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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:19 PM
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Alabama Man Sleeps With Gun, Shoots Himself
Wound Not Life-Threatening

POSTED: 3:25 pm EDT April 30, 2009
UPDATED: 10:40 am EDT May 1, 2009

NORTHPORT, Ala. -- A 24-year-old man likely will rethink his habit of sleeping with a gun after police said his 40-caliber pistol discharged and hit him in the shoulder on Wednesday.

A police detective said the wound was not life-threatening.

The shooting at his apartment complex was ruled an accident.

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/19335025/detail.html

Bright one here...:wow:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:20 PM
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1. That was no accident
Darwin made sure of that.
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:22 PM
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5. Watch Out - He's not out of the gene pool yet.
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:22 PM
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7. Natural selection at work. /nt
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:21 PM
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2. reminds me of the guy in "Bowling for Columbine": Moore: "no, don't do that..." n/t
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:21 PM
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3. Gun owners are a laugh riot! nt
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:05 AM
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34. I guess you laugh at people who injure themselves with power tools also.
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western mass Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:45 AM
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40. Yes, I would laugh at someone who slept with a chainsaw.
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 03:20 AM
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44. LOL
or an ax
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 06:29 PM
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49. Classy your parents must be proud.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:21 PM
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4. maybe there was a monster under the bed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2a8NLuVwIs
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:22 PM
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6. When I hold you in my arms, and I feel my fingers on your trigger,
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:25 PM
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11. Ohhhhh Sweetness..
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kJUzkkXDGsU/SbfiEPtIEdI/AAAAAAAABtY/utA8w8hNpWw/s320/colbert+gun.jpg
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rufus dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:52 PM
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23. Don't you know that happiness....
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:24 PM
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8. He was hit in the wrong area
He is still capable of reproducing and contaminating the gene pool.

There is still hope for a Darwin award for him in the future. He's only 24. I predict he will meet his demise in some bizarre fashion brought on by his own stupidity and thus be eligible for the award.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:24 PM
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9. I'm a "gun nut", I reckon but even I hear Nelson's "heh heh" laugh
nt
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:25 PM
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10. How much fear does one have to feel to sleep with a gun in their bed!
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Paladin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:05 PM
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28. I've Seen Posts In The DU Gun Dungeon.....
....where individuals have admitted they won't go out of their houses unless they're carrying a pistol---and three fully loaded magazines. It's the three magazines thing that gets to me; how much fear do you have be burdened with to tote that much firepower around, enough for a full scale street fight? What sort of thinking (if you can dignify it with that term)goes into a decision like that? Where do personal safety measures end and wishing for a bloody altercation begin? Genuinely distressing.....
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:03 AM
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33. Do you have a link to those multiple posts?
I have seen a few cops in the gungeon talk about what they carry everyday. I'd love to see those posts.

David
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 03:21 AM
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45. How much stupid does one have to have to sleep with a gun in their bed?
:think:
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:26 PM
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12. ...
:spray:
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Dr Fate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:26 PM
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13. Remember the guy who shot himself while scratching his back with a shot-gun barrel?
I wonder if they are related.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:28 PM
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14. I sleep with a knife
And I don't set it up so I might roll on it and kill myself. I don't mind having some protection nearby, but you can't be a freaking idiot like this guy.
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konnichi wa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:29 PM
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15. He should name that gun Bobbit
:D
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:34 PM
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16. Damn, he coulda been up for a Darwin Award.
Maybe next time.
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ChromeFoundry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:42 PM
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17. This guy is always getting himself in the news...

I wonder if he still has that "Get a Brain! Morans", poster?
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:54 PM
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18. He must've been stroking the the wrong barrel.
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aikoaiko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:58 PM
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19. I never understood how people could sleep with a gun under the pillow.

I'd be too afraid of accidentally pulling the trigger while in twilight or sleeping.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:15 PM
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20. I laughed out loud before I even clicked this thread
That's a funny headline.

It is poetic justice.

The man should sue himself for assault.

Too bad there's no cure for stupidity.
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:33 PM
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21. A basic rule of a self defense weapon in a bedroom...
is that you should have to get out of your bed and take a step before you can grab it.

Many, many times a person has woke up from a nightmare and shot their mate who was walking into the bedroom.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:19 PM
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30. I keep mine in a quick-open pistol safe.
It's right next to my bed, but I have to have enough neurons firing to be able to enter the combination to open the safe before I can get at the gun.
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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:34 AM
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31. Exactly the same place I keep mine. (n/t)
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:39 PM
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22. Did anyone get his freeper name?
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:59 PM
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24. Can't they buy a banana and sleep with that instead? I mean, if that goes off it's just mushy.
:wow:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 08:05 PM
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25. This gives gun porn a whole new meaning.
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L0oniX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 08:08 PM
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26. Guns don't go off on their own.
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 06:57 AM
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48. He had a round chambered and the safety off
Or it wouldn't have fired.
Perhaps these things happened while he was fondling, er cleaning it earlier.
I'm glad he survived. But he's a f*cking fool.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 08:10 PM
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27. Dude needs a girlfriend.
Or a boyfriend, whatever.

That's one lonely soul to be cozying up to a firearm.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:06 PM
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29. Almost a Darwin Award there...
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:41 AM
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32. Whoopsy!
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Fire_Medic_Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:07 AM
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35. Nice to see so many grabbers here laughing at this mans injury. Most are the same...
hypocrites that criticize anyone who posts a story about defensive use of firearms. The hypocrisy of the gun grabbers knows no bounds.


David
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zagging Donating Member (531 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:08 AM
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36. Don't they mean, "Shoots Hizzseff"? eom, n/t, etc...
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:12 AM
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37. "his 40-caliber pistol discharged"
Impossible.

Should read:

"Dumbass shoots himself."
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:14 AM
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38. I do hope "sleep with" was meant literally, not as a euphemism
and dang that gun for just discharging. Which leads me to ponder further about what "sleeps with" means
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 03:22 AM
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46. No, it wasn't the vacuum cleaner's night
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Joe the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:20 AM
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39. What exactly was he afraid of?..........
the boogeyman? Seriously though, I would have just kept it under the bed or something. In the unlikely event that someone does break in it would only take you about 3-5 seconds to grab it out from under the bed, and about another 3 or 4 seconds to aim and fire. Was this guy THAT paranoid that he had to have it at side while sleeping?

I'm not going to fault anyone for keeping some home protection but a little common sense goes a long way.

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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 02:48 AM
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41. he's lucky he only shot himself
how thick are the walls in this "apartment complex"?
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 03:16 AM
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42. I sleep with a ninja under my pillow, just in case.
You never know when you will need to secretly kill someone without leaving the comfort of your bed.
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 03:19 AM
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43. What's his position on circumcision?
:rofl:
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 06:41 AM
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47. Chinese Proverbs: 1. Sleep with dogs .. get fleas. 2. Sleep with guns .. get lead.
If you must have a gun nearby to sleep, what's wrong with a drawer in a bedside table? I'll take fleas, thank you. I sleep with a 70-pound mutt with a very intimidating bark (and, usually, no fleas).
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