Man Shot In Back While Target Shooting In Michigan

[Zappa]

http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/06/14/news/doc4c16255fbe720759688937.txt

Monday, June 14, 2010

ANTWERP TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a man remains hospitalized with “serious injuries” after apparently being accidentally shot in the back while target shooting with friends in Antwerp Township.

Michigan State Police Sgt. James Bennett said about 5:30 p.m. Sunday three men were target shooting behind a residence, about 140 miles west of Detroit.

Bennett tells the Kalamazoo Gazette that the incident appears to be an “an unfortunate accident. Troopers report that the man was shot with a small-caliber rifle.

The name of the victim and his shooting companions have not been released.

A message seeking further information was left Monday with police.

 

[HooVooLoo]

Oops.

 

[yanici]

Aw shucks, jus' forgot to always keep the gun pointing down range.

 

[EddieCoyle]

They were doing it wrong.

 

[jdubois]

accidentally shot in the back

Hate when that happens...

 

[Ma$$hole]

Small caliber. Probably a bunch of guys messing around in the backyard. Probably shooting .22s thinking lesser of them because they're smaller round. Very much still lethal. I have no problem with Darwin coming into play here. I just have a problem when firearms are involved and it gives the media and general public to think gun owners are irresponsible. Too bad.

 

[drgrant]

Nice misleading headline. It made it sound like some guy was just minding his own business at the range and got shot while doing so.

-Mike

 

[jdubois]

Nice misleading headline. It made it sound like some guy was just minding his own business at the range and got shot while doing so.

I know, huh? And they don't even mention that one of the other guys there was Dick Cheney...

 

[blindfire]

Aw shucks, jus' forgot to always keep the gun pointing down range.

Nah...the gun was pointing down range...the other guy just happened to have gotten in the way!

 

[Zappa]

I know, huh? And they don't even mention that one of the other guys there was Dick Cheney...

C'mon now, at least Cheney is man enough to shoot you in the face.

 

[pdm]

How much beer was involved?

 

[cekim]

How much beer was involved?

Guns don't kill people shooting in the backyard - beer does...

 

[richc]

I wonder if he was wearing one of these?

 

[SeanT]

So much for that round of William Tell

 

[KMaurer]

I wasn't fast enough. I was going to suggest a pool on the average blood alcohol content of these geniuses.

Ken

 

[P-14]

ND by "accident" and probably fueled by alcohol.

I agree with everyone else in this thread.

 

[Kevlar]

The 19-year-old man was out target shooting with two other people in a wooded area near his home in the 62000 block of 30th Street, according to police.

While the three individuals were climbing over a downed tree, a small-caliber rifle that one of them was carrying went off and shot the man in the lower back, say police.

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/96277598.html.

 

[cekim]

http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/96277598.html.

Tree rifle handling failure. Wasn't there a fatality in Maine recently because of one of those?

Might not be Alcohol, just poor handling...

Regardless of blame, I do hope he recovers.

 

[BigMike]

I just don't understand these people.

It'd be different if guns could go off at anytime like anti's think they do. But barring rare circumstances such as poorly maintained/cheap/unreliable firearms, these stories should never happen.

 

[william_munny]

Always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. Especially when climbing trees.

 

[CRSIII]

Always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot. Especially when climbing trees.

If I'm climbing, it's with an empty chamber.
(I'm funny that way)

 

[wolf223]

"my bad"

 

[JayD]

This is why I always make sure my friend and I are on good terms before we go to the range

 

[dfranke]

C'mon now, at least Cheney is man enough to shoot you in the face.

How does Dick Cheney call the next appointment into his office?

"PULL!"

 

[mass]

You guys go ahead and keep shooting, I'm going to change my target. Oh, toss me another cold one.

 

[drgrant]

You guys go ahead and keep shooting, I'm going to change my target. Oh, toss me another cold one.

 

[cekim]

"Do it... What could go wrong?" -Eddie Coyle

 

[CRSIII]

''If you f this up, I'm goin too kill you!''

( I couldntt find the ''I pissed myself laughing" smiley)!

 

[Woodstock]

If the shooter and the shootee are related, there's probably a large family inheritance somewhere. Just a hunch.

 

[JRyan]

Was it this guy?