This is the best headline I read in Ages-
Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
LMAO. She didn't just shoot herself either
The 43-year-old woman pulled out her .44-caliber Magnum revolver after she saw the mice scurrying across the floor of her trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, sheriff's officials said.Fox News reported the mouse escaped unharmed. While I'm a gun owner(I inherited mine from my late father. The only time I used a firearm was during my Navy training), I'm ambivalent on gun control. Today's story being an example of people who shouldn't be near firearms. Trying to shoot a mouse is the definition of overkill.But she accidentally dropped the gun, which went off as it struck the floor. The bullet went through the woman's kneecap, bounced off the keys sitting on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer and grazed the man's groin before ending up in his coin pocket.
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Comments (16)
Lets see, 'trailer park', '... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | July 11, 2008 1:48 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Lets see, 'trailer park', 'gun', 'male visitor'.....I'm curious if any 'alcohol' was involved.
1. Posted by GarandFan | July 11, 2008 1:48 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 13:48
2. Posted by hyperbolist | July 11, 2008 1:54 PM | Score: -11 (11 votes cast)
Stating that a Magnum ought not be used for pest control is an abridgement of the Second Amendment, Bill. What exactly is your problem with freedom?
2. Posted by hyperbolist | July 11, 2008 1:54 PM |
Score: -11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 13:54
3. Posted by Peter F. | July 11, 2008 1:56 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
That's Darwin worthy...almost.
3. Posted by Peter F. | July 11, 2008 1:56 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 13:56
4. Posted by Mac Lorry | July 11, 2008 2:16 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Ok, the woman dropped the gun and we know what happened. What I would like to know is what did she think would happen if she had shot at the mouse? Assuming it's not Mighty mouse, a 44 mag would go through the mouse and likely through the wall or floor and then who knows where. Maybe she used the 44 mag because it's the end of the week and she was out of hand grenades.
4. Posted by Mac Lorry | July 11, 2008 2:16 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 14:16
5. Posted by Donna B. | July 11, 2008 3:01 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
For mice, I prefer a tiny trebuchet.
5. Posted by Donna B. | July 11, 2008 3:01 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 15:01
6. Posted by Paden Cash | July 11, 2008 3:24 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Based on the fact that she dropped the firearm, I postulate her marksmanship is no better than her gun handling skills. That said, a shotgun would have been a better rodent control device. It also puts larger holes in the wall, making it easier for surviving rodents to make good an escape.
6. Posted by Paden Cash | July 11, 2008 3:24 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 15:24
7. Posted by hyperbolist | July 11, 2008 3:29 PM | Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Hahaha--tiny trebuchet.
Or little lengths of string, with which to flog them to death. (Monty Python, pretty sure)
7. Posted by hyperbolist | July 11, 2008 3:29 PM |
Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 15:29
8. Posted by Clancy | July 11, 2008 3:41 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Lucky mouse. Since it was a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow the mouses head clean off...
8. Posted by Clancy | July 11, 2008 3:41 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 15:41
9. Posted by Gmac | July 11, 2008 3:44 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I'm with GarandFan in thinking there's a lot more to this 'story' than was told to the officers and paramedics that showed up.
9. Posted by Gmac | July 11, 2008 3:44 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 15:44
10. Posted by Wayne | July 11, 2008 4:23 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Just my speculations her, but I bet the caliber was misstated for one, probably a 45 or at least a 45 shell in a 44 Magnum if not something completely different. I also suspect it was an accident that had nothing to do with a mouse.
To use this as an example for gun control legislation would be ridiculous. There was a guy around here that fell into a corner of a building while taking a leak. He hit s sharp outcrop and cut his throat and almost died. Should we pass legislation dealing with that? People do stupid stuff sometimes.
10. Posted by Wayne | July 11, 2008 4:23 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 16:23
11. Posted by Wayne | July 11, 2008 4:56 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I meant 44 shorts not 45's
and I have a nerve to complain about mistatements.
11. Posted by Wayne | July 11, 2008 4:56 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 16:56
12. Posted by Matt | July 11, 2008 4:59 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Hmmm, she should of used a Mouse Gun (.22Lr, .25ACP, etc) instead of a Magnum.
12. Posted by Matt | July 11, 2008 4:59 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 11, 2008 16:59
13. Posted by Herman | July 11, 2008 7:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Someone tries to be cruel, and the cruelty comes back upon her. Of Mice and Women
13. Posted by Herman | July 11, 2008 7:09 PM |
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Posted on July 11, 2008 19:09
14. Posted by bobdog | July 11, 2008 9:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
About the only rule she didn't break was "Use enough gun..."
14. Posted by bobdog | July 11, 2008 9:41 PM |
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Posted on July 11, 2008 21:41
15. Posted by 1903A3 | July 12, 2008 5:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
she should have used a .410 w/full choke& 3in #7 shot. tight shot group,small hole
15. Posted by 1903A3 | July 12, 2008 5:35 AM |
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Posted on July 12, 2008 05:35
16. Posted by Imhotep | July 12, 2008 9:36 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I think the .44 may have been the blood alcohol content!
You know they were drunk, and/or high on crystal meth!
16. Posted by Imhotep | July 12, 2008 9:36 AM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 12, 2008 09:36