Man shot when ammo fell out of box

[TripleDigitRide]

http://www.wkrn.com/story/20437115/man-accidentally-shot-at-columbia-sporting-goods-store

[LI0NSFAN]

worst luck EVER!!!!

[TNcitizen22]

Those rounds must have had some mass.

[vontar]

I am going to call BS.

 

Remember energy and mass, Light brass and heavy bullet?

 

Unlike western movies where they toss bullets in a fire and they go off at the right moment.

 

A bullet if it went off with out a barrel the brass goes one way much better then the bullet goes the other or something like that.

 

 

(it is late, i am sleepy and probably not making the good sense I am hope I am) The blackberry wine isn't helping either.

[Caster]

I've hit 22s with a hammer as a kid. Proof God watches out for stupid children. All they ever was ring the heck out of my ears. I used set 30/30 cases in between rocks and shoot at the primers with a 22 as a kid too. Usually the bullet would be within a foot or two of where I stuck it. I'm calling BS too.

[GlockSpock]

Well, if there is a shred of truth to it, I believe it is that he is an extremely unlucky person.

 

I'd say the brass probably got lodged into his leg a bit, but who wanted to report that?

[Mike.357]

I don't believe this for one second.

 

A ,22 not in a gun is not going to propel itself into someone's leg.

 

This dufus somehow shot himself and it had nothing to do with loose ammo hitting the floor.

[piercedan]

I'm on the BS bandwagon too.  Seems pretty suspicious.

[Worriedman]

If that were possible, I would look a a bloody piece of swiss cheese from all the .22 cartridges I have dropped on hard pack over the years...

[Guest CCI]

I'm on the BS bandwagon too.  Seems pretty suspicious.

+1

[Hershmeister]

We need a ban on gravity to prevent these senseless injuries

[Guest mikedwood]

Yes it is a bit much to believe. Thank god.it wasnt 10 mm.

[LngRngShtr]

Hatchers Notebook shows a study done  setting off various ammo by its lonesome

no encasement of shell no bullet leaves  brass blows out and bleeds off pressure..

 

Bulls hite  is the correct call...

 

someone didn't want to fill out lots of paperwork so a "there I was standing at the counter..." story came to life.

[glowdotGlock]

I call BS too

[billyscott]

BS!!! I've seen light primer strikes that didn't fire a 22. Again BS!!! 

[jtmaze]

I didn't read the article but BS. Like someone else said. The bullet will not go far and he might have been hit with brass.

[Oh Shoot]

I'd call simple BS on a centerfire cartridge, but triple BS on rimfire.

 

- OS

[TrickyNicky]

Total BS. Hopefully the truth comes out at some point otherwise we may be looking at an all out panic induced shortage on 22. Er wait....

[Sam1]

Not sure how this is possible, been around too much ammo on fire and even with this being .22 like the others said, I'm not sure how the case would hold that much pressure in to expel a bullet with any force.

[Sam1]

This is a document we read in class a couple of years ago:

 

http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/publications/download/saami_item_212-facts_about_sporting_ammunition_fires.pdf

 

 

 

Newspaper accounts of fires  in hardware and sporting goods stores often tell of "whizzing" bullets or ammunition flying from the store windows, spraying the area with a devastating barrage. Yet miraculously, no one is ever seriously wounded or killed by the spray of bullets and shot. The fact is that bullets and shot are not projected at velocities higher than you could throw them by hand. 

[RED333]

BRAVO SIERRA!!! the news has lied.

[daddyo]

This is yet another example of how the media fails to fact check. Now they can claim that ammunition is deadly all by itself. This lie will be repeated by the gun haters ad nauseum.

[Defender]

Well, probably what REALLY happened was the ammo was on the shelf when the innocent shopper walked by and it spontaneously discharged and tried to kill him. If not that, then a gun on the other shelf loaded itself and attacked as they are prone to do.   This is typical and a known fact that ammo and/or guns regularly try to kill people. 

[Keyless]

My son has worked many house fires and told me that you find the bullets in a pile and the brass is what flies off . Without a controled explosion and barrel to send it on it path with the pressure from the explosion , you are looking at something that can injure you . But I would say no where close to what it would be in getting shot . I just can't believe much of any news I hear .  

[Sam1]

Yeah, it's either the brass or the primers that go, not the bullet.

If the bullet is expelled from a loose round like claimed here, then any time someone shot a pistol, the recoil would probably break your hand