Utah man shoots toilet @ Carl's jr.

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Moron.

Always check the load in your pants before.... mmm....
Always check out your gun before pulling up your..... mmm....
that thing in your pants is dangerous..... ummm

never mind...
 
I wonder what type of gun he was carrying that went off when dropped.

I wonder if the safety was on or off.:confused:

At least the gun didn't shoot a hole in the toilet flush valve or in the water pipe leading to the valve. The guy might have also gotten and unexpected shower.
 
The article:

Unlucky loo: Man's gun fires, shatters toilet
January 14th, 2009 @ 11:19am
CENTERVILLE, Utah (AP) -- The man escaped with a few cuts to his arm, but the toilet made out much worse.

Police say a man's gun fell out of its holster while he pulled up his pants after using the bathroom at a Carl's Jr. restaurant. The gun fired when it hit the floor and shattered the commode.


A few shards of porcelain hit and cut the man's arm. A woman in an adjacent restroom reported chest pain after she was scared by the shot. Both people were checked at the scene and released.

Police say they confiscated the 26-year-old man's firearm while they review the Tuesday incident. The man had a concealed weapons permit. No charges are being filed
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And, of course, I'm sure that this tragic incident could have been avoided if only there was a mandatory shooting test prior to this poor sop being allowed to carry a concealed weapon. :rolleyes:

Oh, wait.
 
more likely he tried to catch the falling gun--fumbled it and thats wht the gun discharged.

so he has a unretentive holster
coupled with his gun handling training lacking potty control

as no one was injured in the killing of the commode--this is just too funny
 
Ok, let's keep the humor within the bounds of THR.


The reporter said he was carrying it in his waistband and the writeup says it fell out of his holster.

Obviously the method of carry was not secure.

It's unlikely that the gun went off when it hit the floor and far more likely that he fumble the catch and pulled the trigger.

We've had serious discussions of how to deal with your carry gun while in a public toilet and we've had discussions of reports of people/security/le leaving their weapon in the bathroom. The smartest thing I've seen on the topic is put the weapon in the "hammock" formed by your pants so that you don't forget it/drop it.
 
Oh, man.

I think when the old biddy in the ladies' next door gasped, I'd have shouted, "Excuse me."

That crapper probably had it coming, though.
 
That is what I like about a holstered pocket pistol. When I drop my britches to my ankles it stays in the holster, inside my pocket. I do my business pull em up, do a quick check that it is still in place, and I'm on my way.
 
That was my first thought. Other states would have come up with some sort of charge. If the thing went off just hitting the floor, heck...they can KEEP the gun.
 
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