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Texas man shot after bullet he fired at animal ricocheted off its shell and hit him
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 31 July 2015
| Snejana Farberov
Posted on 07/31/2015 3:21:27 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Officials in Cass County, Texas, say the man suffered a graze wound to the head when he fired at an armadillo and the bullet ricocheted off the mammal's rigid protective covering and struck him.
In April, 54-year-old Larry McElroy, of Leesburg, Georgia, accidentally shot his mother-in-law when the round he fired at an armadillo bounced off its shell and struck the 74-year-old woman in the back.
In that case, the armadillo did not survive.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist
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To: Mount Athos
“Accidentally?” That’s his story and he’s sticking to it.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:23:55 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Mount Athos
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:24:07 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:29:37 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:31:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Mount Athos
To: Mount Athos
From the headline alone, the timeline seems to be this:
1. Fellow shoots at critter
2. Bullet richochets
3. Somebody shoots the first fellow
4. First fellow dies
Then I read the story.
They have dead armadillos writing headlines over there.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:37:20 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Jeff Chandler
That’s why we need armor piercing rounds in our ARs!
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:40:54 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: Covenantor
They have dead armadillos writing headlines over there.Says it all.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:41:04 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
To: Mount Athos
An old 22 short might ricochet off an Armadillo shell but not likely. Sounds strange to me.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:43:09 PM PDT
by
yetidog
To: Mount Athos
ALWAYS use AP rounds when potshotting armadillos.
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posted on
07/31/2015 3:44:34 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: yetidog
Pellet gun? AirSoft? After all, a gun is a gun to liberal newshbags, ya know.
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:06:10 PM PDT
by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: Mount Athos
You’ll shoot your eye out!
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:08:25 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Where'd my tagline go?)
To: Mount Athos
Georgia.... im so shocked.
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
wyowolf
To: Mount Athos
Armadillos are tasty. They’re like opossum on the half-shell.
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:13:32 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Covenantor
LOL
You would think that a Journalism Degree would include at least one class on the proper structure of a sentence.
I guess the “let’s screw Conservatives” class takes up all four years.
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:14:05 PM PDT
by
rikkir
(You can lead a horde to knowledge but you canÂ’t make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
To: Liberty Valance
My 5 year old grandson likes bugs and especially roly poly bugs. I’ll send that to his mom.
Thanks.
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:18:06 PM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: Covenantor
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:20:07 PM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Mount Athos
Lesson Learned: Never shoot at an armored dildo!
To: Mount Athos
"TX 77 in the vicinity of Marietta"? I drove 77 through that area twice on Wednesday...
It blows my mind that I learn about something (not unbelievable -- especially for a shotgun pellet or .22) in my out-of-the-way county -- from a British paper -- and via FR!!
How do the Brits do that?
Guess I'll have to scour the local papers closely to see if this is ever reported here -- where it happened...
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posted on
07/31/2015 4:55:58 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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