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Man shot after throwing shoe at roach. (Original Post)
DetlefK
Apr 2019
OP
Who was holding the roach at the time? Were they toking on it when the shoe was thrown?
ProudLib72
Apr 2019
#9
Autumn
(45,107 posts)1. Shit. Roaches are packing?
That was my first thought, too. What a world!
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)4. Damn, the NRA has a whole new constituency?
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)8. What do you think the "R" stood for anyway?
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)10. I thought it was "rats"...
guess I was wrong.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)11. We shouldn't be so hard on rats and roaches, I guess.
I feel kind of bad now.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)13. Are you kidding? They'll most likely outlast us...
Global warming won't kill them.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)14. Yeah. I'm hoping to get adaptations tips from them. :)
Joking...sort of.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)2. The roaches are out to take over the world.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)5. this was inevitable really
don't know why anyone is surprised.
Aristus
(66,388 posts)6. They're getting more violent. Thanks, NRA!
When I was a kid, my dad woke up one morning to find a cockroach trying on his combat boots. It didn't get any worse than that. Cockroaches used to know how to de-escalate.
jpak
(41,758 posts)7. Don't fuck with the Roches
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)9. Who was holding the roach at the time? Were they toking on it when the shoe was thrown?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)12. Was it a high-capacity roach clip?
Yes, technically a "roach magazine", but who's quibbling about jargon?
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)15. Roaches will take just so much shit.
Then all bets are off.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)16. He shot himself - sort of
Detroit police: Man throws shoe with gun in it at cockroach, bullet strikes him in foot
By Dave Bartkowiak Jr.
Posted: 8:41 AM, March 19, 2019
Updated: 8:41 AM, March 19, 2019
DETROIT - A man trying to kill a cockroach ended up with a bullet wound in his foot Tuesday morning at a home in the 18700 block of Albion Street in Detroit.
Police said the 50-year-old man, who uses a wheelchair, threw his shoe at the cockroach in an effort to kill the bug. However, his revolver was inside the shoe. The gun fell out of the shoe, discharged and a bullet struck him in his foot.
His condition is not known at this time.
Short story, no more at link: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/detroit-police-man-throws-shoe-with-gun-in-it-at-cockroach-bullet-strikes-him-in-foot?30qET7
By Dave Bartkowiak Jr.
Posted: 8:41 AM, March 19, 2019
Updated: 8:41 AM, March 19, 2019
DETROIT - A man trying to kill a cockroach ended up with a bullet wound in his foot Tuesday morning at a home in the 18700 block of Albion Street in Detroit.
Police said the 50-year-old man, who uses a wheelchair, threw his shoe at the cockroach in an effort to kill the bug. However, his revolver was inside the shoe. The gun fell out of the shoe, discharged and a bullet struck him in his foot.
His condition is not known at this time.
Short story, no more at link: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/detroit-police-man-throws-shoe-with-gun-in-it-at-cockroach-bullet-strikes-him-in-foot?30qET7