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Fresh_Start

(11,367 posts) Thu Feb 21, 2013, 06:35 PM Feb 2013

a responsible gun owner stored his magazine in the oven....
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/21/17045722-woman-shot-by-oven-while-trying-to-cook-waffles

"responsible gun owners" is becoming another oxymoron

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Headline you don't expect to see: Woman shot by oven while making waffles [View all] Fresh_Start Feb 2013 OP

Guns don't kill people... sadbear Feb 2013 #1

Ovens kill people? Kalidurga Feb 2013 #6

Does it matter? sadbear Feb 2013 #7

True Kalidurga Feb 2013 #8

I'd say he concealed it pretty damn good. sadbear Feb 2013 #10

Youse two stole my line meow2u3 Feb 2013 #26

I was told by a cop midwest irish Feb 2013 #2

Close, but no Darwin Award. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #3

she should have had a good oven with a gun n/t Enrique Feb 2013 #4

Stored his... what? Scootaloo Feb 2013 #5

We chose not to have a toaster in the house TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #37

gun owner wasn't charged BainsBane Feb 2013 #9

Sounds like a law needs to catch up with the stupid. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #12

Ah, Florida NoPasaran Feb 2013 #11

that really says it all BainsBane Feb 2013 #13

I'm still here. Dog help me... monmouth3 Feb 2013 #17

Been here since '77... FLyellowdog Feb 2013 #24

It's usually Florida or Texas, isn't it? Warpy Feb 2013 #14

seriously, he put the gun in a drawer and the magazine in the oven Fresh_Start Feb 2013 #18

He's gotta be a methhead or something... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #19

The oven was justified under Florida's SYG law pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #21

I thought Johnnie Cochran was dead Politicalboi Feb 2013 #27

And the dumb just keeps getting dumber. Cleita Feb 2013 #22

But isn't it a sign of the End Times when our appliances turn against us? KittyWampus Feb 2013 #33

Yep. Wall-E is coming. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #34

they can take my stove from my cold dead hands cliffordu Feb 2013 #23

If only she'd been armed KamaAina Feb 2013 #25

This is why we need more armed chefs in the kitchen SirRevolutionary Feb 2013 #29

leggo of my eggo legaleagle_45 Feb 2013 #31

Didn't Mythbusters cover this sort of incident? backscatter712 Feb 2013 #32

guns don't shoot people, loaded ovens do.... spanone Feb 2013 #35

The only thing that can stop a bad oven with a gun... Initech Feb 2013 #38