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RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Man accidentally shot self in foot while attempting to kill cockroach

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Man accidentally shot self in foot while attempting to kill cockroach

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RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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A man accidentally shot himself in the foot while trying to kill a cockroach in an unlucky and unfortunate series of events.
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  • [object Object]@sh.itjust.works
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    He took off his shoe and threw it at the bug to kill it, but a revolver he had hidden in the shoe fell to the ground. Upon making contact with the floor, the gun discharged and the bullet hit the victim in the foot.

    That’s even more bizarre; how does one hide a gun in their shoe??

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      6 months ago

      When you roll a nat 1…

      • 🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌@lemmy.world
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        Why are there so many fucking accounts less than 30 days old? Do y’all just keep making accounts every week? Are there this many newer Lemmings?

        • [object Object]@sh.itjust.works
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          Not long ago Reddit introduced a new policy thatpunishes people for upvoting bad posts, which includes posts about Luigi Mangione. After that, people have been moving into Lemmy as an alternative.

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            Thank you for the context. Always happy to see growth, the paranoid bit of me always jumps to the worst conclusion.

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          Reddit did another stupid, so there’s plenty of new joiners

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    Tell someone is American without mentioning American.

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    I was very skeptical about this story playing out as told. When looking for a more complete article, this exact story is published from 2019 from multiple sources.

    While I don’t think it is a requirement all guns sold in the US need to pass the SAAMI Drop Test, I can’t imagine anything being sold that wouldn’t pass it, especially a revolver where the design likely hasn’t changed in 100 years. The drop test covers drops at various angles from 4 feet high, higher than a person sitting and taking off a shoe. Revolvers also need to have the hammer pulled back before firing or have extremely long and heavy trigger pulls.

    I’m calling both fake news and if this story did happen, I can’t see it being anything but a negligent discharge from someone assuming it wasn’t loaded or just being a fool putting a finger where it didn’t belong.

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      https://www.sportsmansguide.com/customerservice/productsafetyrecalls

      two handguns on that list in the past two years, one in 2023 which can discharge if dropped. the other if decocked. the world is full of poorly designed machines.

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