Minnesota Carpenter Survives Nail Gun Shot to the Heart

Yahoo News reports

Minnesota carpenter Eugene Rakow has a second shot at life after he literally took a shot to the heart. Rakow of St. Bonifacius, Minn., is recovering from accidentally shooting a 3.5-inch nail into his chest that came within 2 millimeters of his coronary artery.

The harrowing incident unfolded Friday while the 58-year-old man was repairing his neighbor's deck when his nail gun kicked back, firing the spike through his chest and piercing his heart.

I couldn't help but wonder if this guy owns any real guns.

Nail Gun Shooter Arrested in Maryland

Huff Post reports

Police have arrested a Maryland construction worker for shooting a co-worker with a nail gun following an argument at the site where the two were working. 

Guillermo L. Lopez-Molina of Hyattsville, Md., has been charged with first and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. 

The 34-year-old victim was found just before 11:30 a.m. on Monday, "suffering from injuries to the upper body sustained from a nail shot from a nail gun while framing a house.

Are those charges enough to have gun rights removed? I mean if and when he's convicted, of course.

What do you think?  Please leave a comment.

Man Fires Nail into Brain

The Naperville Sun reoprts

“It’s a miracle,” his fiancee Gail Glaenzer said. “Un-freaking-believable.”

She said the accident happened when Autullo was standing on a ladder and working on a project in the garage. He had fired several nails when the recoil of the final shot sent the gun near his head.

With his finger still on the trigger, a sensor on the top of the gun recognized a flat surface, and unloaded a nail into his brain.

What do you think? Should this guy lose his rights to own guns?

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