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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:48 PM
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Ariz. man accidentally shoots himself in crotch while putting girlfriend's gun in waistband
Source: Star Tribune

CHANDLER, Ariz. - A suburban Phoenix man is recovering after police say he accidentally shot himself in the penis while putting his girlfriend's gun in the waistband of his pants.

Chandler police say 27-year-old Joshua Seto and his fiancee, Cara Christopher, were walking toward a grocery store when the shooting happened last week. The gun fired, striking Seto's penis and continuing through his left thigh.



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HelenWheels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:50 PM
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1. Oh, boo-hoo
That's what happens when a gun is handled carelessly.
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:51 PM
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3. I always thought about this happening when I see people in movies doing it n/t
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wilt the stilt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:50 PM
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2. It was small before
and now it is really small.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:51 PM
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4. thank Gawd he's got that big gun...
to compensate. :eyes:
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NewMoonTherian Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 05:22 PM
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19. It was his girlfriend's pink pistol...
according to a post on the same story in GLBT. Compensating?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 05:23 PM
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JAnthony Donating Member (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:54 PM
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5. OUCH! That will teach the guy a little....
Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 03:55 PM by JAnthony
something, not sure what!
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:55 PM
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6. He Plaxicoed himself?
Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 04:00 PM by rocktivity
And isn't being in possession of someone else's gun a crime? Oh, well, the punishment sure fit!

x(
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demigoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:59 PM
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7. just think- some conservatives think ALL men should carry
guns. How many times would this kind of thing happen???
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Pat Riot Donating Member (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:00 PM
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8. Now he'll be going through life
half cocked.
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:36 PM
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13. Not as big a prick as he used to be.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:01 PM
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9. Hell still have
his memories!
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:03 PM
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10. Somewhere, Sigmund Freud is turning back-flips.
:rofl:
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antigop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:04 PM
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11. and they say natural selection doesn't work n/t
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Owlet Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:04 PM
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12. Why is this 'Breaking News' today...
...when the same story was posted here yesterday?
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Tiggeroshii Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:49 PM
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14. My bad
I assumed it was new cause of the Aug 9 date. But I guess it was just updated then and happened yesterday, I assume.
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:51 PM
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15. It's a funny story, it gets repeated and picked up by other outlets..
like a 'man bites dog' kind of story.

I think this is the third one to end up here in the gungeon. :)
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:52 PM
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16. don't worry...
it was a minor wound :)
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X_Digger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:55 PM
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18. *rimshot* n/t
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 04:54 PM
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17. Nice shootin', Wyatt.
Is that what you were aiming at?
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cosmicone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:31 PM
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21. NRA posterchild hahaha n/t
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:54 AM
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22. Okay, aside from the obvious, why was he putting a pistol in his waistband
while approaching a grocery?
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 06:24 PM
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23. Ominous much?
Edited on Wed Aug-10-11 06:27 PM by rocktivity
And as I said upthread, it wasn't even his gun...unless he took it from her because SHE was was illegal possession of it, and he didn't want her to get into any trouble...

:think:
rocktivity
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