Pistol under pillow shoots sleeping man

Washington Times ^ | apr. 3 | unknown

[dogbrain]

A man in Granite Falls, Wash., who slept with a pistol beneath his pillow woke up one morning last week to find the gun had gone off and shot him.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Saturday that the man, who was not identified, went to bed Thursday night with a loaded .22-caliber revolved tucked under his pistol. Sometime during the night, the gun discharged and shot him in the chest, but he apparently didn't realize he was wounded until he awoke early Friday.

[Inyo-Mono]

I must say that I can fire my double action revolver just as fast as can shoot my semi-auto pistol. The 1862 Colt was a single action revolver.

[Chinese_American_Patriot]

I knew that because Colt touted single-action revolvers back in the 1800's. But these lies from the liberally-biased media really anger me and it probably mobilizes idiots like Rosie O'Donnel to fight to ban guns. Even the term "assault weapons" really annoys me. Any pistol, even a machine-pistol like the Glock 18, Berretta 93R or TEC-9 doesn't have the capacity or stopping power to be up there with an AK-47.

[dogbrain]

"...why did it replace the much more powerful Colt .45 in the US Army?"

That's a question which still needs a legitimate answer.
As far as I can tell, it had something to do with percieved recoil, magazine capacity, DA vs. SA, a "learning curve", and the usual assortment of under-dealings associated with awarding gov't contracts.

I own (and sometimes carry) a Kimber Custom Shop Pro Elite wich is their version of a highly customized Combat Commander. It's a good gun, and fun to shoot.
The differences between it and my HKP7 are many, but both have their own unique advantages.

[Chinese_American_Patriot]

Do you really like your HKP7? I personally think its ugly and looks funny but can you tell me the good features of it?

[El Gato]

Sometime during the night, the gun discharged and shot him in the chest, but he apparently didn't realize he was wounded until he awoke early Friday.

He must have really tied one on the evening before. Hard to pull the trigger in your sleep, with the gun supposedly under the pillow, but I guess he managed...or someone did.

[dogbrain]

The P7 is my favorite, despite what detractors of the 9mm might say.

It's a quality piece of work, and ingenious in design.
Inherently safe and extremely accurate, I have never had a failure of any sort in the 10 years I have owned mine. It functions flawlessly with ANY 9mm ammo. I estimate that I've put 10k rounds through mine.
Relatively small in size compared to other 9mm's, it has a 4" barrel and a small grip.
It's very simple to operate and completely ambidexterous.

See your FReepmail to see where I trained with it.

[dogbrain]

"...or someone did."

no more "Law & Order" for you....

[El Gato]

.38 Special pistol at me.

It hasn't been that long since .38 special was the standard police sidearm. Military too for rear area types. Air Force was still issuing them into the 1980s, IIRC. Modern .38 spl (+P for example) is hotter than they had, and bullet design is also much improved. Even a .22 will kill you if the shot placement is right. It will penetrate your breast bone, most of the time anyway, and you'll not live long with even a litty bitty hole in your heart, or a major artery for that matter. A thread yesterday or the day before had a bad guy bleeding out from a minor caliber wound in the thigh.

[pax_et_bonum]

ping

[KneelBeforeZod]

that was the "Miami Bank Robbery."

part of the problem was that the FBI agent were taught to simply hide.

The bank robbers were ex military and used fire and advance tatics.

after that the FBI changed their training.

[El Gato]

Holy crap!! If .22 caliber is so weak, then why do the liberally biased media always have stories about people getting killed by a .22 caliber pistol? Why are there even .22LR rifles?

Shot placement is everything with a .22, and even then it may not penetrate the skull on a headshot, but then again, it may. .22 rifles are for the small four legged variety of varmint, but in extremis can be applied to the two legged variety, but it must be done with precision.

[Chinese_American_Patriot]

Is .38 Super a far more powerful cartridge than .38 special? Also, what is the exact difference of .45 Colt, .45 Super and .45 ACP?

[KneelBeforeZod]

guns dont kill people. pillows kill people

[Minuteman23]

A spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department speculated the man's pillow might have softened the bullet's impact.

WHAT??????????

[El Gato]

After the incident you refer to, I believe the FBI chose a S&W .40 semi-auto for their standard issue.

They went with a 10mm first, IIRC, but that turned out to be "too much gun" for many of the agents. The .40S&W can be thought of as a 10mm special, bearing about the same relationship to the 10mm as the .38Spl does to the .357. Except that the order of developement was reversed, i.e. the .357 is a juiced up .38, while the .40 S&W is a toned down 10mm.

[dogbrain]

I have a buckwheat pillow that, if applied in a wide arc with extreme prejudice, could cause some whiplash.

You might call it a "00 buck[wheat]"

[dogbrain]

(see post #16)

[El Gato]

no more "Law & Order" for you....

Please don't throw me in that brier patch brother dog. :)

I've seen it, but not often and very very few episodes all the way through. My lawyer daughter likes it though, as does my mother.

[dogbrain]

You're right on; I had forgotten about the brief venture into 10mm territory.

And didn't THAT lead to the developement of the .40 S&W?

In any case, the FBI shouldn't be trusted with ANY firearms.

[EGPWS]

Pistol under pillow shoots sleeping man

Are pistols and SUV's genetically linked?