Man shoots his own hand, leg and a nearby home.

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Apparently just two shots with three hits... not bad! :rolleyes:

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071130/HAYWOODCOUNTYNEWS/71129037

Man shoots his own hand, leg and a nearby home

by Staff reports
published November 30, 2007 12:15 am


CLYDE - A Waynesville man accidentally fired gun rounds through his hand, his leg and a nearby trailer in Clyde on Tuesday night, according to a Canton Police report.

A resident in Clyde told Canton and Clyde police officers he was awakened by a gunshot that pierced his bedroom wall between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., the report stated. Investigators found a truck parked 30 yards north of the man’s trailer with a spent .45 shell inside and drops of blood leading from the vehicle to another trailer, according to the report.

Officers went to the home of the man who was the registered owner of the truck in Waynesville and discovered he had gunshot wounds to his hand and leg, according to the report.

After medical crews took him to the hospital, the man told officers that he accidentally pulled the gun’s trigger and shot himself in the hand while trying to grab the weapon from his truck’s passenger seat, the report stated. He jumped out of the truck and attempted to put the gun in his back right pocket, causing the gun to fire again into his right leg. He then dropped the gun near a creek and went to a friend’s house nearby and he was later taken back to his home in Waynesville, according to the report.
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I imagine there's a bit more to the incident than the story lets on. Of course given the population of that area, it's entirely possible there's just someone that stupid/unlucky; and likely intoxicated.
 
Surely you jest. If not, then please explain to me why we should take away a man's Constitutional right to defend himself just because he made a mistake.

If you honestly believe this man should be charged with a felony, then you must also believe we should take away the drivers license of someone who causes an automobile accident.
 
If you honestly believe this man should be charged with a felony, then you must also believe we should take away the drivers license of someone who causes an automobile accident.
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You'd have to add "Causes and automobile accident involving severe damage to his car and a scratch to another car"

I would hope experience might actually teach this man to learn better gun handling...
 
Hi McNab,

then you must also believe we should take away the drivers license of someone who causes an automobile accident.
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If this someone had any trace of drugs or alcohol in his/her system- you bloody well betcha!

Try this: With rights come responsibility: If you cannot accept the latter you are dangerous with the former. If you need further explaination read the works of a guy named Rousseau.

Selena
 
If you need further explaination read the works of a guy named Rousseau.
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Yeah, the guy who threw a rock at a tree to convince himself he was going to heaven...

Ok, he's not as nuts as I just made him sound, but still...

I will agree, if alcohol/drugs are involved, he should lose his license if he causes an accident. However, if he was just dumb (which does happen) then I don't think such severe consequences should be pursued given that he was the only on injured.
 
Um he passed a bullet through another person's home? If you are drunk/on drugs and send your car through another person's home, or basically cannot show why it was comepletely accidental and not due to negligence, I would suggest you lose your license.

And no, I don't buy the argument that there is no point in revoking your license because you would just drive without.
 
I personally believe that this would come under the heading of “criminally stupid”. For those that disagree, how would you feel if a bullet came through your home? What if you or a member of your family were actually hit by said bullet? Endangering the lives of others, even if by pure accident, still carries responsibility.
 
Once in the hand and then again in the leg,come on there is something very wrong here...I always thought alcohol in the US was watered down.
 
Selena,

You passed judgement on this guy before knowing if he had any drugs or alcohol in his system. You relied solely on the facts presented in the article to make your judgement, and the article says nothing about any drugs or alcohol.

This argument is based on the the facts presented in the article, and so I will ask you one more time: Do you honestly believe a person who accidentally discharges a weapon should be charged with a felony?
 
OfClan,

Of course not. Unless a trigger is pulled with actual malice, the shooter should never be charged with any crime. It should not matter if I practice twirling my loaded .357 around my finger and accidentally shoot my neighbor through the wall as he sits in his house. No malice, no foul.

Simple gross negligence should never be punished in any way. :banghead:
 
This argument is based on the the facts presented in the article, and so I will ask you one more time: Do you honestly believe a person who accidentally discharges a weapon should be charged with a felony?
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To start with- you appear to be demanding explanations. Are you so disrespectful of my 1st amendment rights that I must submit all posts for your approval?

That said, he went to retrieve his sidearm and it discharged. This tells me two things: A: ) he was transporting it in battery without the safety and B.) He picked it up with his finger on the trigger.

So, with those two facts in evidence can YOU tell me this person has accepted the responsibility and duty of firearms possesion and use?

And just for the record- I do not advocate 'taking away his rights" merely to have those rights supressed. The diff is subtle but important.

Item last: If he was drinking ( as I strongly suspect) he belongs in prison for not only having the sidearm but driving a vehicle while impaired.

Once again, read Rousseau before you start demanding explanations. I seldom resent intelligent questions.

Selena
 
HI Kindrox,

It should not matter if I practice twirling my loaded .357 around my finger and accidentally shoot my neighbor through the wall as he sits in his house. No malice, no foul.
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But it does, when you perform an act that can reasonably be expected to put your neighbors in deadly danger it should matter. In the case mentioned, I believe the law would call it involuntary manslaughter. A class C felony without aggravation.

Selena
 
Once in the hand and then again in the leg,come on there is something very wrong here...
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Um, being shot puts some people in a panic mode. Follow up accidents during an initial accident are pretty likely...
 
I have read a considerable amount of threads here of people having either an AD or an ND.... This guy jusst sounds like it wasn't his day, and he was careless... If he is proven to be drunk or drugged though, then maybe rehab would be in order before being trusted again..
 
Unless booze were involved this falls under the category of a misdemeanor for property damage arising from criminal negligence or reckless endangerment. Shooting himself carries its own punishment so I can't see punishing him for attempted self-murder or something medieval like that.
 
I have read a considerable amount of threads here of people having either an AD or an ND....
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I have had three in my lifetime. Two hit the dirt in front of me. One went downrange. All were at a range, and were caused by beliving my gun to be empty when it was not. In each case I was following the four rules and nobody was put in any danger.

AD's in populated areas that send bullets through neighbor's houses? I don't see an excuse.
 
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