"Hey, is that gun real?"

[oldbrownhat]

"Sure. Here..."
BANG! "OUCH!!!!"

What did Einstein say about human stupidity?

You may not be able to read the article, but the short version is this:

A man shot himself in the leg with a stranger’s gun in Bellingham WA, police say.

A man walking through the woods... around 11 a.m. Friday, June 21 came across another man who was carrying a gun.

The first man asked if the gun was real. The man with the gun said it was and let him hold the weapon... The first man shot himself in the leg almost immediately... He told police he didn’t know the gun was loaded.

The second man took the gun back and ran off. His location and that of the gun are unknown...The weapon was described as looking “gaudy and fake” by a woman who was with the injured man...​

 

[dmar]

Well, as they say, you really can’t make this stuff up…

 

[326MOD10]

Oh, but you can make this stuff up.

I would throw the BS Flag on that story.

Guy knows who shot him and why but isn't saying, more than likely.

Who is going to be in the park and give their handgun to a complete stranger? Nobody, especially if I feel I need to carry a gun in the park.

 

[Hair Trigger]

Oh, but you can make this stuff up.

Who is going to be in the park and give their handgun to a complete stranger? Nobody, especially if I feel I need to carry a gun in the park.

And who, upon coming across an armed man, would not automatically assume the gun was loaded? Why carry one if it is not?

 

[oldbrownhat]

Oh, but you can make this stuff up.

I would throw the BS Flag on that story.

Guy knows who shot him and why but isn't saying, more than likely.

Who is going to be in the park and give their handgun to a complete stranger? Nobody, especially if I feel I need to carry a gun in the park.

It certainly seems odd. Another local paper called it "a bizarre accidental shooting." It wasn't actually in a park but in a wooded area near the airport. I know that area and I wouldn't be surprised there are some strange people hanging around there. Used to be (and maybe still are) homeless people camping in the woods there.

As my gf likes to say, "It takes a lot of nuts to make a fruitcake".

 

[lihpster]

I too am detecting the odor of cod from this one. Another theory is that he shot himself with a gun he wasn't supposed to have and made up the story about a second guy entirely. Gotta tell the hospital, and therefore the police, something. Hide the gun and say the guy left with it and it was his anyway.

 

[oldbrownhat]

I too am detecting the odor of cod from this one. Another theory is that he shot himself with a gun he wasn't supposed to have and made up the story about a second guy entirely. Gotta tell the hospital, and therefore the police, something. Hide the gun and say the guy left with it and it was his anyway.

I'll be applying the "cod filter" as I check the papers in the coming days Either there will be more complete information or the story will disappear. Haven't seen anything on the Bellingham Police Dept. reports so far, but they're not always complete.

 

[boykinlp]

I too am detecting the odor of cod from this one. Another theory is that he shot himself with a gun he wasn't supposed to have and made up the story about a second guy entirely. Gotta tell the hospital, and therefore the police, something. Hide the gun and say the guy left with it and it was his anyway.

Or another possibility, the girl with him shot him because he wronged her somehow, and he doesn’t want to get her in trouble.
Larry

 

[Old 44 Guy]

If BS were dollar bills that guy would be the richest man in the world.

 

[soFlaNative]

Makes as much sense as (sings)

I was walking down the street one day
In the merry merry month of May
When I came across a clown while the deal was going down...

 

[Breakaway500]

Ill bet it was a Chiappa Rhino. No matter how many times I see them..I think weird. Story sounds like BS to me anyways. Here stranger,hold my loaded weapon. It not like its a Frisbie or something..

 

[robvious]

of course it was a Sig.. they shoot themselves ALL the time..

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Hey, a lie is as good as the truth if you can get some one (two? three? four?) to believe it.

 

[Mule Packer]

Yep. I agree. This one definitely doesn't pass the smell test.

 

[rwsmith]

I'll tell you what.....

I can doubt the veracity of the story, but still enjoy it at the same time.

 

[CajunBass]

Hey, a lie is as good as the truth if you can get some one (two? three? four?) to believe it.

Nobody has to believe it.

Just accept it.