Some people ............

[Pistol]

Suffolk woman faces firearm charge
By Veronica Gorley Chufo
Daily Press
February 9, 2007, 1:33 PM EST
SUFFOLK -- A 25-year-old woman was charged with reckless handling of a firearm when a round she fired accidentally pierced her neighbor's bed while the neighbor was sleeping.

Nicole T. Hancock believed someone was breaking into her condominium in the Harbour View area when she pulled out her 9mm handgun Thursday morning and fired four rounds through her closed bedroom door, Suffolk police Lt. Debbie George said.

The rounds passed through the wall and into her neighbor's condominium. One round traveled through the bed covers on the bed where the neighbor was sleeping and came to rest on the floor, George said.

The noise that startled Hancock turned out to be a woman who noticed Hancock had left her house keys in the door and was trying to return them to Hancock, George said.

 

[Art Eatman]

Since this is an issue of gun-handling, forethought and over-penetration, it's best moved to the handgun forum.

Art

 

[Autolycus]

I have to ask, how was she trying to return the keys?

The neighbor is lucky that they were not shot. And the lady is lucky she did not shoot the neighbor.

This situation is just screwed up from the beginning.

 

[jeepmor]

I'd be knocking on the door, not opening it. Announcing all the while, "Excuse me, but you left your keys in the outside lock of your door."

If it's way late at night, I might just keep on moving, shake my head, and hope she'll find them in the morning. People do get particularly wary of goblins late at night.

 

[Monkeybear]

Take the keys and drop them off at the office, put them in the rent slot. Remember to tell them what you did with their keys.

Dont shoot though closed doors.

 

[tank mechanic]

I do not do favors. For reasons just like this. The path to hell is paved with good intentions.