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In reply to the discussion: People whom you know to have been shot [View all]Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)33. 1 dead, 1 wounded
When I was a kid, two friends of mine (one 14 and the other 16) were messing around with their dad's .30/.30 deer rifle; one shot the other in the stomach, killing him.
Just this year a guy I grew up with shot himself in the ankle with a .357 pistol:
The victim told Escambia County Sheriffs deputies that he was outside when he saw a rattlesnake in his yard. He retrieved a .357 loaded with bird shot in an attempt to kill the snake, but he was unable to locate the rattler.
The victim said he decided to continue to look around his yard for the snake. A short time later, he turned to walk inside .and he saw the snake slither behind his leg. The victim said he then somehow tripped and landed with the snake underneath his right leg, trapping it. He told deputies he used his hands with the gun and tried to push the snake away.
During the struggle with the snake, he accidentally discharged the firearm, hitting himself in the back of the leg near the ankle.
http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/snakeone-injured-in-accidental-shooting-in-molino
The victim said he decided to continue to look around his yard for the snake. A short time later, he turned to walk inside .and he saw the snake slither behind his leg. The victim said he then somehow tripped and landed with the snake underneath his right leg, trapping it. He told deputies he used his hands with the gun and tried to push the snake away.
During the struggle with the snake, he accidentally discharged the firearm, hitting himself in the back of the leg near the ankle.
http://www.northescambia.com/2012/06/snakeone-injured-in-accidental-shooting-in-molino
I haven't talked to Mike in a couple years. I need to call him and hear this one first-hand.
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My friend who served in Desert Storm and was assigned to bury bodies with a bulldozer blade was shot
NYC_SKP
Dec 2012
#1
I'll bet you catch yourself waiting to hear the name of the perp or the victim when there's a murder
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#61
I basically stopped counting in 1968 after my former high school classmate was killed in Vietnam...
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#16
I am Social Security age, and can honestly say no one I have known. or someone I knew
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#26
The sister of a friend who was murdered by a witness called to make a deposition.
yardwork
Dec 2012
#28
Thanks for this jberryhill, very poignant example of how we all know guns too well
SirRevolutionary
Dec 2012
#30
The husband of a former teaching colleague was one of several physics professors
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2012
#35
My father, one guy I knew in the Marines, several postal workers who shot themselves.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2012
#36
2 with depression, one while I was sleeping, 1 was my sister-in-law's 18-yr old nephew. Then 2 my
judesedit
Dec 2012
#40
One time I was driving down the road broad daylight when a carful of young guys pulled up. One had
judesedit
Dec 2012
#41
One, my uncle. May there never be another gun death in my life or my family.
GreenPartyVoter
Dec 2012
#49
Grandfather to suicide (shotgun), friend to suicide (handgun), friend murdered (shotgun)
neverforget
Dec 2012
#67
My best friend at 15 was shot in the head by her boyfriend. Took her 3 days to die.
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#70