They'll send this guy...
Posted on 04/24/2009 7:15:08 PM PDT by John W
PLEASANT LAKE, Ind. (WANE) - George Fath moved to his mobile home in rural Steuben County two months ago. The previous owners left a lot of trash in the yard, so Fath was cleaning up Thursday afternoon. That's when he found a 22 caliber bullet in the yard. He didn't want his three young boys to get hurt from the bullet, so Fath decided to dispose of it.
"My hammer was outside so I took the bullet and put it on a rock and smacked it with the hammer," Fath said.
Fath wasn't expecting the bullet to fire.
"It went off and went into my belly and knocked me on my butt," Fath said.
Fath said he thought he was shot in the stomach. His wife called 911. According to the police report the bullet didn't actually hit Fath.
"Fath was not bleeding, and it did not appear that Fath was struck with the bullet. Fath suffered a minor abrasion to the area of his stomach," police records read.
But, Fath told NewsChannel 15 the bullet did go in his stomach and doctors removed it at the hospital.
"I smacked the bullet and fell down and blood came pouring out," Fath said. "I was hitting it to smash it. I didn't expect it to go bang."
Fath said he'll never hit a bullet with a hammer again.
"I wasn't thinking about it. It was the dumbest thing I ever did in my life. I suggest nobody do it," Fath said.
Police agree. Steuben County Sheriff Rick Lewis said no one should ever hit a bullet with anything.
"The round can go anywhere. It could hit the person striking it with a hammer, a neighbor, a child in the yard. There's just no controlling where the bullet will go," Lewis said.
A bullet doesn't have to be in a gun to fire.
"Anytime you get pressure [to the end of the bullet] to cause it to explode, it will fire," Lewis said.
If someone finds a bullet, don't throw it in the trash either.
"Call local law enforcement and we can take car of it," Lewis said.
I did that when i was a little children
“Fath said he’ll never hit a bullet with a hammer again.”
Well there you go. Lesson learned.
Darwin Award front runner!
Huh?
Sorry, a little under two minutes long. Over five if you included pauses as you laugh hysterically.
They'll send this guy...
Sounds like this dude didn't get enough attention as a kid.
LOL I caught that too.
“Hey, Bubba, watch this.”
It is clearly time to ban assault hammers.
Fath wasn't expecting the bullet to fire.
It's gunpowder surrounded by metal, what did this idiot think was going to happen?
It was totally safe just the way it was.
Attention whore......Did he also call the media to shed light on just how stupid he and his wife really are??
Moron....everybody knows the proper way to dispose of a .22LR is to set it on top of a 9-volt battery...
George, put that down. Your gonna put an eye out.
You know, when you report a bullet so they seize your car. Well, it works with drugs, anyway. To many officers, guns = drugs.
Idiots reporting on idiots.
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