Tuesday, August 24, 2010

One Tough Polish Guy

Reuters reports on the weird shooting incident.

BERLIN — A Polish man living in Germany went about his business for about five years without noticing he had been shot in the head because he was drunk when it happened.

Police in the western city of Bochum said on Tuesday doctors found a .22 caliber bullet in the back of his head after the 35-year-old went to have what he thought was a cyst removed.

Presented with the 5.6mm projectile, the man recalled he had received a blow to the head around midnight at a New Year's party "in 2004 or 2005", but had forgotten about it because he had been "very drunk," a police spokesman said.

"He told us he remembered having a sore head, but that he wasn't really one for going to the doctor," the spokesman said.

The wound later healed around the bullet and it was not until the man decided to have the lump examined due to recurring pains that the discovery was made.

I'll bet that happens a lot more than you think, especially in places like the deep South. We definitely have to take these cases into account when people tell us how safe guns are. There are a lot more people getting shot out there than we thought.

What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.

6 comments:

  1. "We definitely have to take these cases into account when people tell us how safe guns are."

    Evidently in this case so safe that the person shot didn't even realize it. Pretty dangerous stuff there.

    Why do you concern yourself with gun now?

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  2. Lies! Europe is a gun-free utopia where nothing like this could ever happen.

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  3. "I'll bet that happens a lot more than you think, especially in places like the deep South."

    Yeah, I'll bet it happens ten percent of the time!

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  4. It's pretty obvious he wasn't shot with a 10mm otherwise we'd be picking his brain matter off the statue of liberty.

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  5. Weer'd said, "Why do you concern yourself with gun now?"

    To which I respond with this.

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  6. Lies! Europe is a gun-free utopia where nothing like this could ever happen.

    Obviously a stray bullet from across the pond. Duh.

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