Thank the FSM that we are allowed to bear arms here in the US of A. Because if we had sensible laws like the one that the District of Columbia has, stories like this couldn't be published ( except perhaps in The Onion ) and then I would be less amused.
Here's my take on it. A 25 year old Scottsdale man was drunk and giving a cab driver a hard time. The guy was "fighting" with the cab driver according to a nearby gun owner ( 26 years old ), who claims to have been assaulted by the 25 year old guy in the past. The gun owner's natural instinct of course is to grab his gun and intervene.
You know this isn't going to end well..
Here's the headline:
Man Accidentally Shoots Self in Buttocks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 13, 2007
The 26 year old gun owner concealed his weapon behind his back and then accidentally dropped it. The weapon fired and the bullet ripped through the 26 year old gun owner's backside.
The belligerent 25 year old who had assaulted the 26 year old gun owner at some point in the past then helps the injured man's friends take him to the hospital. What a mensch! He's a better person than me. If I was about to be threatened by a gun toting busybody who promply shoots himself in the ass, I'd first find a far away safe place where I would then point and laugh at the guy.
But here's the weird part. The cops arrested the 25 year old belligerent guy at the hospital on suspicion of disorderly conduct. I didn't even know that was a crime. People are subject to arrest for being suspected of being disorderly. I wonder what the penalty is for someone thinking that you're disorderly. Gosh I better clean up the papers around my office otherwise Martha Stewart is likely to have some judge sentence me to life without parole!
Well, the good news is that there were no charges filed against the guy who concealed a handgun behind his back with the intent to intervene in an ongoing dispute between a cab and his fare. I'm guessing he did that in an orderly fashion. You know, except for the whole bullet in the ass part.