I saw this in the Miami Herald.
Man out for a morning walk shoots himself in the penis, Indiana police say
OWWWWW….
A 46-year-old man walking on an Indiana parkway reached for his 9mm pistol when it began to slip from his waistband — with unfortunate results, police wrote in a press release.
This is why a good holster is more than a fashion statement, it is a life saving (or at least dick saving) device.
The pistol fired, striking Mark Anthony Jones in the penis and scrotum, police in Marion, Indiana, wrote. The incident took place early Thursday morning.
He pulled off the hat trick.
Jones was carrying the Hi Point 9mm pistol in his waistband without a holster, police wrote. He reached down to adjust the gun, which had slipped, when it fired.
Officers interviewed him at a hospital emergency room, where he had gone for treatment at 6:44 a.m. Thursday, the release says.
Jones did not have an Indiana permit for the pistol, police wrote. His case has been referred to prosecutors for possible charges.
The news did not report if Mr. Jones has a criminal record, but a carry permit in Indiana is very easy to get. I wonder why he didn’t have one. I’m also a little curious why he wasn’t using a holster. This seems a tad suspicious to me.
I tried to find our if Mr. Jones had a criminal record and found out this story has been reported as far away as The Independent in the UK. The Independent sheds a little more light on the story.
Mr Jones later told the city’s police officers he had been taking a morning stroll near a Girl Scout cabin when a Hi-Point 9mm handgun he was carrying in his waistband “began to slip”.
Why was he taking a stroll near a Girl Scout cabin at 6:44 in the morning, carrying a pistol Mexican style?
That what should be a local Indiana story is being reported as far away as the UK is horribly embarrassing. Now people around the world know that the guy who blew his dick and balls off was carrying a Hi-Point.
I’ve heard of “Glock Leg,” now we have “High Point C***.” Too bad it wasn’t a Glock, it would have made for a better-sounding quip!
I read this a few days ago, and I’ll ask the same question I did then.
Do we have a Darwin Award candidate here?
(Yes, I know Darwin Awards are usually given to people who kill themselves accidentally in a stupid way. The one example I can think of, about a person not dying was a guy who decided to wash his scrotum in the golf course ball washer, and passed out from the pain, and had them ripped from his body when he fell over. There was a note at the bottom about how usually it’s people who have died that receive an award, however, the guy in that particular story had effective removed himself from the gene pool, thereby meeting the criteria for a Darwin Award.)
No mention of what kind of pants he was wearing.
I would not be surprised if they were sweatpants. If you are going to go stupid, double down on it.
Somedays the jokes just write themselves.
Ralphie! You’ll shoot your d—k off!