Man shoots self while smashing bullets with a hammer in his driveway.

[flvegan]

Guess where he resides...

Hitting bullets with a hammer in your driveway may not seem like a good idea to you.

Matthew F. Dugger, 21, doesn't seem share that opinion - at least he didn't before Thursday.

The incident happened on SE 12th Terrace.

Dugger was treated at the hospital after one of the bullets police say he was slamming with a hammer exploded, blowing shrapnel into his leg.

"If you get hit with something hot and fast and out of control, it's going to possibly cause a problem," said Travis Brunson, owner of Chiquita Guns.

The event was reportedly witnessed by several children belonging to Dugger's roommate, who was already under investigation by the Department of Children and Families for inadequate supervision of the children.

"Anyone nearby could have certainly been hit by it. It's such a monumentally stupid idea," Brunson said.

Police were called to the hospital around 5 p.m. because of the suspicious nature of Dugger's injury.

DCF says they are also looking into Thursday's incident.

No charges have been filed in the case.

http://www.abc-7.com/articles/readnews.asp?articleid=27043&z=2

Cape Coral, Florida

[no name no slogan]

1. FL? Didn't see that one coming, did we?

:thumbsup:

[TZ]

2. Heh. I knew it was gonna be Florida from the thread title!

Does all that sunshine rot the brain or something? :shrug:
Sounds like a Darwin Award candidate...

[hobbit709]

5. Unfortunately he didn't remove himself from the gene pool

So it's only a Stupid Human Trick instead of a Darwin.

[Deep13]

6. Maybe if he keeps practicing he will win.

The Darwin Award, that is.

Dumbass.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

50. At least Florida cities have rational street grids. Unlike a certain more northern city...

....above Richmond but below Baltimore....

:P

[Richardo]

3. When you said 'guess where' I was going to say 'the nads'

I guess you meant 'Florida' :D

[flvegan]

4. Hm. Good point.

Edited, as that's how I would have read it as well.

[Lil Missy]

7. My brother and I did that as kids. I 'bout blew a finger off, and my parents 'bout had heart attack.

My step dad was afraid he'd get arrested, so I didn't get medical care or stitches. I still have the scar.

He hid the bullets after that.

[Orrex]

8. Guns don't kill people.

People with bullets and hammers and driveways kill people.

[flvegan]

10. I want to see a ban on hammers!

Right to bear hammers is NOT protected by the Constitution. Of course the National Hammer Association won't stand for it.

[no name no slogan]

25. You'll take my hammer from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands

and get off my lawn, too.

[Jamastiene]

9. I wonder why he was smashing bullets with a hammer.

:think:

[hobbit709]

11. The stupid is strong in that one.

[Orrex]

13. Well, duh

What was he supposed to smash them with?

[BarbaRosa]

56. Yeah really,

he probably had his rock loaned out to somebody.

[hedgehog]

31. Because he was out of caps?*

[Jamastiene]

39. I miss my cap gun.

I had the most fun with my cap guns when I was a kid. I did use a hammer on a roll of them once. I smashed them one at a time, totally getting off on the popping sound. What I wouldn't give for a roll of them now. I live somewhere different now though. We don't have a paved driveway or sidewalk here. I'd have to dodge traffic to pop them in the street, but it'd be worth it for the fun of hearing the popping sound. I used to love that. :P

[old mark]

45. " Just to see what would happen"....

Kind of like science, except really stupid.

mark

[Renew Deal]

53. Times are tough

It's cheaper than going to the movies. :shrug:

[Heidi]

12. Waiting for the neighbors to say, "Matt 'Kaboom' Dugger seemed pretty normal to me."

Ka-boom.

[arcadian]

14. They can have my hammer when they pry it from my cold, dead hands!!!

n/t

[Aristus]

15. I guess he won't do that again...

Dipshit... :eyes:

[Lost in CT]

16. White Trash does something stupid???? Isn't that kinda of a sun rises in East story?

That man has dumbass written all over his face....

[wartrace]

51. What does this have to do with his race?

What if it had been a black man? Would you have posted something about his race? Since this story has nothing to do with the idiots race but rather his stupidity perhaps the "white trash" comment is not called for? I also find that term "white trash" racist, you are implying that somehow white people are superior to other races except for those classified as "trash" or the discards of the white race. It's as if white people would never be so ignorant to do something like that EXCEPT the people who aren't REALLY white-aka trash.

I know you didn't intend it that way but it is one of my pet peeves. Try using the term "Moron" to describe people who do things like this. It is a generic catch all term.

I apologise for jumping on you about it.:)

[Lost in CT]

52. As someone who has gone hood surfing in Bronson Fl I feel I have the right to use the term.

White trash has a look... a look this gentleman had in spades... it isn't a racist term it as much as it is a classist term... I would have said trailer trash but some people find that offensive.

The man was hitting bullets on a driveway with a hammer in front of children "white trash" is one of the nicest things I could think of...

Using the term white trash in no way indicates that other races are automatically trash... Any more than calling someone a dumb hick indicates that non-hicks (such as city slickers) are also stupid.

No offense taken by myself (I'm sure there is someone on DU that finds the word moron offensive however :rofl:)

[nickgutierrez]

17. Dammit.

Couldn't he at least have hit himself in the nuts? We don't need that in the gene pool.

Idiocracy, here we come.

[mikeytherat]

18. Amateur. Come to Virginia, where the locals set off live ordnance with angle grinders:

http://www.wtvr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7888322

When the story first broke, it was reported that the unfortunate deceased was using an angle grinder (or perhaps a drill) on live ordnance from the Civil War.

mikey_the_rat

[guitar man]

19. !

[Tommy_J]

42. LOL!

[Roon]

20. ewww, I had a buddy do that with .22 shells when we were kids.

I have no idea how no one got hurt.

[LeftyFingerPop]

21. When did taterguy move to Florida?

[Sanity Claws]

22. Chiquita Guns?

The guy who hit bullets with a hammer is an idiot, of course. But did you get a load of the name of the store in the story? Chiquita Guns? Little Girl Guns? Or was it the idea of banana guns -- combining two phallic symbols in one store name.

[rockymountaindem]

35. Chiquita guns - that's not a banana in our pants!

[billyoc]

54. AND we're not glad to see you.

:rofl:

[PopSixSquish]

23. I Read the Post Title Three Times to Make Sure My Reading Comprehension Skills Hadn't Left Me

Aww Florida you're such a cute state...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. That sounds like an outtake from Idiocracy

I mean, WHY would anyone want to smash bullets with a hammer?

"Me like see go boom"? :crazy:

[Mugu]

26. Now here's a fella that somebody should teach the fine art of

anvil launching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvil_launching

[Richardo]

28. I must see that.

From a blast-hardened blockhouse, but I must see it.

[Mugu]

40. No need for a blast-hardened blockhouse

You must simply keep an eye looking up.

[Mugu]

41. Anvil launching is the only past-time that I know of where

all the drunks pay attention.

[Blue_Tires]

47. wow...never heard of that

now that's old-school jackass darwinism...

[LeftyMom]

27. They don't call 'em Floridiots for nothing.

[MilesColtrane]

29. "If you get hit with something hot and fast and out of control, it's going to..."

"...possibly cause a problem"

But, enough about Lindsay Lohan already.

[BeachBaby]

30. FL could save their education system by turning its daily shenanigans into a reality show.

They'd make a fortune on it. I'd watch! :thumbsup:

[Drunken Irishman]

32. Florida or Germany! Anyone remember that?

[MajorChode]

36. Yep, Phil and Brent at KMOD did that routine

[NickB79]

43. Loveline with Dr. Drew and Adam Corolla used to do it. nt

[Deja Q]

33. For a moment, I thought "Duggar"...

[hellbound-liberal]

34. Here's a video of a near miss with anvil launching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9isw0fKXAE

Some people really need a hobby!

[jobycom]

37. So "News of the Weird" has just been replaced with "Florida Daily News" and no one the wiser, eh?

As we say in Texas, thank God for Florida.:o

[sarge43]

46. Florida should be given the Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

and retired from the competition.

[Kat45]

38. What a moran.

[struggle4progress]

44. I know somebody who did this as a seven year old. I never met anyone who did it as an adult

[Blue_Tires]

48. back when i was a kid my best friend and i were into jackass-type stunts

and he got this great idea of putting some of his dad's stray bullets in the garage (i know very little about guns, but I think they were about .22 sized) into a vise and hitting the back end with a hammer and nail...even i was too scared to follow through with that plan...

[Marrah_G]

49. An example of why Meth is bad for you!

[TK421]

55. I lived in Cape Coral...and just a few blocks from that address I believe

considering where this took place I am not surprised