Woman tries to kill mice, shoots self

[tumblebug]

 BOND 410 RANGER

[drifter]

Ther is no such thing as overkill.  

[Neon Knight Anubis]

Good grief!  If she uses a .44 mag on mice, I'd hate to see what she would use to exterminate rats.

375 H&H

[Ron J]

I wonder if it was her first or sixth (or ?) shot that got her? 

[jerry]

She read Tom's thread about that small "plinker", and figured it only made since.

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[DDMac]

Usually, it only takes me 3 shots to do stupid things. Sometimes, the whole 1/2 pint. Lik now.
Mac.

[CZShooter]

Good grief!  If she uses a .44 mag on mice, I'd hate to see what she would use to exterminate rats.

I bet she squirrel hunts with a .577 T-Rex...and white-tail with a .700 Nitro Express. 

[brosometal]

A Potter Valley woman wounded herself and a man July 3 while attempting to kill mice with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office.

The woman, 43, had drawn the gun from a holster under her left arm, intending to shoot mice scurrying across the floor of a small travel trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The revolver instead slipped from her hand and fired as it struck the floor, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The bullet went through the woman's right kneecap, then hit keys hanging on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer, officials said. The bullet glanced off the keys and tore a hole in the man's pants.

The bullet grazed the man's groin before stopping in his coin pocket, where it was recovered for evidence, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The names of the shooting victims were not released.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080708/NEWS05/807080371/1350&title=Would_be_mice_killer_shoots_self

I just reded (is that a real word?) the parts I found funny.  There was no actual mention of the ARI (alchol related incident).  Several people beat me to the coin pocket/purse joke... Damn! There is just too much cliche' with this one.  .44 Mag, Trailer, mice, coin pocket.  Another quick observation: after hitting the man's coin pocket, the bullet fragment had to be "recovered".  Any volunteers?

Also in related news:  The next door neighbor recently purchased a  surplus Bofors 40 mm gun to take care of the flies and mosquitos in the area.

[Ron J]

Usually, it only takes me 3 shots to do stupid things. Sometimes, the whole 1/2 pint. Lik now.
Mac.

 

[gunman1911]

Dirty Harry would shake is head in  shame!