Darwin visits Michigan (Dope with rifle, et al...)

[erik the bold]

Gun fires as man bashes windshield, injuring him
POLICE BLOTTER
FLINT, MI
THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION
Monday, July 16, 2007
By Kim Crawford
Journal Staff Writer

FLINT - An east-side Flint man who was smashing a car windshield with a rifle was critically injured when the gun went off Saturday night, hitting him in the stomach.

Flint police said the man, 30, got into an argument with his neighbor about a party that was going on in the Maplewood Avenue and Davison Road area.

At some point, the man went to his home, got a rifle and started smashing a car windshield. As he was striking the windshield, the gun fired.

The man was initially in critical condition and has been upgraded to stable condition at a Flint hospital, said Flint police Sgt. Jay Parker.

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He daddy must never tol him to use da right tool fo de job....

 

[Sindawe]

Thoughts the mind of the rifle...

as the fool described above carries on.

"You nit-wit. I. AM. NOT. A. CLUB! Allow me to demonstrate for you, you fool. "

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

LOL, thats good stuff right there. Next time I go hunting, I'm gonna take a crow bar or a baseball bat....Just to see if they are interchangable.

 

[pacodelahoya]

1. The gun didn't "Just go off".

2. He should have just shot the window out and saved everyone involved a lot of aggravation.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

So . . . NOT drop safe?

I'm trying to picture this.

"Went off" while being used as a club.

Had to be loaded and cocked. Or at least loaded with hammer down on live round.

Or . . .

Anyone?

Draw me a picture?

 

[SDC]

That's ALMOST as bad as the idiot who managed to shoot himself while beating his dog with the butt of a loaded shotgun...

 

[eltorrente]

That's ALMOST as bad as the idiot who managed to shoot himself while beating his dog with the butt of a loaded shotgun...

HAHA - I just don't feel bad for this guy. I'm not a fan of animal cruelty, and it sounds like he got a big dose of Karma.

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

That's ALMOST as bad as the idiot who managed to shoot himself while beating his dog with the butt of a loaded shotgun...

Or the guy who shot himself while hitting .223 rounds with a hammer and nail so he could sell the brass.

Granted, its a different scenario, but all three were GENIUS ideas.

Weren't all three shot in the stomach? Sounds like the world would be a better(smarter) place if they were shot 6-8 inches lower.

 

[Rich K]

Dipsticks are everywhere. Thank God for Darwin.

 

[FieroCDSP]

I'm trying to picture this.

"Went off" while being used as a club.

Had to be loaded and cocked. Or at least loaded with hammer down on live round.

It'd be more telling if we knew what it was, but here's a mental picture for you.

Mosin Nagant M44. Live round in the chamber, bolt closed. The metal butt-plate on those things makes for a handy smasher. A few good whacks and the trigger finally slips the bolt (you are using it with the motion in the direction of the trigger). Blam!!!

Just one example.

 

[FieroCDSP]

If you envinsion the guy on the hood of the car smashing down on the windshield, you get a clearer idea of how easy it would be to do.

Incidently, I think the Darwin Award is given only to people who remove themselves from the gene-pool (ie death or unable to reproduce) Survivors need not apply.

 

[Daisy]

Darwin Award

What an Idiot. I have a Friend that lives near there I'll Have to E-Mail him this story and see if he's heard about it. Maybe he knows more details.

 

[enfield]

*That* was not an accident -- and the rifle didn't "go off".

 

[elrod]

He obviously did not apply the 4 basic rules. One has to wonder what use he would find for a handgun.

 

[obxned]

This jerk is not even worthy of a Darwin Award nomination.

 

[Caimlas]

This is hilarious! Especially the comment about the idiot who shot himself while beating his dog (served him right).

 

[Travis McGee]

I hate when that happens.

 

[fletcher]

got a rifle and started smashing a car windshield

So... when your rifle runs out of impact, then you start using the bullets?

 

[phaed]

there's yer sign

 

[RoadkingLarry]

This is my rifle, this is my crow bar...

 

[Geno]

Watch congress come out and madate firing pin blocks in all rifles now. Afterall, big brother has to protect us from ourselves.

 

[strat81]

Discharging a firearm within city limits is probably against the law, hence using it as a club. Personally, I'd look for a bat, or maybe a shovel or frying pan.