possible Darwin award?

drach

Possibly an urban legend but a good candidate for the Darwin AwardA small-time hood (about to be even smaller) broke into the home of a World War Two veteran and stole, among other things, the old G.I.'s .45 automatic pistol, which he used in battle in the 1940's. The hoodlum then reported directly to a local convenience store and proceeded to rob the cashier while brandishing his new pistol. The cashier, no dummy, followed orders and handed over the contents of the register. Our thug took the money and turned to leave, but suddenly decided he didn't want to leave a witnesses. other than the security camera, that is. He leveled the pistol at the cashier and pulled the trigger. "CLICK!" went the gun. At this unexpected development, the puzzled crook looked straight down the barrel of his weapon and uttered the words, "What the...?" As it turned out, the WWII veteran had WWII vintage ammunition in his WWII vintage pistol. Priming caps over time are known to lose their "spontaneous" nature, particularly if stored improperly, causing what is known as a hang-fire: The primer smolders into a delayed ignition. Such was the case here. Just as the puzzled crook had the barrel pointed squarely at his own eye, the hang-fired primer detonated, sending a half-inch chunk of lead and associated hot combustion gases directly into the felon's skull at 900 feet per second. The range was less than six inches.The body could only be identified by fingerprints. As the story was related to me, the police officer who responded to the original gun burglary was also at the scene of the armed robbery. He picked up the .45 and verified the serial number, then returned it to the WWII veteran. Case closed.

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Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est ("A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands") ~~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca "the younger" ca. (4 BC - 65 AD)

badboybob

Isn't instant justice wonderful?

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niklasal

IF only that happene all th time!

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He Dog

It is probably Urban Legend, but it is a great one!

j2k22

truly heartwarming.

instrumentofwar

DUMB *

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"An army without profanity couldn't fight its way out of a piss soaked paper bag!" -Patton

groundhog devastation

I feel a bit of remorse! The old veteran was separated from his beloved firearm for a while!! Shame on the DUMB CROOK!! Wish I could have been there with a licensed CC, the hang fire might have went into the ceiling because the POS was already falling with no face!!!!!!

offeror

Gee, we could all load one of those to "discourage" gun thieves. But then I suppose it would be considered a booby trap, and as such, illegal behavior toward a crook.

offeror

Actually, there's a good lesson underneath this. I was noticing quite a few vendors of "collector" ammunition at the last gun show, very old ammo still in the original box. It might be wise to think of this story when contemplating a purchase of ammo of extreme vintage, unless all you plan to do is collect it and keep it under glass.

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