Man tries to remove wedding ring by shooting it off his finger.

[Electric Monk]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by krispos42 (a host of the Gun Control & RKBA group).

http://www.kgw.com/news/national/198448691.html

A criminal complaint said Bradford police were called just before 9 p.m. March 2 and were met by Alfredo Malespini III, 31, who told officers he was "trying to get rid of his wedding ring" and decided to "shoot it off." The Bradford Era first reported the shooting on Friday.

The gunshot badly mangled Malespini's finger, but didn't remove the ring, police said.

At the time of the shooting in Bradford, which is near the New York border about 130 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Malespini was employed as a lieutenant at the Federal Correctional Institution-McKean, a medium security prison a few miles away.

DOH!

[CBGLuthier]

1. another responsible, licensed, professional gun owner.

being an idiot. If guns required intelligence to operate what would all these mouth breathers do?

[nonoyes]

5. responsible, licensed: we see lots of those folks here

and many of them defend their right to own a gun to fire more than 10 times in 12 seconds.

I'd say logical thinking is not one of their strong suits, but I'll leave that up to them to display, as they have tried to do so often here.

[SQUEE]

10. 'Cept he was LEO

You know the ones I am supposed to rely upon to keep me safe..
Again, no thanks I will tend to my own safety.

[premium]

2. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?

[NMDemDist2]

3. hasn't he ever heard of cream rinse?

those rings will slide right off

[Wait Wut]

4. oh man...

...the Darwin Awards will be interesting this year. So many viable contenders.

Best part is, I bet his wife is laughing harder than any of us!

[mwrguy]

6. LOL gun nuts

Next time shoot off your trigger finger.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. dumbass.

[ileus]

8. Women make you do strange things...

[Control-Z]

9. FAIL (nt)

[krispos42]

11. Locking

This should be in Humor or General Discussion, but only because we don't have a "Facepalm" Group.

Regards,
Krispos42, Group Host