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I have Google-fu: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/286062" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;speedsix wrote:...the dog ate my search engine...
OldCannon wrote:I have Google-fu: http://galvestondailynews.com/story/286062" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;speedsix wrote:...the dog ate my search engine...
Not sure why folks couldn't find it, this is what I entered for search terms, "galveston gun discharge store" and it was the first result.
check the dates, this thread started on 1/14... 
Greybeard wrote:There was a similar incident with a .380 in DFW a few years back that involved an elderly gentleman in a church. The "story" was that the gun discharged when it hit the floor. IIRC, subsequent investigation revealed the bullet entered through the top of his foot. I noticed the article about the Target Store discharge said "no property damage". But we all know - unless he was carrying blanks - that bullet had to hit something.
You are an accomplished wordsmith sir.The Annoyed Man wrote:Back in my ER days, we had a patient who shot himself in the butt that way. He was at the Handlebar Saloon in Pasadena California and had a small caliber (.25 or .32 if I recall correctly) mouse gun in his back pocket, while quaffing great draughts of proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy..............and said pocket had a hole in it. His pea-shooter dropped out the hole and hit the floor muzzle up. The entrance wound was on the underside of his right buttock, and the exit wound was on the top of the same buttock. A regular Forest Gump he was, and a real pain in the ..... uh, posterior.
He had the right to remain silent, but he did not have the ability. At first he tried to tell Pasadena's finest that someone else had shot him in an altercation. However, his account did not jibe on several key points with statements given by multiple eyewitnesses: namely that they had seen the gun fall out of his pocket; seen the gun hit the floor; seen and heard the gun go off (over the sound of the juke-box playing Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son" at about 150 Db), seen the bullet strike him in the tushie; and seen the vic grab his posterior with both hands and bellow a mighty oath. He finally admitted that he had brought the gun to the bar and accidentally shot himself with it. Two bandaids and a shot of penicillin later, he was arrested and taken away.
Why, thankee thankee. I do love a good story.Dragonfighter wrote:You are an accomplished wordsmith sir.The Annoyed Man wrote:Back in my ER days, we had a patient who shot himself in the butt that way. He was at the Handlebar Saloon in Pasadena California and had a small caliber (.25 or .32 if I recall correctly) mouse gun in his back pocket, while quaffing great draughts of proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy..............and said pocket had a hole in it. His pea-shooter dropped out the hole and hit the floor muzzle up. The entrance wound was on the underside of his right buttock, and the exit wound was on the top of the same buttock. A regular Forest Gump he was, and a real pain in the ..... uh, posterior.
He had the right to remain silent, but he did not have the ability. At first he tried to tell Pasadena's finest that someone else had shot him in an altercation. However, his account did not jibe on several key points with statements given by multiple eyewitnesses: namely that they had seen the gun fall out of his pocket; seen the gun hit the floor; seen and heard the gun go off (over the sound of the juke-box playing Kansas' "Carry On Wayward Son" at about 150 Db), seen the bullet strike him in the tushie; and seen the vic grab his posterior with both hands and bellow a mighty oath. He finally admitted that he had brought the gun to the bar and accidentally shot himself with it. Two bandaids and a shot of penicillin later, he was arrested and taken away.
You're absolutely correct. A lot of guns would not go off if they landed muzzle up. This one did. I never saw the actual pistol, so I couldn't tell you what it was, and it might have been hammer fired.....and it very probably was a piece of junk. Certainly the guy who had it was not a discriminating individual.Liberty wrote:How does a gun go off that lands muzzle up?
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The incident that TAM describes doesn't bother me so much, as I can assume the gun was just a cheap piece of junk, but the incident in Galveston leaves me wondering if there aren't some CHLers carrying something that may be more dangerous to themselves than than they are aware. Perhaps it was a "catch the freefall" incident. It would be nice to know though.