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2020-11-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Dog ‘shoots' man in Texas after paw gets jammed in trigger

[NYP] Hey, keep your paws off!

A Texas dog owner was "shot" by his pooch when the animal’s paw mistakenly got jammed in the trigger of a firearm, cops said.

"Imagine having your pistol tucked inside your waistband and while picking up your dog, a paw gets lodged in the trigger and fires the weapon, sending a bullet into and through your thigh. Well, that happened here in Plano," the Plano Police Department said this week in a Facebook post.

Police officer David Tilley said the injury was not life-threatening and the man was able to bring himself to the hospital.

"Fortunately, it was just a through and through shot — it didn’t hit a main artery or anything," Tilley told the Dallas News. "He took himself to the hospital and he’s fine."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-11-06 07:12|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 Lesson (learned?) Use a holster.

Posted by Claviger Ulomose6995 2020-11-06 07:18|| 2020-11-06 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 In Texas even dogs are armed?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-11-06 08:04|| 2020-11-06 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I believe it wasn't intentional.

But if it had been a cat...

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-11-06 08:24|| 2020-11-06 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 That's why your dogs should undergo range safety classes.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-11-06 09:42|| 2020-11-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 and then Man bites Dog?

Posted by Mercutio 2020-11-06 10:05|| 2020-11-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Trailing daughter #2 and Mr. Daughter live in Plano, on the edge of Dallas. Fortunately, they have cats.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-11-06 12:39|| 2020-11-06 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe. Do the cats like them?

Posted by gorb 2020-11-06 13:31|| 2020-11-06 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 We have a cat which identifies as a dog.

At the end of the day, still a cat.

I keep an eye on him.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-11-06 21:58|| 2020-11-06 21:58|| Front Page Top

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