

Some people really are too stupid to own a gun.


3 posted on 07/08/2008 5:37:16 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Joiseydude

.44 mag for mice? ...inside a trailer? Alcohol involved, I’d guess.


4 posted on 07/08/2008 5:37:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Joiseydude

Hasn’t she ever heard of glue traps or cats.


5 posted on 07/08/2008 5:37:44 PM PDT by muggs (No matter who wins, America loses)
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To: Joiseydude

A 44 magnum is not what I would call a “mouse gun”.


6 posted on 07/08/2008 5:38:04 PM PDT by MtnClimber (http://www.jeffhead.com/obama/nobamanation-sticker.jpg)
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To: Joiseydude

I can’t pass judgment until I see a picture of the gun.


7 posted on 07/08/2008 5:38:22 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Joiseydude

Possible SNL script:

When asked why she would try to shoot a mouse with a pistol, the lady responded, “Well, the shotgun worked pretty good to get rid of the flies on the screen door.”


8 posted on 07/08/2008 5:38:40 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: muggs
Hasn’t she ever heard of glue traps or cats.

Did you every try to teach a cat to shoot a pistol? Geezzzz


lol
9 posted on 07/08/2008 5:40:16 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

No, the shotgun “worked pretty good to get rid of THE SCREEN DOOR”, and most of the wall around it.

Tongue-in-cheek I was going to suggest that this woman should use a shootgun for mice, but I think the only think she should use is some common sense.


10 posted on 07/08/2008 5:41:20 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Mr. Mojo

Depends on how big the mice are!!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 07/08/2008 5:42:32 PM PDT by Americanwolf (Don't Think a cop will help? Try calling a crack head next time......!! Thanks Thorin!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

No, it makes sense. Sometimes they charge when they’re wounded.


12 posted on 07/08/2008 5:42:36 PM PDT by IGOTMINE (1911s FOREVER!)
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To: Disambiguator

Not even Annie Oakley could have made that shot.

LOL


15 posted on 07/08/2008 5:45:26 PM PDT by TomGuy
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rofl


16 posted on 07/08/2008 5:46:20 PM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: TomGuy

“Is that a slug in your pocket, or are you writhing in pleasure to see me?”


17 posted on 07/08/2008 5:48:07 PM PDT by mikrofon
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To: Joiseydude

Lol!


18 posted on 07/08/2008 5:49:54 PM PDT by Coffee200am
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To: Joiseydude

Lemme guess. Was alcohol involved?


19 posted on 07/08/2008 5:50:05 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: Joiseydude

It's a male.


20 posted on 07/08/2008 5:50:58 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Hillary to Obama: Arkancide happens.)
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