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Nika

Nika's Journal
Nika's Journal
February 1, 2013

A guy just shot himself in the bathroom of the cyber cafe I am posting from (Open carry activist)

I rent a desk at Indra's in Eugene, Oregon where I have one of my desktops set up. The open carry guy who comes in here walked by me and went into the restroom behind me.

A minute later we heard a loud gunshot and a scream from the loo. We yelled in asking him if he was OK and he answered, "Get an ambulance."

He had shot himself through the leg putting his old west style replica revolver. The desk worker put a tourniquet on his leg and he asked for us to hide his gun so the police would not take it.

The employee told him no way, that then the police would wonder if we shot him, create suspicion, and that that would be tampering with evidence.

He was taken off to the hospital with a serious leg injury. The bullet fortunately ricocheted and went through the roof.

He is an open carry advocate, and I will post the story in thread when it is posted on the Register Guard (local paper) website.

http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/29381719-55/eugene-police-bathroom-leg-business.html.csp

What a loser and idiot. This happened at around 3:00 PM PST.

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Name: Annica D. McCarthy
Gender: Female
Hometown: Eugene, Oregon
Home country: USA
Current location: Eugene, Oregon
Member since: Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:33 PM
Number of posts: 546

About Nika

I am a political activist active in environmental issues. I am also a bicycle enthusiast, a veteran if the U.S. Army and a former paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division. I live in Eugene, Oregon and was born and raised in Connecticut.
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