Bullet ricochets off armadillo - wounds mother-in-law in Georgia

An armadillo’s shell: strong enough to deflect bullets. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Carol Johnson suffers non-life-threatenting injuries after bullet kills animal, rebounds, hits fence, travels through back door and recliner, before striking her in back

Sheriff’s deputies told WALB-TV that 54-year-old Larry McElroy fired his 9mm pistol at the armadillo on Sunday night in the southern state of Georgia.

Deputies say the bullet killed the armadillo, but bounced off the animal, hit a fence, traveled through the back door of the mother-in-law’s mobile home and the recliner in which she was sitting, striking her in the back.

McElroy’s 74-year-old mother-in-law, Carol Johnson, suffered injuries described as non-life-threatening. Sheriff’s investigator Bill Smith said she was walking and talking afterward.

Sherriff’s deputies say McElroy was about 100 yards (90 meters) away from the home when he shot the armadillo.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/14/georgia-man-kills-armadillo-wounds-mother-in-law-ricochet

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Talk about having a thick skin...

Don't really know what to think about this.

Can I laugh?

But, for the poor, unsuspecting armadillo.

And, down with stupid gun owers , in case I need to say it.