Elderly Central Florida man accidentally shoots wife during 'robbery drill'

[mike r]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/elderly-central-florida-man-accidentally-shoots-wife-during-873770.html

Elderly Central Florida man accidentally shoots wife during 'robbery drill'

A 72-year-old woman was accidentally shot in the chest by her husband Sunday morning at a home in the 3600 block of Detroit Street in Canaveral Groves, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office reported.

About 10:35 a.m., Arnold Morris, 76, was practicing what to do in case of a robbery with Patricia, his wife of 54 years, Brevard County Sheriff's Office Lt. Linda Moros said. During the robbery scenario, he shot her in the chest with a .380-caliber pistol, Moros said.

"They were very unfamiliar with handguns. It was a pure accident," Moros said.

After the shooting, Arnold Morris called 9-1-1 and provided medical attention until sheriff's deputies arrived. Brevard County Fire-Rescue dispatched a medical helicopter to fly Patricia Morris to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, where she underwent surgery Sunday afternoon, Moros said. She is expected to make a full recovery. No charges are planned, Moros said.

[Ozymanithrax]

1. List of things to do in case of robbery...

Pull out gun.
Shoot wife.

Sounds like a NRA safety course.

[uncommontime]

7. .

[Ikonoklast]

8. God help me, that made me laugh.

I feel sorry for both of those people.

[ingac70]

19. +1

[TroglodyteScholar]

2. This is what life looks like...

...when fear is all that motivates you.

[givemebackmycountry]

3. The poor guy...

What's got him so spooked that he felt he had to practice what to do in case of a robbery with Patricia, his wife of 54 years.
And then during the robbery scenario, he shot her in the chest with a .380-caliber pistol.

Thank God she's going to be OK because I can't imagine how bad he's feeling right about now.

What drives this kind of fear?
FOX NEWS. FAIR AND BALANCED.

[wtmusic]

4. No permit/training required in FL to be eligible for a Darwin Award. nt

[hyphenate]

10. Except for the fact

that they're too old now to procreate anymore.

[safeinOhio]

5. buy a damn dog

add some dead bolts and an alarm before you kill someone.

[jtuck004]

11. Oh hell no. Why shoot an innocent dog too? n/t

[onehandle]

13. The dog would carry the gun.

He couldn't have done worse.

[jtuck004]

17. I'd go for that n/t

[mitchum]

6. This makes me even more sorry that Charles Willeford is dead

that's a Florida story right up his alley

[hyphenate]

9. Poor people

Just another scared family that republicans are telling that the government is going to take away their social security, and then send them to the death panel.


(See? I can take an article even as remote as this, and turn it into another "bash th repukes" meme! I can probably do it better than Palin can!(but the reverse))

[ingac70]

21. ....

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=FL&last=Morris&first=Arnold

[Mariana]

24. Jesus Christ! They really do believe that shit.

My dad was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer, and he's getting excellent treatment paid for by Medicare. He's almost certainly going to survive. And my mother is telling everyone within earshot, "Thank God it happened now, because in a couple of years once this healthcare bill takes effect, they won't treat stuff like this because we're too old. They'll just let us die." He's 71 and she's 68. THEY FUCKING BELIEVE THAT!

[onehandle]

12. At some age, people who want guns and cars should be trained, tested, and licensed each year by law.

Let's say 65 for drivers and whatever the state's minimum gun ownership age is for guns.

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. Why not?

A man got off from manslaughter charges in Central Florida this year for shooting his fiancee the night before their wedding. She arrived late at night and he was four feet away when he pulled the trigger. Grand jury didn't even find him guilty of manslaughter.

Oh, and he was white. If had been black probably would have been charged with murder.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. And this is tragic

at least she will make a full recovery.

First rule of guns

Always assume it is loaded

Second rule of guns.

NEVER EVER aim at anybody unless you are willing to pull the trigger.

[safeinOhio]

27. Rules, WTF

rules are like laws and that equals "gun control". You want them to take away your guns?

:sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. This gentleman did not get any training in gun safety

that is a problem.

[Terra Alta]

16. I feel bad for this guy and his wife, but

one should NEVER ever even point a loaded gun at someone, much less firing it. And I really don't see the need for a "robbery drill".

I'm glad the woman is going to be okay, though.

[Mariana]

25. I learned that when I was about three years old.

Dad: "Don't even point a toy gun at someone, because you might someday pick up a real one and not realize it. Aim the toys guns over their heads when you're playing. Just don't point any kind of gun at anyone ever. Except a clear plastic watergun. Those are all right."

[Anakin Skywalker]

18. Shaky Hands Shouldn't Be Aiming Guns.....or Steering a Car!

[ingac70]

20. Check this out....

http://newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=FL&last=Morris&first=Arnold

[LostinVA]

22. Has his wife confirmed this is what happened?

[The Magistrate]

23. A Question Worth Asking, Ma'am

She must have put up with quite a bit in the last fifty-four years....

[LostinVA]

26. I know that sometimes these accidental shootings at that age aren't

Either murder or the beginning of dementia.

[The Magistrate]

30. A Man Playing This Sort Of Game When In His Seventies, Ma'am, Suggests Nothing Good

Pretend derring-do is something for seven year olds, not seventy year olds.

It is unlikely to eb the first time this has been done.

One wonders how many times games like this have been played in that household down the years, just how much effort the man has put into inculcating fear and paranoia into his spouse through the decades.

[Enrique]

29. "robbery drill" my ass

this has sex game written all over it. :evilgrin: