Posted on 03/10/2005 7:12:25 AM PST by AnOldCowhand
BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.
Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.
Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.
A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.
State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.
Who keeps a loaded gun on the counter with the safety off? Was he expecting company?
How 'bout I put a 6'x 6' x 1' sandbox in the basement?
Problem with this story is that it can't happen. There is no way a modern 9mm goes off by being dropped. 0ther than taking the saftey off and squeezing the trigger.
I love that photo! As soon as I learn some more computer skills, I'm getting my kitties a weapon!
Good point. Sumptin' ain't right.
Every sane person understands that a cat would kill and eat its 'owner' if the cat was big enough, so learning to use firearms (maybe from hunter safety videos?) is just the next logical step. No one said cats aren't smart.
Someone else shot him and the cat is being blamed... like the dog gets blamed for stinky flatulence. We know it was YOU.
Damn cats. I know my two would love to off me in my sleep. I can see it in their evil little eyes. Fortunately, they don't have opposable thumbs...
Perhaps the guy was a troll. Kitties are very smart, you know.
Did the cat escape?
Good on you.
If you had really thought it through, you should have come to the Boston area and walked your cat over a man hole cover.
The family who's dog was electrocuted by the man hole cover is suing for $740,000.
I bet for a cat you could have gotten at least $75,000 and Sylvester would never have seen it coming.
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/update/nstar2.htm
Article doesn't say it was "modern". Coulda been a Luger for all we know.
I get pretty upset when I over cook my minute egg too but I think this is over kill.
Moral of the story...when you switch to a cheaper brand of cat fud...
Keep your weapons secured at all times
I read it was a glock. They do not just go off, this guy was having a stupid moment and paid for it.
I always believed that cats would use guns if they could.
I've seen teenage boys spit lugers. Or did they call them loogies?
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