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grumpygy
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EUGENE, Ore. ? Police say a man is recovering at RiverBend Hospital after a bizarre accident Sunday morning.
Eugene Police said around 11:30 a.m., the man was standing on Highway 99N in Eugene, holding a bullet in his hand when it discharged and struck his left cheek.
The strange thing is, there was no gun involved.
Police said they are unsure how the .22 caliber bullet fired.
They said if you hit the back of a bullet hard enough, it has the potential of discharging.
?This is what happens when people handle ammunition and they shouldn't be. This is part of the reason they tell parents to keep ammunition out of the hands of kids, ?cause things can happen,? said Sgt. Dale Dawson from the Eugene Police Department.
The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Dawson said the bullet wound is not life-threatening.
Police did not release the man?s identity, but they did say he is in his 60s.
EUGENE, Ore. ? Police say a man is recovering at RiverBend Hospital after a bizarre accident Sunday morning.
Eugene Police said around 11:30 a.m., the man was standing on Highway 99N in Eugene, holding a bullet in his hand when it discharged and struck his left cheek.
The strange thing is, there was no gun involved.
Police said they are unsure how the .22 caliber bullet fired.
They said if you hit the back of a bullet hard enough, it has the potential of discharging.
?This is what happens when people handle ammunition and they shouldn't be. This is part of the reason they tell parents to keep ammunition out of the hands of kids, ?cause things can happen,? said Sgt. Dale Dawson from the Eugene Police Department.
The man was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Dawson said the bullet wound is not life-threatening.
Police did not release the man?s identity, but they did say he is in his 60s.
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hang fire from couple months ago,???
Nope, Hangfire never travels that far from home.[:D]
Now a .40S&W. [:o)]
Peace
Dan
guns are evil, now a lone bullet
The "tell" was Eugene.
That's a bunch of BS! The bullet didn't hit anything it's the heaviest part. If the cartridge did actually go off then it was a piece of brass that hit him.
Exactly, but I suspect there is a lot more to this story than what's he's told the police. There is virtually no chance any wound from the case rupturing would require hospitalization.
The police sound like idiots with that statement. I'm guessing they won't be grilling him more to explain exactly what he was doing -- they'd much rather try to add to the myth suggesting ammunition is "something dangerous." (Note the included "protecting children" to try to increase the fear-factor about "how dangerous" ammunition is.)
This is some incident with someone doing something stupid (likely with a gun if the wound was serious enough for hospitalization) that the police and (likely leftist) reporter have tried to turn into anti-firearm propaganda.
That's a bunch of BS! The bullet didn't hit anything it's the heaviest part. If the cartridge did actually go off then it was a piece of brass that hit him.
That depends. Suppose it lodged in his dope pipe and then lit it. Did they say from which side of cheek? Inside or outside?
http://kval.com/news/local/police-bullet-hits-man-in-face-without-firing-from-a-gun
The only real additional information is that he's in his 60s -- that probably rules out some sort of horse-play; I'm guessing he's too embarrassed to tell police what he did with a firearm, so he's lying about the "bullet" alone. Or maybe there is someone else involved and he's "covering" for them for some reason.
quote:Originally posted by Smitty500mag
That's a bunch of BS! The bullet didn't hit anything it's the heaviest part. If the cartridge did actually go off then it was a piece of brass that hit him.
That depends. Suppose it lodged in his dope pipe and then lit it. Did they say from which side of cheek? Inside or outside?
Thats what I wondered.
I think the old codger (gotta be at LEAST 64) was trying to pull the bullet with his teeth, and stuck the wrong part in his mouth.
Rare as hens teeth and like spontaneous human combustion, it burns a hole in a good honest news story! Which by the way is even rarer than any of this bull *!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurston_High_School_shooting#Perpetrator
I will say from youthful experimentation and stupidity if you put .22LR in a vise they will pop, also if you hit them with a hammer while they are laying on the concrete garage floor. But one going off just by holding one in your hand? Nope.