OK which one of you is in this Wichita news article?

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  1. November 2nd, 2007 03:10 PM #1
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    OK which one of you is in this Wichita news article?

    http://www.kansas.com/news/updates/story/215961.html

    Man twirls gun, shoots himself
    BY STAN FINGER
    The Wichita Eagle

    It looks so easy on those old movies and television shows, but an 18-year-old man found out the hard way that twirling a revolver may not be a smart thing to do.

    Police said the gun went off as the man was twirling it in his south Wichita apartment early Thursday morning, and the bullet struck him in the leg. He was taken to Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Joseph Campus for treatment, and later transferred to Via Christi's St. Francis campus for surgery.

    The incident was reported at 12:40 a.m. in the 2500 block of West 31st Street South.
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  3. November 2nd, 2007 03:31 PM #2
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    Smart, he has not.
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  4. November 2nd, 2007 04:25 PM #3
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    That's supposed to be a single action revolver...hammer down on an empty chamber. My guess is this guy tried it with a double action...its good for the human race though.

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  5. November 2nd, 2007 04:31 PM #4
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    Cool

    Dummbbb. Guy lucky it didn't take out his right eye.
    He probably doesn't know the difference between a single action and a double action.
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  6. November 2nd, 2007 05:09 PM #5
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    Don't suppose it was a Glock?
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  7. November 2nd, 2007 05:16 PM #6
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    I at one time lived near there, 2526 W.31st. Hope he recovers.
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  8. November 2nd, 2007 05:19 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by eww View Post
    I at one time lived near there, 2526 W.31st. Hope he recovers.
    How long ago? I used to live near 1300 W. 31st.
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  9. November 2nd, 2007 05:30 PM #8
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    Article by Stan Finger?

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  10. November 2nd, 2007 11:12 PM #9
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    How long ago? I used to live near 1300 W. 31st.

    1980
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  11. November 3rd, 2007 10:32 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by eww View Post
    How long ago? I used to live near 1300 W. 31st.

    1980
    I moved away from there in 1974.
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    Police said the gun went off as the man was twirling it ...
    Actually, the man fired the gun as he twirled it. The gun didn't "go off." Subtly so, but this newspaper write-up is yet another slanted view of the evilness of guns (however lightly made), instead of being about the stupidity of the handler.
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  13. November 5th, 2007 06:58 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by paramedic70002 View Post
    The incident was reported at 12:40 a.m. in the 2500 block of West 31st Street South.
    Ah, now it makes perfect sense.
    (I guess you'd have to have lived in Wichita to understand that)
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  14. November 6th, 2007 04:09 PM #13
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    Somehow this reminds me of the kid who played Russian Roulette with a semi-auto.
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