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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on June 01, 2010, 10:35:08 AM
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Okay, which of you WA APSers was this??? =D :P
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011994648_accident31m.html
Man accidentally shoots himself in testicles
A man accidentally shot himself in the testicles at Lowe's Home Improvement store in Lynnwood Sunday afternoon, police said.
Seattle Times staff
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A man accidentally shot himself in the testicles at Lowe's Home Improvement store in Lynnwood Sunday afternoon, police said.
The man's handgun, which was in the waistband of his pants, went off at about 12:30 p.m. — an apparent "accidental discharge," according to Shannon Sessions, a Lynnwood police spokeswoman.
"It made a loud noise and scared a lot of people in the store," Sessions said. "I believe he shot himself in the testicles and he also had some injuries to his leg and foot. He was obviously in shock."
Nobody else was hurt and no one appeared to be with the man, she said.
Police and fire responded, and the man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle before police had a chance to interview him extensively. Sessions had no further details about the man.
Lynnwood police are continuing to investigate but "at this point it does look like it's accidental," Sessions said. A manager at Lowe's said store personnel are not commenting on the incident.
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A manager at Lowe's said store personnel are not commenting on the incident.
Probably still to busy laughing. :laugh:
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ah, the dangers of "gangsta" carry... *lovingly pats 1911 in full IWB holster*
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The stupid (hopefully) ends with him!
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Dunno. Depends on just how much he managed to shoot. If we're lucky, he's one of those (rare) living Darwin Award winners.
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Depending on what he carried and exactly how it was positioned, it's not far-fetched to imagine that what wasn't blown away by the bullet might've been taken by the muzzle blast.
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I've never been enthusiastic about "behind the belt buckle" carry . . .
Wonder if it was a Glock Fo'ty . . .
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"It was self-defense!" :facepalm:
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Dunno. Depends on just how much he managed to shoot. If we're lucky, he's one of those (rare) living Darwin Award winners.
That would be an honorable mention winner.
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Depending on what he carried and exactly how it was positioned, it's not far-fetched to imagine that what wasn't blown away by the bullet might've been taken by the muzzle blast.
Skin grafts FTW. Or maybe he can get a sex change with what's left.
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Skin grafts FTW. Or maybe he can get a sex change with what's left.
There's still the problem of having no balls, skin graft or not. Unless they picked them (whatever was left of them) up and decided it was worth to try to re-attach them :P.
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That would be an honorable mention winner.
Not if you destroy your reproductive capabilities (and presumably have not already reproduced)
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That would be an honorable mention winner.
No, the honorable mentions are for those who do really stupid acts and yet survives with their reproductive capabilites intact. Those eligible for the award are those who snuff themselves in an extremely stupid (and funny) way, or manages to sterilize themselves in some way or another. So this guy might qualify, depending on the outcome of the injury.
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Ah, but worse off he could have already procreated.
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Well, I bet he won't have the balls to do THAT again... >:D
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Wasn't me.
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I like how the article doesn't say "scrotum" or "testicle" but "testicles."
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The funny thing is that the Lowe's store mentioned in the story is about seven miles from my house, and I have been there countless times.
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I don't think there is anything funny about this story.
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The funny thing is that the Lowe's store mentioned in the story is about seven miles from my house, and I have been there countless times.
But not carrying in your waist band, right? ;)
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But not carrying in your waist band, right? ;)
IWB holster all the way!
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Man accidentally shoots himself in testicles
Ballistic Reauchambeau?
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He might have a pretty interesting singing career now.
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He might have a pretty interesting singing career now.
Yea, in the Vienna Boys' Choir.
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mapping this back to the BP Gulf blowout, I guess we now know what BP meant when they said they were going to try a... Junk Shot.
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I know Appendix Carry is the New Hotness, but it is the Old Stupid.
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Appendix Carry
Had to Google it.
My response:
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Reminds me of a CASREP I came upon at Camp Lightning in A-stan. Went something like this: "ANA soldier suffers ND into groin while cleaning issued AK-47, one testicle MIA."
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I, also, don't understand why it's ok to laugh about NDs that result in grave injury. Some things in life are funny, but this isn't one of them IMO.
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Stupid people hurting themselves (and not someone else, someone else's property etc) is always funny. If they can no longer reproduce after that's just gravy...
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Posted on wrong thread. Sorry.
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I don't think there is anything funny about this story.
You are so right. It isn't funny, it is freaking hilarious!
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This followup article was published in today's Seattle Times. It was a Glock 30.
Shoppers recall silence, fear when man shot himself in testicles
By Erik Lacitis
Seattle Times staff reporter
For a few seconds, there was total silence at Lowe's Home Improvement in Lynnwood just after the gunshot went off at 12:30 on Sunday afternoon.
"It was dead quiet," remembers Jim Fischer, a Shoreline Fire Department paramedic who happened to be at the checkout line with his wife, Kim. They're doing a bathroom remodel.
These days, you hear a loud bang while shopping, and it's hard not to think the worst.
"I'm thinking, if it's an active shooter, we're bolting," Fischer says.
Then a Lowe's employee shouted for somebody to call an ambulance, that somebody had shot himself.
OK, Fischer decided, I better go see if I can help the victim.
It turned out to be a story that by the next day would go viral on the Web:
A 41-year-old Lynnwood man had accidentally shot himself in the testicles at Lowe's.
For those at the scene, it would be something they'll remember as initially scary, and then, as they learned the details ... the guy did what?
Helping the victim, who was wearing black sweatpants, Fischer asked how it happened.
"He says, 'It was in my waistband, and I felt it starting to slip, reached for it, and I must have positioned my finger so the trigger went off," Fischer remembered Thursday.
A Lynnwood police report about the incident says the gun was a Glock 30, a compact pistol described by the manufacturer as "the legendary .45 caliber."
The man had a concealed-weapons permit to carry the gun, said Shannon Sessions, spokeswoman for Lynnwood police.
The Times is not naming the man because no crime was committed.
The report says the man was "joking with staff members" at Harborview Medical Center after medics took him there.
But on Wednesday afternoon, back at his apartment after being released from the hospital Tuesday, he wasn't in much of a joking mood.
"I'm up. I'm walking. I'm good. I don't want to talk to you," he said.
He then closed the door.
Harborview said it could not disclose the extent of his injuries.
Fischer says that as he helped the victim as they waited for medics to arrive — by applying pressure to the wound, and by cutting away the sweatpants while leaving on the underwear — he could see the groin area was injured, and that there was a wound in middle of the left thigh, and swelling on the top of the left foot.
He surmised that was the trajectory of the bullet.
Those familiar with guns wonder why someone would carry a loaded pistol in his sweatpants.
"It's not the brightest way to carry it. Sweatpants are loose and not held against your body by a belt," said Dave Workman, senior editor of Gun Week and author of "Washington State Gun Rights and Responsibilities."
Workman said the bullet wounded the man "at literally point-blank. Think about that for a second."
The Glock 30 sells for about $630 and weighs 1-½ pounds empty, 2.1 pounds when carrying its 10-round capacity.
Glock advertises the pistol as having a "Safe Action" system. For example, it includes a mechanism that prevents unintentional firing if the pistol is accidentally dropped on the floor.
But Glock also warns, "One operating element — one rule. Finger away from the trigger ... "
Workman says that in the "adrenaline rush" of reaching for a gun that's slipped, it's natural for the index finger to then also close on the trigger.
Then, bang.
For the shoppers who were at Lowe's on Sunday afternoon, it'll certainly be a memorable spring Sunday.
Kim Fischer will remember that after deciding there wasn't a random shooter in the store, "nobody got panicky. There was nobody running down the floor screaming."
What Michael McDougall, of Snohomish, who was there with his wife, Connie, and their 5-year-old daughter, Bridgette, will remember also is that initial moment of fear.
"Initially I thought it was maybe gang-related. I was afraid for my wife and daughter, and I thought, 'I think we should be leaving.' " he says.
He commends the Lowe's employees for their calm actions in getting help. A manager at Lowe's said store personnel are not commenting on the incident.
And he remembers the initial scream, "Oh, my God, I shot myself in the groin!"
That's a quote you remember for years.
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Oh damn. I feel bad for the guy, especially since he was a CWP holder, and not a gang-banger doin' gangster carry, but it still doesn't change my position that gangster carry is DUMB.
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One would think the death of Steve Malloy would convince people that Appendix Carry (make that Mexican Appendix Carry) is less than optimal.
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I don't know what Washington's statues say, but in Ohio you have to have your CCW gun in a holster otherwise you can get into big legal trouble.
I don't know what training requirements Washington has, but this person should have had enough common sense to know that carrying the gun like he did was extremely dangerous.