Man Shoots Self With Back Scratcher
06.09.08This actually happened back in May, but its always a good reminder to NOT user your 44 Magnum for a back scratcher. Especially after you’ve been drinking beer all night.
I could be wrong, but my gut tells me otherwise.
A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself.
Jorge Espinal, 44, was drinking beer and playing poker around 3 a.m. Sunday in his home in the 3500 block of Montague Street, when he got up from the table and walked into another room, said Fort Worth police Lt. Kenneth Dean.
“He told officers he had an itch on his back and grabbed the first thing he could get a hold of, which was a revolver,” Lt. Dean said. “The gun went off.”
Mr. Espinal went back and told his buddies that he shot himself. “They didn’t believe him until they saw the blood coming down his back,” Lt. Dean said.
Mr. Espinal was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated and released with non-life-threatening injuries. Source.
On the upside, his itchy spot was completely gone!
I love how they say that the gun “went off”. First, his muzzle discipline was just a tad on the poor side - he was pointing a 44 mag at his own back. Second, his trigger discipline left just a little to be desired….since he PULLED IT while pointing the gun at his own back. I’m surprised the round didn’t go through the top of his ass. If the round made a 90 degree turn after hitting his ass he would have had a lifetime supply of pencil dick.
# June 9th, 2008 at 9:06 amAssuming he lives in a normal size house, wouldn’t his friends have heard the revolver going off? Last time I watched a dirty harry movie, they make a hell of a racket.
# June 13th, 2008 at 1:15 am