Man hurt after blasting wheel with shotgun

[Gromit]

"A man has been severely injured after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut on his car by blasting it with a shotgun.

The 66-year-old American shot the wheel from arm's length with a 12-gauge shotgun and was peppered with ricocheting buckshot and debris.

According to a sheriff's office report, he was taken to Tacoma General Hospital with severe but not life threatening injuries."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/11/13/wgun113.xml

Hmmm... Americans, don't you love 'em?

[China Doll]

Hell no... But they sure are funny!

[dannyday5821]

i can see this type of this happening all over england if guns were available over the counter. i can picture 82 year old betty blasting away with a glock 17 because her bingo numbers didnt come up!

[4GS]

There was an Italian who tried to releve his aching molar by removing it with a 9mm bullet fired from his pistol, it removed the ache, and most of his head, so it's not just our American pals who are as thick as a plate of mince, our European partners are catching up fast

[Pippa68]

He deserves a Darwin Award, for sure!

[jno]

there are some Americans <I don't mean you, Clanad> who solve all of life's problems with a bullet, but I would have thought shooting at a tyre would be counterproductive at the best of times.

[Reverandfunk]

Only in America.

Thankfully.

[vehelpfulguy]

For those that dont know, the Darwin Awards are issued to people who do such stupid things they almost (and sometimes do) kill themselves.

Web site here:

http://www.darwinawards.com/

One example. A guy in the US was having a major argument with his wife.

She ran out to the car to try to get away from him.

He chased her, carrying a rifle.

He held the barrel of the gun and tried to break the windscreen of the car with the butt of the rifle.

The gun went off and killed him.

Plenty more on the web site.