Man shot three times while cleaning gun

Doglips · 05-12-2005, 08:13 PM

Man shot three times while cleaning gun

05/12/05
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v...localnews&om=0

A Centre, Ala. man reportedly shot himself three times by accident while cleaning his gun on May 6. From Polk County police reports: Kole Eugene Maxwell, 18, of 10370 County Road, Centre, Ala., was transported to Polk Medical Center for several gun shot wounds to his right side. Police met with Maxwell at the hospital, where he said that he was cleaning his 9 mm pistol when it went off. According to reports, Maxwell would not or could not tell the officer what address he was at when the incident occurred. Police attempted to speak to the subject who had brought Maxwell to the hospital, though, the subject had already left. The scene was then turned over to investigators with the Polk County Police Department. Maxwell was treated and released from Polk Medical Center.

Gunnie Ed · 05-12-2005, 08:26 PM

we all know the saying; shoot me once, shame on you, shoot me three times, shame on me.

they say that the leading cause of death in the country is obecity. but it's really stupidity.

Full MeTal Jack · 05-12-2005, 08:41 PM

Yeah buddy! I thinks someone else was cleaning the gun..........emptying the bullets out of the magazine!

troylaplante · 05-12-2005, 09:06 PM

I am glad I checked to make sure if this story was posted first before I did it.

troylaplante · 05-12-2005, 09:07 PM

Doglips must be a Farker.

gunssb · 05-12-2005, 10:06 PM

And I always wondered about the sign on the copper cleaner bottle "Make sure firearm is unloaded before cleaning" - I mean who could be so stupid. Now I know

ducktapehero · 05-12-2005, 10:21 PM

He's lucky he was cleaning a 9mm. He'd be a dead man had he been using a 45 or 357 he'd a blown his body into millions of bloody pieces. :spaceship :nod:

Sniper[MI] · 05-12-2005, 10:48 PM

*sniff, sniff, sniff*

I smell B.S.!!! :insane:

The idiot could have either been really high on meth, or come up with a better story than that!

Doglips · 05-13-2005, 06:33 AM

Yes Im a farker

Get lots of stories from that sight.....also why I post the source most of the time....some people just do such stupid things as to make one wounder if the story is real.

troylaplante · 05-13-2005, 06:46 AM

Just yesterday and today, I was hammered on a message board for posting a section of an opinion column and citing the link, which is proper internet etiquette. Some legal know-it-alls started busting my chops about copyright infringement and although they were wrong, tried citing legal quotations as to why their point was correct. Blah, blah, blah, blah.

ShooMac · 05-13-2005, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troylaplante

Doglips must be a Farker.

Great minds think alike: BOOBIES!

I doubt that the guy shot himself three times. The facts that he would not give the cop any details and that he was dropped off at the hospital by someone who cleared out leads me to suspect that drugs were involved.

Either that or this guy was 50 cent.

MAX7.62 · 05-13-2005, 10:56 AM

Coulda been a junk Jennings, I won't even discuss working on one of those POS's, I have known of more than one of them slamfiring a whole magazine out! A dear friend of mine who is one of the best gunsmiths I know had a Jennings "run" on him a couple of years ago, actually caught a round on the tip of one finger. He took it back apart and gave it back to the customer in pieces minus the firing pin. There was also a sign placed on the door instructing anyone NOT to even bring one into the shop!

BamaBowTie · 05-13-2005, 12:44 PM

That really ain't too far from me. I would guess a meth deal gone bad. There is such a problem around here with meth a pot, it's just unreal!

hounddawg · 05-15-2005, 12:44 PM

I suspect that he was determined to get the pistol clean. I mean, It seems that he must have tried three times?

gunssb · 05-15-2005, 12:58 PM

Or he might have gone with the directions "Ensure firearm is unloaded before cleaning". The warning probably forgot to mention that pulling the trigger is not the right way to check this - happened before, e.g. the airport incident. Our trapmaster was telling me someone actually did this to him the other day (fortunately the shotgun was empty) :insane: The guy was promptly sent home for the day.

But I agree, something is fishy here.

05-12-2005, 08:13 PM	#1
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Man shot three times while cleaning gun Man shot three times while cleaning gun 05/12/05 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v...localnews&om=0 A Centre, Ala. man reportedly shot himself three times by accident while cleaning his gun on May 6. From Polk County police reports: Kole Eugene Maxwell, 18, of 10370 County Road, Centre, Ala., was transported to Polk Medical Center for several gun shot wounds to his right side. Police met with Maxwell at the hospital, where he said that he was cleaning his 9 mm pistol when it went off. According to reports, Maxwell would not or could not tell the officer what address he was at when the incident occurred. Police attempted to speak to the subject who had brought Maxwell to the hospital, though, the subject had already left. The scene was then turned over to investigators with the Polk County Police Department. Maxwell was treated and released from Polk Medical Center.

05-12-2005, 08:26 PM	#2
Gunnie Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: three clicks left of center. Posts: 811	we all know the saying; shoot me once, shame on you, shoot me three times, shame on me. they say that the leading cause of death in the country is obecity. but it's really stupidity. __________________ http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y95.../warinmine.gif

05-12-2005, 08:41 PM	#3
Full MeTal Jack Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,466 Images: 5	Yeah buddy! I thinks someone else was cleaning the gun..........emptying the bullets out of the magazine! __________________ [IMG]http://img287.echo.cx/img287/63/9130110x100a4vb.jpg

05-12-2005, 10:21 PM	#7
ducktapehero Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southern Missouri Posts: 319	He's lucky he was cleaning a 9mm. He'd be a dead man had he been using a 45 or 357 he'd a blown his body into millions of bloody pieces. :spaceship :nod: __________________ Is it Duck or Duct Tape? http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html "Me fail English? That's unpossible!!"----Ralph Wiggum

05-12-2005, 10:48 PM	#8
Sniper[MI] Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Future 51st state, "New Hope" Posts: 3,796	sniff, sniff, sniff I smell B.S.!!! :insane: The idiot could have either been really high on meth, or come up with a better story than that! __________________ FNUH!

05-12-2005, 09:06 PM	#4
troylaplante Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Selma, NC Posts: 2,223	I am glad I checked to make sure if this story was posted first before I did it.

05-12-2005, 09:07 PM	#5
troylaplante Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Selma, NC Posts: 2,223	Doglips must be a Farker.

05-12-2005, 10:06 PM	#6
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833	And I always wondered about the sign on the copper cleaner bottle "Make sure firearm is unloaded before cleaning" - I mean who could be so stupid. Now I know

05-13-2005, 06:33 AM	#9
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Yes Im a farker Get lots of stories from that sight.....also why I post the source most of the time....some people just do such stupid things as to make one wounder if the story is real.

05-13-2005, 06:46 AM	#10
troylaplante Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Selma, NC Posts: 2,223	Just yesterday and today, I was hammered on a message board for posting a section of an opinion column and citing the link, which is proper internet etiquette. Some legal know-it-alls started busting my chops about copyright infringement and although they were wrong, tried citing legal quotations as to why their point was correct. Blah, blah, blah, blah.

05-13-2005, 10:56 AM	#12
MAX7.62 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Classified Posts: 934	Coulda been a junk Jennings, I won't even discuss working on one of those POS's, I have known of more than one of them slamfiring a whole magazine out! A dear friend of mine who is one of the best gunsmiths I know had a Jennings "run" on him a couple of years ago, actually caught a round on the tip of one finger. He took it back apart and gave it back to the customer in pieces minus the firing pin. There was also a sign placed on the door instructing anyone NOT to even bring one into the shop! __________________ The Second Amendment, it ain't about DUCK HUNTING! I feel more like I do now that I did when I first got here!

05-13-2005, 12:44 PM	#13
BamaBowTie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alexandria, AL Posts: 226 Images: 1	That really ain't too far from me. I would guess a meth deal gone bad. There is such a problem around here with meth a pot, it's just unreal! __________________ "They call you paranoid until the worst happens, and in the aftermath they call you a hero." -Me

05-15-2005, 12:44 PM	#14
hounddawg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South of Nasty-vile, Tennessee Posts: 535 Images: 1	I suspect that he was determined to get the pistol clean. I mean, It seems that he must have tried three times? __________________ http://images.animationfactory.com/a...ing_md_clr.gif If the people be of sound mind, laws are unneccesary. If the people be not of sound mind, laws are useless. --Plato

05-15-2005, 12:58 PM	#15
gunssb Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: socal Posts: 1,833	Or he might have gone with the directions "Ensure firearm is unloaded before cleaning". The warning probably forgot to mention that pulling the trigger is not the right way to check this - happened before, e.g. the airport incident. Our trapmaster was telling me someone actually did this to him the other day (fortunately the shotgun was empty) :insane: The guy was promptly sent home for the day. But I agree, something is fishy here.