oldfart
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In The Oregonian for Saturday, June 26, there was an article about the use of "an obscenity" by the Vice President in an incident at the Senate. As a sidebar to the main story, to show that such behavior isn't unheard of, there was a list of previous incidents within the halls of Congress. This list started with a duel in 1793 where one congressman killed another. Further down, there was this tidbit:
1850s: A pistol in a house member's desk accidentally went off, and instantly "there were 30 or 40 pistols in the air," recalled a member who was present.
I hate it when that happens. Pistols should have more sense than to operate in an unsafe manner. It had obviously stored itself improperly. Fortunately, even though all those other "30 or 40 pistols" were frightened, cooler heads prevailed and senseless bloodshed was avoided.
1850s: A pistol in a house member's desk accidentally went off, and instantly "there were 30 or 40 pistols in the air," recalled a member who was present.
I hate it when that happens. Pistols should have more sense than to operate in an unsafe manner. It had obviously stored itself improperly. Fortunately, even though all those other "30 or 40 pistols" were frightened, cooler heads prevailed and senseless bloodshed was avoided.