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Woman in hotel bathroom shot by pistol dropped in next stall
The 56-year-old gun owner has a concealed weapons permit. Her gun fell out of her waist holster while she was doing her business and fired when it hit the floor. (St. Petersburg Times)July 10, 2009 | Permalink
Comments
How many times did she tap her foot?
Posted by: thomas | Jul 10, 2009 6:45:55 AM
A good reason to wear a skirt when you're packin'.
Posted by: Sheila | Jul 10, 2009 6:54:08 AM
Oh YEAH!
Posted by: Kool-Aid Guy | Jul 10, 2009 6:58:50 AM
She was just exercising her 2nd Amendment right to be a dangerous dumbass.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Jul 10, 2009 6:59:37 AM
Hmm, maybe she should get one of the thousands of double action firearms that won't discharge when dropped. Oh, and not have the hammer pulled back on one of those. And that holster, sigh. Don't they have a training requirement to get one of those licenses? Oh wait, Florida. Nevermind.
Posted by: Sigh | Jul 10, 2009 7:01:58 AM
Another case of "Dirty Cowboy" gone wrong, maybe?
Posted by: RockyMtnMac | Jul 10, 2009 7:03:59 AM
She could have just asked for a courtesy flush.
Posted by: Amy Gdala | Jul 10, 2009 7:20:14 AM
Maybe she just had really bad gas? Taco Bell will do that to ya.
Posted by: thing1 | Jul 10, 2009 7:24:40 AM
I just wanted an spare square!
Posted by: Torgo | Jul 10, 2009 7:31:50 AM
CRAP HAPPENS ........THAT IS LIFE.
Posted by: MONKEY JERKm | Jul 10, 2009 7:57:21 AM
I'm presuming the gun was a fully loaded revolver - and when it fell, it pulled the hammer back and fired. This is why I dislike revolvers.
If it was a semi-automatic weapon, it should have had the safety on and no bullet in the chamber, preventing the accident.
Posted by: Aaron | Jul 10, 2009 8:20:29 AM
Pistol Packing Mama, lay that pistol down.
Don't drop it on the bathroom floor. Lay that pistol down.
Posted by: The_Overdog | Jul 10, 2009 8:25:31 AM
Aaron- I carry a concealed weapon almost all the time...It is a semi-auto, and I would NEVER carry it WITHOUT a round in the chamber...However, I also would never carry a weapon which is built so badly that it would fire when dropped...If dropping a weapon has even the most remote possibility of making it fire, YOU NEED TO THROW IT AWAY AND GET A DECENT HANDGUN!!!!
Posted by: USMerc | Jul 10, 2009 8:40:35 AM
A young cowgirl named Debra Monce
Grew restless on the farm
A girl filled with wanderlust
Who really meant no harm
She changed her clothes and shined her boots
And combed her dark hair down
And her mother cried as she walked out;
"Don't take your guns to town girl,
Leave your guns at home, Deb,
Don't take your guns to town."
She laughed and kiss her mom and said
I gotta hit the can
E can shoot as quick and striaght as
anybody can.
but I wouldn't shoot without a cause
I'd gun nobody down
but Mom cried again as she rode away
"Don't take your guns to town girl,
Leave your guns at home, Deb,
Don't take your guns to town."
She sang a song as on she rode,
Her guns hung at her hips
She rode into a cheap hotel,
A smile upon her lips
She stopped and walked into a bar and laid her money down
But her mother's words echoed again;
"Don't take your guns to town girl,
Leave your guns at home Deb,
Don't take your guns to town."
She drank her first strong liquor then to calm her shaking hand
And decided then to pay a trip to the ladies room.
A dusty cowpoke at her side began to take trou down
And she heard again her mother's words;
"Don't take your guns to town girl,
Leave your guns at home Deb,
Don't take your guns to town."
Deb stood up to wipe her rear and the gun dropped to the floor.
The gun went off and bullets rang and hit the chick next door.
The medics came to haul her her off and the crowd all gathered 'round
And wondered at her final words;
"Don't take your guns to town girl,
Leave your guns at home Deb,
Don't take your guns to town."
Posted by: merkin4 | Jul 10, 2009 8:41:02 AM
I'm sure this was a "cover-up" story. The real scoop is; "Mafia Hit Gone Bad When Grandma's Detrol Prescription Runs Out" Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right NOW!
Posted by: Sisterblonde | Jul 10, 2009 8:41:50 AM
I work with a woman, totally nuts, who said that every night that her husband was stationed in Iraq she slept with a loaded handgun COCKED on her nightstand so that "when" someone broke in she would have the jump on him.
She also said it was important in case "the commies took over" whatever that means.
I can't confirm this, of course, but I don't doubt her. It's important to remember that for every gun owner who respects gun safety, there are those who reject it as being for p*ssies.
Posted by: DCer | Jul 10, 2009 9:13:26 AM
Ooooo gross, I bet the gun was covered in gross bathroom floor stuff like pee!
Posted by: twerp | Jul 10, 2009 9:36:35 AM
Ugh. Idiot. Is there such a thing as attempted negligent homicide?
Posted by: jdotglenn | Jul 10, 2009 9:55:28 AM
She dropped her pistel and it went off? Its about thyme they titan the laws for this sort of thing.
Posted by: you know me by now | Jul 10, 2009 10:38:30 AM
I work with a woman, totally nuts, who said that every night that her husband was stationed in Iraq she slept with a loaded handgun COCKED on her nightstand so that "when" someone broke in she would have the jump on him.
She also said it was important in case "the commies took over" whatever that means.
I can't confirm this, of course, but I don't doubt her. It's important to remember that for every gun owner who respects gun safety, there are those who reject it as being for p*ssies.
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Wasn't there a story where someone shot themselves in the head when their phone rang, and in a semi-awake state they grabbed the loaded pistol on the nightstand instead of the phone?
Odds are that gun will kill someone in her family rather than "someone" or a "commie".
I worked with a guy years ago who was convinced that JFK was shot by........... his limo driver. No kidding.
Posted by: stopeatingmysesamecake | Jul 10, 2009 12:38:35 PM
YKMBN - I can tell you're having fun. I must be quite the challenge to contually come up with homonymns for different words. I hearby challenge you to use ONLY homonymns in you posts.
Posted by: Navy Chief | Jul 10, 2009 12:54:23 PM
She definitely need a better holster. That and a higher quality pistol of a serious caliber. Of course temporarily putting in a better place would have prevented the accident.
Posted by: Woods Walker | Jul 10, 2009 4:01:19 PM
I personally did a lot of thinking and sewing while constructing the twin holsters for my 45s.
Dropping either firearm whilst dropping my pants was considered; get a better holster.
Or, (as has been previously posted) get a better hand gun.
Or hell; just get this glow around you and know that you are surrounded by the love of the human race and stop carrying*.
*it's an option; just watch out for men with crosses.
Posted by: Icecycle | Jul 13, 2009 6:30:57 PM
