Posted on 04/09/2016 5:51:47 AM PDT by Gamecock
A Georgia man accidentally shot himself and his dog while he was cleaning his gun and talking on the phone.
Todd A. Crouse, 44, of Clyo, was at his home in Clyo, Ga., on March 22 when the accident occurred, according to reporting from the Savannah Morning News.
Crouse said he unknowingly reloaded the gun while he was he was reassembling it, according to the Effingham County Sheriffs Department. Then he told officers that he pulled the slide back, but he still had his finger on the trigger, accidentally firing the gun, the report says.
Crouse told officers he was putting the weapon down when it fired. The bullet struck his upper thigh, traveled through his left leg, and then hit his dog, according to the report.
Crouse was treated at the hospital while his wife, who was sleeping at the time, took the dog to the veterinarian to be treated.
The Savannah Morning News reports that Ryan Williams, the Effingham County Sheriffs deputy on the case, said he smelled a faint odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from Todds person while speaking with him and no charges were filed.
Clyo is located roughly 25 miles northwest of Hardeeville.
I have zero issues cleaning my things while watching a show or something. There’s no ammo, pure and simple. Do a function test, then good to go. I don’t understand these accidents.
If you’re drinking, don’t touch the guns, another good one.
Nothing is changed really. My grand father would say “every gun in this house is loaded cause them unloaded guns keep killing people.”
Need more information to determine my level of sympathy.
“... spread out your cleaning stuff on the table..”
Dang, central.. you’ve put A LOT of thought into this. Remind me never to tick you off :)
Err every time there is a accidental shooting number one excuse has been “I thought the gun was unloaded.”
No one accidentally fires their gun when ‘cleaning it’. No one is that stupid. What does happen is they treat their firearm like the cap gun they got for Christmas when they were ten, and forget that it’s loaded. And they’re too embarrassed to admit it.
So now, people unfamiliar with the area are saying, "Where the Hell is Hardeeville?"
Survival of the fittest? This guy ain't very 'fit', except to be the village idiot!"
This guy needs to be locked up for his own safety.
Hope the dog’s OK.
(In other words, no idea)
LOL
Here in Lancaster, Hardeeville is across the street from McDonaldville, and around the corner from Wendyville.
That was my first thought.
IIRC, *that* dog had it coming - always laughing at the hunter for missing the ducks.
You left off “no liquor”
Not when a gun is involved for sure.
All I have to do is point my finger at my dog as if it were a dog and she goes and hides under the bed. She’s not trained to do that - and she growls.
I like to clean my gun, text on the phone, play Fallout 4, watch porn, seperate my laundry, and drink beer at the same time.
Ar-bee darned!
If one can’t maintain a level of situational awareness and ALWAYS know that gun is loaded, it’s time to get a new hobby. Before one’s stupidity kills someone. Never mind the ongoing ignorance of the first rule of handling guns. Ugh.
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