.45 isn't even a cell phone stopper, let alone a manstopper

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I really like the Sheriff's response. Surprising to here a public official say "s**t happens" when they're not involved in after action CYA. I'm glad he didn't broadly condemn shooting and firearms.
 
Bah. If it didn't even have enough energy left to crack the plastic on the phone, it wouldn't have broken his skin either.
 
Reports of pocket Bibles saving their owners' lives pop up every so often. Richard says he's sure that God told him to put the phone in his overalls chest pocket rather than a pants pocket as usual. He said that Saturday's incident increased his faith.
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Why didn't God just tell the shooter not to pull the trigger at that moment?
 
Why didn't God just tell the shooter not to pull the trigger at that moment?
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:D:D

Would have been cheaper if god had just let him know, it was time for a glass of sweet tea, at the correct moment.
Or called him on that cell, he told him to put in that pocket, and just say, "Richard, this is god, duck!"
 
Once again, pistols are pistols, rifles are rifles, and distance is your friend.
 
They never say what kind of bullet except .45 caliber unless I missed something. Could have been a 600-grain solid from a .458 Win Mag for all we know.
 
On a riding lawnmower, at that distance, hitting a cell phone.

That's either the most unlucky ricochet ever, or someone is a very good shot.

All kidding aside, as hso said:

"if you fire a weapon anywhere, you are criminally and civilly responsible for where the bullet comes down."

Never forget that.
 
I just saw the story on the evening news. They showed the bullet and the cellphone. The man who got hit said he was very lucky, that if he hadn't had his cellphone in his pocket the bullet would have killed him for sure. I had to laugh at that. The small dent (dent, not hole) in the cell phone was so shallow, I think I could throw the bullet at the phone faster and cause more damage. If he hadn't had the cellphone, I seriously doubt the bullet would have even broken the skin. It probably would have left a bruise, but that's about it. That bullet traveled a long way or lost most of its energy in a ricochet or two.

The bullet was a round nose, but I think it had a cannelure, so it wasn't a "normal" .45 ACP bullet. It looked to be too long to be a .45 FMJ. (I should have recorded the story to have a better look.)
 
Glad the fella is alright. If I ever anticipate 500-yard shots at cell phones or any other target, reckon I'll continue using a rifle. In the meantime, I'll keep carrying my trusty 1911 for those shots under 20 & typically much nearer. And remember: "A handgun is what you use to fight your way back to your real gun."
 
It was a .45 caliber bullet, and it hit his cell phone. Investigators said the bullet was probably shot a quarter of a mile away or more, and was probably falling at the time it hit Richard.
 
I'm really impressed that a .45 can hit such a small target as a cellphone from a quarter mile. I never realized the round had such good inherent accuracy.:)
 
Yeah, well when I was in the SeaBees back in the 'Nam we had this guy out on his Cat in the middle of a rice paddy.

His Zippo stopped an AK round from Charlie . . .

-- and if you believe that story, let me tell you about hunting the side-hill gougers with Sarah Palin in Alaska.

:neener:
 
Hmm Well, good to read that he wasn't arrested for using his cell phone (for self defense) while driving (his mower)
 
The bullet was a round nose, but I think it had a cannelure, so it wasn't a "normal" .45 ACP bullet. It looked to be too long to be a .45 FMJ.
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The pictures Mississippi posted make it looks like a .45ACP. Picture 2 looks too long, but when you look at 7, you realize it's on a reflective surface, so the "cannelure" is just the base of the bullet being reflected.
 
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