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106. Played in a band with a guy who shot himself in the foot to avoid the draft

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Fri Jun 23, 2017, 11:38 PM

Jun 2017

He actually ended up being shot to death in a bad part of Atlanta

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Do you know anyone who has been shot? [View all] True Dough Jun 2017 OP

Yes jpak Jun 2017 #1

when I was 18--a co-worker, shot while her husband was cleaning his 'empty" gun. niyad Jun 2017 #2

My neighbor killed himself with a rifle BainsBane Jun 2017 #3

Yes. I do know people who have been shot & people who have shot others. MedusaX Jun 2017 #4

A childhood friend and neighbor was shot and killed by his father in law. Over religion. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2017 #5

Wow! True Dough Jun 2017 #6

A childhood friend of mine was killed in a shotgun accident. Dave Starsky Jun 2017 #18

I can't imagine there are too many people who don't know someone who committed suicide with a gun. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2017 #74

Reviewing these posts True Dough Jun 2017 #96

Family friend exboyfil Jun 2017 #7

Was the assailant True Dough Jun 2017 #10

No. A whack job having a bad day exboyfil Jun 2017 #13

A friend was shot and killed. Jokerman Jun 2017 #8

A good friend of mine from Las Vegas was murdered in 2004 Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #9

Interesting story Egnever Jun 2017 #69

I lived in some of the weekly joints when I moved to town Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #114

Yes. procon Jun 2017 #11

Yep and I've been shot at twice. NightWatcher Jun 2017 #12

I grew up in a rather rough area of rural SW Ohio. Shot at twice myself, but not hit. Neighbor Marengo Jun 2017 #14

I have known 2 people. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2017 #15

I don't tell my getting shot stories on DU. They are grim. hunter Jun 2017 #16

A close relative shot her husband to death while he was sleeping. Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2017 #17

That is certainly True Dough Jun 2017 #25

Two people, when I was a teenager Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #19

Unfortunately, it seems that we (DU) know too many. woodsprite Jun 2017 #20

Yes Solly Mack Jun 2017 #21

Yes. SamKnause Jun 2017 #22

my dad died of a gunshot wound to the head Skittles Jun 2017 #23

Ugh that's rough Egnever Jun 2017 #70

I know at least three people who committed suicide by gun. dawg Jun 2017 #24

11 percent? quitnesset Jun 2017 #26

They're afraid they could be labeled "mentally ill" and have their guns taken away. hunter Jun 2017 #36

My cousin was shot in a little store in Virginia near Charlottesville... Demsrule86 Jun 2017 #27

Yes mnhtnbb Jun 2017 #28

A relative mercuryblues Jun 2017 #29

When I was 10 or 12 one friend shot another. lpbk2713 Jun 2017 #30

I have a cousin who was murdered by her husband flyingfysh Jun 2017 #31

Whaaat? True Dough Jun 2017 #42

We don't know. flyingfysh Jun 2017 #43

A former special ops guy i know Turbineguy Jun 2017 #32

Yes.... CherokeeDem Jun 2017 #33

Yes Runningdawg Jun 2017 #34

Shot at or shot? I was shot at twice while in the military. haele Jun 2017 #35

I've been a gun crime victim many times ghostsinthemachine Jun 2017 #37

Glad you survived those close calls True Dough Jun 2017 #44

I'm sure they were after his guns ghostsinthemachine Jun 2017 #49

Sadly, a childhood friend of mine got heavily into drugs when he was in his late teens. jcmaine72 Jun 2017 #38

My sister was shot and killed by her husband titaniumsalute Jun 2017 #39

Yes Drahthaardogs Jun 2017 #40

If you can call being struck by a bullet lucky True Dough Jun 2017 #45

The kicker, Drahthaardogs Jun 2017 #75

Yes. My father hardluck Jun 2017 #41

Excluding my family members who are criminals... Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2017 #46

Yes, shot twice, and missed twice too. He survives to this day. Several others also, some dead. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #47

Lots Lee-Lee Jun 2017 #48

Yes. xmas74 Jun 2017 #50

Yes. He killed himself. David__77 Jun 2017 #51

When we were 20 years old TeapotInATempest Jun 2017 #52

A friend's toddler boy was killed by a neighbor toddler boy womanofthehills Jun 2017 #53

Mostly, the 'mentally ill' as they would be adjudicated are not shooting people. aikoaiko Jun 2017 #54

Three. Not by their own hand. Squinch Jun 2017 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jun 2017 #56

Sadly, yes Rorey Jun 2017 #57

Ahhh lemme see mitch96 Jun 2017 #58

Yes Bayard Jun 2017 #59

I have a loaded shotgun by my front door, mitch96 Jun 2017 #63

Does 100 years ago count? shanti Jun 2017 #60

Grandparent? n/t True Dough Jun 2017 #61

maternal great grandfather shanti Jun 2017 #68

Several.....13 off the top of my head. ileus Jun 2017 #62

Yup.. 2naSalit Jun 2017 #64

I'm amazed by the stories in this thread! I've only known one person who was shot. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #65

"I'm amazed by the stories in this thread!" True Dough Jun 2017 #66

Does it count if they have been shot by themselves? trentwestcott Jun 2017 #67

Yes True Dough Jun 2017 #71

My sister was shot during a store robbery. My college boyfriend after a car jack... Phentex Jun 2017 #72

I was Shot Throught The Heart! KingDem Jun 2017 #73

Yes. H2O Man Jun 2017 #76

NO AND YOU CAN'T PROVE OTHERWISE! jberryhill Jun 2017 #77

I just heard of my friend's ex boyfriend who got shot and killed last weekend kimbutgar Jun 2017 #78

I am curious what do their skin colors have to do with it? Egnever Jun 2017 #83

You got me kimbutgar Jun 2017 #94

Zero. lostnfound Jun 2017 #79

yea.. and killed nini Jun 2017 #80

Our dog, Jack Bauer, has a .22 caliber bullet in him. phylny Jun 2017 #81

I did. Thor_MN Jun 2017 #82

Only young men who shot themselves. Does that count ? elehhhhna Jun 2017 #84

I had two friends from work commit suicide with a gun. Two people I worked doc03 Jun 2017 #85

Given how many people know someone in the military, 44% sounds low Not Ruth Jun 2017 #86

yes Deb Jun 2017 #87

Yes. marybourg Jun 2017 #88

Yes, when I was 16, back in 1972, my dad shot my mom and step-dad. A Brand New World Jun 2017 #89

Wow. Peace to you. Squinch Jun 2017 #115

No. I have lived kind of a sheltered life though. Butterflies Jun 2017 #90

Yeah - don't want to add them up but probably a dozen or more rurallib Jun 2017 #91

Yes two, luckily both survived. kacekwl Jun 2017 #92

Yes... Sancho Jun 2017 #93

I've known a few struggle4progress Jun 2017 #95

Yes indeed I have.......... mrmpa Jun 2017 #97

Nope, guess I'm pretty lucky. Luciferous Jun 2017 #98

Several incidents in my long life. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2017 #99

Your point about long term devistation is a good one. Liberal In Texas Jun 2017 #108

had a friend who was a murder- suicide. mopinko Jun 2017 #100

Country singer Trace Atkins was shot by his first wife redstateblues Jun 2017 #101

No family. Know no one else. Blue_true Jun 2017 #102

I also am stunned at some of these stories... Upthevibe Jun 2017 #105

Stepfather, suicide, 22 caliber pistol to the forehead. Canoe52 Jun 2017 #103

Noon news TV weatherman I used to work with shot himself in the chest. Liberal In Texas Jun 2017 #104

Played in a band with a guy who shot himself in the foot to avoid the draft redstateblues Jun 2017 #106

Yes. Suicides and war. Mrs. Overall Jun 2017 #107

I slightly knew a friend of my dad's who was fatally shot in 1968 DFW Jun 2017 #109

Michael, from a very famous Supreme Court case, shot and killed himself at 18. Hamlette Jun 2017 #110

Did you get the sense True Dough Jun 2017 #112

we thought he was innocent, until his trial Hamlette Jun 2017 #116

And yet most of us never worry about it. Hortensis Jun 2017 #111

Yes. A cousin was asleep in his house. The gunsmith down the road tested a handgun. politicat Jun 2017 #113