CSI: DELAND

Worker shoots himself in arm without a gun

(Thanks to WordGuy)

Comments

[Cat R]

This is one of those articles where it pays to read to the very last line.

[nursecindy]

Immediately prior to the shooting the worker was quoted as saying, "Hey ya'll watch this!"

[Mot The Hoople]

"Hey Billy Bob, hold my beer and watch this."

[danceswithvowels]

Times are tough. Who can afford to buy a rifle right now, when you've got a perfectly serviceable vise?

Next up, parachuting with vacuum cleaner bags.

[Wes S.]

This tragic incident only points out the need for sensible controls on hammers and vise clamps. And a waiting period on purchases of metal punches.

Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

[Siouxie]

Was he watching 24?

[ron]

So far the guy's been shot in the arm and lost a shirt.I'm having a better day.

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

When vice clamps and metal punches are outlawed, only criminals will shoot themselves in patently moronic vice clamp and metal punch ways.

[Margaritaville]

If I had a hammmer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
And shoot myself in the arm
I'd have to call Police!
I'd have to dial 9-1-1

[Layzeeboy]

After being pressed, he told Hudson that he secured the sixth bullet in a vise clamp, placed a metal punch into the cartridge primer and hit the punch with a hammer.

Plaxico Burris would have been better off had he used that story.

[danceswithvowels]

Roland Burris, too, after failing to dispose of the "Vise-Grips" he kept for "protection" after they were "banned" in "Chicago". Less damage to shirts than last night's 24, though.

[Meanie the Blue]

No guns don't kill people, no people kill people.

[Annie Where-but-here]

Stupidity kills people. If we're lucky.

[marfie]

No kidding, Cat. Talk about burying the lead.

[Elon Weintraub]

"After being pressed, he told Hudson that he secured the sixth bullet in a vise clamp, placed a metal punch into the cartridge primer and hit the punch with a hammer."

Brilliant. What would have been the desired outcome of that action?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Sounds like Redneck Russian Roulette to me.

[Siouxie]

Anyone know if alcohol was involved or just plain stupidity? Or both?

[marfie]

What a pea-brain, BTW.

[Hammond Rye]

Evolution in action, people. This type of experimetation should be encouraged, preferably before they can breed.

[ron]

He shot himself in the arm without a gun.What did he do to the arm with a gun?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Or at least have him shoot himself in the cojones so he can't reproduce. Kill two stones with one birdshot, so to speak.

*Waves @ Hammie!* You want fries with dat?

[Hammond Rye]

*Waves @ Annie!!!*

[Erb's Point]

I would presume that he will get workman's comp

[Chuckie D]

Darn, a few inches and he could've been a Darwin winner. If at first you don't succeed blah, blah, blah.

[padraig]

Was what he described as a vise actually a vise? 'Cause I'm thinking somebody's dentures could have been the firing platform of convenience here. Say, if they didn't want to damage an almost-new vise.

[Edward]

How has this man lived to the age of 30?

[Hammond Rye]

Elementary school is a very protective environment, Edward.

[Clankazoid]

Cool. Now for shits and giggles, let's spend a trillion dollars bailing out the economy and see what happens.

[Mot The Hoople]

I actually did something similar when I was a kid, but I guess I was clever enough to stand behind the bullet.

[Al Iterative]

OK, if it's fess up time....

I also did something similar when I was a kid. Hitting .22 bullets with a hammer to pop the lead out (for use as balance weights, if ya really want to know). FYI a .22 rimfire wont fire if you hit it somewhere other than the rim. However there is a fine line.....
Needless to say, I wasn't clever at all, just dumb luck saved me.

[Barney Fife]

Now you all know why Andy let me carry only one bullet.

[A Christmas Story]

You'll shoot your eye out, kid!