The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says 68-year-old Larry Godwin, of Redfield, was using a 22-calibre handgun to shoot a trapped raccoon.
But the bullet ricocheted off the trap and struck Godwin in the stomach. Godwin dropped the gun causing it to fire again, hitting him in the same spot.
Godwin was taken to Mercy Medical Center. The DNR says his injuries are not expected to be life threatening.
5 comments:
I hope the racoon's ok :)
Talk about instant karma. LOL Unfortunately, in most of the US, raccoons are not usually released, but killed as a matter of an antiquated scorched earth policy to fight rabies.
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Justice!
Wait, people are really cheering that an 68 year old man was shot twice in the stomach from a mishap while trying to kill a common pest?
Gareth, your home must be a safe haven for spiders and house flies, then. No mosquito needs to fear for its life around you. You obviously never travel in a car, since such travel will always result in the death of countles of little bugs and sometimes a small bird or a rodent, too. Such needless collateral damage is unacceptable to you, of course. No special rights.
What would you do if you got head lice or a tape worm? Which would be more important to you, your own convenience or their right to life?
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