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Man shoots himself in leg while bowling
Toronto Sun ^ | May 15, 2013

Posted on 05/15/2013 12:19:51 PM PDT by Squawk 8888

A Florida man accidentally shot himself in the leg while bowling Tuesday night.

The man was at the bowling lanes in Jupiter, Fla., and witnesses told WPBF the ball likely hit the man's leg during his back swing.

At first, some people at the bowling alley thought it was a firecracker going off.

Witnesses say the man limped back to his seat clutching his leg.

He was taken to hospital as a precaution, but his injuries weren't expected to be life-threatening.

The man's identity wasn't released.


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To: Squantos

Somebody needs to point out to this individual that handguns are only properly used in golf and polo... bowling requires something with a larger bore.


61 posted on 05/15/2013 4:30:46 PM PDT by Have Ruck - Will Travel (Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...)
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To: Squantos; Larry Lucido

Live by the ball.........

Die by the ...............

<;)


62 posted on 05/15/2013 4:41:38 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: andy58-in-nh
Glock, I'd guess. No external safeties. Maybe a modified trigger job.

I just tried to fire my Glock with a bowling ball. It wouldn't work because you see, it won't fire until you pull the trigger.

Maybe it was one of those 1911's which are the goto gun for retards.

63 posted on 05/15/2013 4:48:39 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

See post# 63.


64 posted on 05/15/2013 4:49:34 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
A Glock semi-auto with a cocked hammer?

Glocks are 'striker fired', they don't have hammers like older design semi-autos like the 1911 or Browning Hi Power.

65 posted on 05/15/2013 4:53:23 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Whatever is left of American patriotism is now identical with counter-revolution.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Post# 63 is for you too.

A cocked hammer? Snort!


66 posted on 05/15/2013 4:53:53 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Larry Lucido; humblegunner; Squantos
Didn’t Eaker drop a bowling ball on his foot while shooting?

Not my fault, it was one of those weird two finger balls.

67 posted on 05/15/2013 4:59:33 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Have Ruck - Will Travel; Larry Lucido

Trebuchet fodder !.....:o)


68 posted on 05/15/2013 5:00:39 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Eaker

Great. Here’s the part where the whole thread gets hijacked by the Glock vs. 1911 crowd.


69 posted on 05/15/2013 5:00:53 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Because 2 terms with Jerry Brown as Governor was all I could take.)
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To: Eaker

Yeah, that trigger safety is going to work out real well when some schmuck with a waistband holster takes it bowling in his pants. Thanks, but I’ll take any one of my Kimber 1911’s over your Glock, any day.


70 posted on 05/15/2013 5:01:39 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF
Sorry. < grin>

Some of us gun nuts can get a little passionate.

71 posted on 05/15/2013 5:03:14 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Have you ever actually seen a Glock?

Clearly you have never shot one.

Probably best to stick with a gun which has a bunch of safeties and requires a note from mom to allow one to actually fire it.


72 posted on 05/15/2013 5:32:37 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

I enjoy jabbing at folks who are gun experts but suddenly turn into knee-jerk liberals when the word Glock is used in their presence.


73 posted on 05/15/2013 5:35:17 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: Eaker
All kidding aside, (and I admit to having had some fun with you here) over the past 30 years, I've shot Glock 17/19 9mm pistols at the range and have had the opportunity to compare them with Springfield XD's, Smith & Wesson M&P,'s H&K, Ruger, SIG Sauer, Beretta, and a few others.

I'm picky. Granted. As a practical matter, I don't particularly care for the grip (bulky, like the Ruger) or their triggers, which I found a bit "sticky". They are very accurate, though - as good as any other. They do seem to feed FMJ's noticeably better than JHP's, but your experience might be different. Of all the above, SIG's are the best made (though pricey as hell). For a 9mm, I eventually opted for the Springfield XD in the 4" police service model: 16+1, great trigger, both grip and ambi safeties, and never a misfeed, ever. I don't think I'd carry one while bowling, though.

74 posted on 05/15/2013 6:10:28 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Cogito, ergo armatum sum.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Bowling is dangerous enough without a gun.

;<)

We all have our preferences and peccadilloes. I have done almost all of my training with my carry weapon which is a Glock. I am actually more accurate with my .357 magnum but it just ain’t a carry gun.

When I can’t carry my Glock because of circumstances beyond my control I have a little bitty .380 Kel-Tec which I carry in my pocket just like my keys. One of those deals where any gun in your pocket is better than the gun at home.

Take care,


75 posted on 05/15/2013 6:20:45 PM PDT by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein.)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF
Great. Here’s the part where the whole thread gets hijacked by the Glock vs. 1911 crowd. Only took 22 posts to find the first Glock hater.
76 posted on 05/16/2013 12:34:25 AM PDT by DYngbld (I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
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To: driftdiver; ltc8k6; b4its2late; Jack Black; Eaker
Glocks have hammers?

I dunno. I've never held one or fired one. Just speculatin'.

But as in post #44;

"According to a witness it was a Glock but it did not go off because it was hit with a bowling ball. It went off because he was reseating it in a cheap holster while walking back to the bench."

77 posted on 05/16/2013 4:54:44 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (For me, I plan to die standing as a free man rather than spend one second on my knees as a slave.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

That’ll or at least could do it....


78 posted on 05/16/2013 5:28:29 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Well then thats different, he pulled the trigger.


79 posted on 05/16/2013 5:35:04 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do uwhen I have a fire.)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

Glocks, 1911s, an kimbers are all good guns. Any gun is capable of being involved with a negligent discharge when being handled by an idiot.

Personally, I rarely walk around with a round chambered unless I have to go somewhere really sketchy.


80 posted on 05/16/2013 5:40:31 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do uwhen I have a fire.)
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