Clumsy People With Guns, from MSNBC's Weird News

troy2000 · 11-12-2005, 12:29 PM

The following people accidentally shot themselves recently: a Fond du Lac, Wis., man, in the abdomen, while using a screwdriver to dislodge a round from his pistol (August); a Nacogdoches, Texas, woman, in the foot while trying to kill a snake on her property (September) (and the same woman, again trying to kill a snake, shot herself in the other foot the next day); a Tennessee Highway Patrolman, in the leg as he holstered his pistol while chasing a fleeing suspect near Maryville (August); a teenage boy, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a food store in New Caney, Texas (August); a 33-year-old Milwaukee man, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a man on the street (October). And Danny Walden, Taylorsville, Ky., was shot by the rifle he had set up in his home as a booby trap to protect his 115 marijuana plants (October).

Dale · 11-12-2005, 01:26 PM

I guess it's true what they say...."Do do happens."

LOL

Otter · 11-12-2005, 06:17 PM

Morons Happen!

"Life is too important to be taken seriously."

.22guy · 11-12-2005, 06:50 PM

I'll bet MSNBC never reports on people who have saved their own lives or the lives of others with their guns.

:smash:

Father Time · 11-12-2005, 08:35 PM

Last winter, some guy in the U.P. had his 9mm on the kitchen table while he made breakfast. The cat knocked it off and it shot him. The paper didn't say where it hit him, but someone who ought to know told me that it was somewhere that you least want to get hit.

troy2000 · 11-12-2005, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .22guy

I'll bet MSNBC never reports on people who have saved their own lives or the lives of others with their guns.

:smash:

Weird News is a feature at the bottom of their comics page that features stories of bizarre, absurd or just stupid behavior by people. It reports on things like the number of people arrested for murder in the last two months whose middle name is "Wayne," ridiculous behaviour called art by so-called artists, people who get stuck in fences while nude, etc. One of their favorite categories is "stupid criminals."

Feel-good stories about people who have used their guns properly are definitely outside the scope of the feature...

.22guy · 11-13-2005, 02:06 AM

Maybe true, but I doubt they vigorously defend the 2nd amendment. I don't think much of the mainstream media does.

troy2000 · 11-13-2005, 02:40 AM

Don't think it's the comic page's duty to vigorously defend the 2nd amendment, fond of the Constituion though I am...

.22guy · 11-13-2005, 09:34 PM

MSNBC consists entirely of comics? Wow, didn't know that.

troy2000 · 11-13-2005, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .22guy

MSNBC consists entirely of comics? Wow, didn't know that.

If you want, I'll ask the moderators to delete this thread.

ducktapehero · 11-14-2005, 12:05 AM

Regardless, I love McRibs.

Thrawn · 11-14-2005, 12:13 AM

I'm partial to the fish fillet myself.

.22guy · 11-14-2005, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troy2000

If you want, I'll ask the moderators to delete this thread.

I'm not finding offense. Just calling it like I see it. I think that it's unfair that the mainstream media reports on people shooting themselves, accidentally or not. But they never give much time to people responsibly using firearms. True?

We are all gun owners on this forum right? We are on the same side here man.

troy2000 · 11-14-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .22guy

I'm not finding offense. Just calling it like I see it. I think that it's unfair that the mainstream media reports on people shooting themselves, accidentally or not. But they never give much time to people responsibly using firearms. True?

We are all gun owners on this forum right? We are on the same side here man.

I understand what you're saying.

.22guy · 11-14-2005, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troy2000

I understand what you're saying.

Cool man. :cheer: I wasn't trying to be a jerk, even though reading back on my posts I could see how it looked that way.

11-12-2005, 12:29 PM	#1
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,017 Images: 9	Clumsy People With Guns, from MSNBC's Weird News The following people accidentally shot themselves recently: a Fond du Lac, Wis., man, in the abdomen, while using a screwdriver to dislodge a round from his pistol (August); a Nacogdoches, Texas, woman, in the foot while trying to kill a snake on her property (September) (and the same woman, again trying to kill a snake, shot herself in the other foot the next day); a Tennessee Highway Patrolman, in the leg as he holstered his pistol while chasing a fleeing suspect near Maryville (August); a teenage boy, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a food store in New Caney, Texas (August); a 33-year-old Milwaukee man, in the leg while fleeing after robbing a man on the street (October). And Danny Walden, Taylorsville, Ky., was shot by the rifle he had set up in his home as a booby trap to protect his 115 marijuana plants (October).

11-12-2005, 01:26 PM	#2
Dale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Too Dang Hot, Arizona Posts: 4,284	I guess it's true what they say...."Do do happens." LOL __________________ "It confuses me how some people can vigorously go against the 2nd. Amendment and still call themselves patriotic"-me

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Otter Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 980 Images: 6	Morons Happen! "Life is too important to be taken seriously." __________________ Life is too important to be taken seriously.

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ducktapehero Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southern Missouri Posts: 319	Regardless, I love McRibs. __________________ Is it Duck or Duct Tape? http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html "Me fail English? That's unpossible!!"----Ralph Wiggum

11-12-2005, 06:50 PM	#4
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,255	I'll bet MSNBC never reports on people who have saved their own lives or the lives of others with their guns. :smash:

11-12-2005, 08:35 PM	#5
Father Time Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 375 Images: 2	Last winter, some guy in the U.P. had his 9mm on the kitchen table while he made breakfast. The cat knocked it off and it shot him. The paper didn't say where it hit him, but someone who ought to know told me that it was somewhere that you least want to get hit.

11-13-2005, 02:06 AM	#7
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,255	Maybe true, but I doubt they vigorously defend the 2nd amendment. I don't think much of the mainstream media does.

11-13-2005, 02:40 AM	#8
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 10,017 Images: 9	Don't think it's the comic page's duty to vigorously defend the 2nd amendment, fond of the Constituion though I am...

11-13-2005, 09:34 PM	#9
.22guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,255	MSNBC consists entirely of comics? Wow, didn't know that.

11-14-2005, 12:13 AM	#12
Thrawn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Okeefenokee Posts: 1,618 Images: 6	I'm partial to the fish fillet myself.