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Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« on: April 15, 2012, 10:08:10 PM »
Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet

MODESTO, Calif. — A California weightlifter says he accidentally shot himself by dropping a dumbbell on a bullet.

The man was wounded in the shoulder.

He told Modesto police officers he was lifting dumbbells in his home Wednesday night when he dropped one on a .22 caliber bullet. The man's name hasn't been released.

Modesto police investigators say the man's story is suspicious, but not impossible.

Officer Chris Adams tells the Modesto Bee ( http://bit.ly/HOfb79) that impact on the rim of the bullet could have caused it to fire.

Officers did not find a gun but did find the shell casing.

Neighbors did not see anyone leaving the man's home.

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Information from: The Modesto Bee, http://www.modbee.com/
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2012, 12:29:08 AM »
"Modesto police investigators say the man's story is suspicious, but not impossible."

Really?  I heard all the good LEOs were leaving CA in droves... ;)
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 12:10:49 PM »
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Modesto police investigators say the man's story is suspicious, but not impossible.

The bullet either has rifling scars or it doesn't.... As long as the bullet was still in his shoulder, this shouldn't be all that difficult to verify. Just my .02 cents.
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 01:02:56 PM »
The guy with the extra hole in his body isn't complaining about it.  He is not accusing anyone of wrong doing.  What difference does it make how he "accidentally" shot himself?

Accidents happen, and they are embarrassing.  How much time and effort are they going to waste on this?
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 01:44:49 PM »
Quote from: m58 on April 16, 2012, 01:02:56 PM
The guy with the extra hole in his body isn't complaining about it.  He is not accusing anyone of wrong doing.  What difference does it make how he "accidentally" shot himself?

Accidents happen, and they are embarrassing.  How much time and effort are they going to waste on this?

You are assuming he shot himself.  Could have been a domestic dispute or collection agent that wanted to make a point.
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 02:06:02 PM »
So if the injured party who is alive, conscience and alert does not file a complaint, how deep do they dig?  Would they be digging like this if he turned up with a broken bone or bruises and abrasions?

What I am expecting is that they will charge him with reckless discharge of a firearm, or something similar.  Wait and see, but how deep do they need to dig in a situation like this?
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 02:09:02 PM »
I've spent a very significant portion of my adult life in gyms, and a lot of that time has either been in my training partner's private garage gym or my own private garage gym where there aren't any stupid rules like "no guns" that those commercial gyms have.  At no time in the thousands of hours I've spent training have I ever had to worry about live rounds lying around the gym.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it nearly impossible to "fire" a bullet without having it start in the chamber and then get propelled out of a barrel?  I'm no rocket surgeon, but if there is no chamber or barrel, won't the energy just dissipate and the bullet kind of fall out of the casing without any real force?  I've seen guys throw old ammo into the campfire and all it does is sound like angry popcorn.    
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2012, 02:24:04 PM »
Ihprop1,

You can set off a rimfire really easy outside of a chamber, and the bullet will fly pretty well.  Don't ask me how I know, because I hate confessing.  I will admit to growing up with a father that smoked, lead paint, a sandbox right next to the driveway (remember those commercials showing a skull and crossbones coming out of a tailpipe next to a play area), playing with mercury on the lab counter, no carseats, no seatbelts - except for mom or dad's arm flying across the front seat to catch me, solid steel dashboards, roller skates that clamped to our shoes, and no bike helmets.  We also could buy ammo over the counter without ID and order guns through the mail.
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2012, 02:52:07 PM »
M58... if it had anything to do with squeezing one on a vise, I'm not talking either  ;D
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Re: Weightlifter shot, says dumbbell dropped on bullet
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2012, 03:01:54 PM »
How 'bout sticking one through a fence knothole of the appropriate diameter and whacking it with a hammer?

Not saying when or where though.....no one died, that I'm sure of!
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