Dog shoots Man in Florida

BoysInBlue · February 28, 2013

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107343-florida-man-shot-by-his-dog-police-say

Florida man shot by his dog, police say
By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News

A Florida man was shot and wounded over the weekend by his dog, who walked away without charges, police said. Gregory Dale Lanier, 35, of Frostproof, Fla., told police Saturday that he and his dog were in their truck in nearby Sebring when the dog kicked a gun that was on the truck's floor, the Highlands Tribune newspaper reported. The gun went off, shooting Lanier in the leg, Sebring police said.

Lanier wasn't seriously injured, said Sebring Police Cmdr. Steve Carr, who actually said police didn't arrest the dog because the investigation was pending, the Tribune reported. He also said he had never heard of a similar case. According to the police report, Lanier said he was driving along State Road 17 North when the dog kicked "the unloaded .380 pistol." It went on to say that Lanier was "surprised" to learn not only that the gun was loaded, but also that it was actually a 9mm weapon, not a .380.

The incident is only the latest in a string of bizarre shootings in Florida. Just last week, a woman in St. Petersburg was wounded when she was shot by a friend's oven.

Bungle · February 28, 2013

Sounds a bit ruff, wonder how he explained that to the dogtor

Phenom · February 28, 2013

USA USA USA USA.....

BlueLlama · February 28, 2013

Did he use a canine millimeter?

somuchfun · February 28, 2013

It's a dog eat dog world out there.

BigDunc'sFod · February 28, 2013

wruff justice

LTblue · February 28, 2013

Florida in particular seems to be the capital of weird in the US recently, it was never that strange when I used to live there, maybe I was the glue holding it all together. 'Koff Florida and your animals and inanimate objects shooting people.

Basil Fawlty · February 28, 2013

I hope they keep the perp on a tight leash. At least they collared him though.

Tubey · February 28, 2013

Shot by an oven???

EDIT: Found it!

Really is an "Only in America" story this one!

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...hot-by-oven-while-trying-to-cook-waffles?lite

Aalaya Walker was visiting a friend in St. Petersburg Monday when they decided they wanted some late-night waffles, The Tampa Bay Times reported. So Walker began preheating the oven — unaware that her friend, JJ Sandy, 25, was storing a magazine from his .45-caliber Glock 21 in the oven.

As you do...

cbpointblank · February 28, 2013

Fark.com has a "Florida" tag for a reason. Really weird place down there.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · February 28, 2013

Bungle said:
Sounds a bit ruff, wonder how he explained that to the dogtor

Boo. Just boo

davek · February 28, 2013

People dont kill, ovens do.

Librarian · February 28, 2013

They really need to paws and think about their gun laws, there's obviously no proper vetting of licenses.

davek · February 28, 2013

NRA:

"If the lady had owned another loaded oven the first oven would have thought twice about opening fire"

HSD · February 28, 2013

*Hahaha* that's unfortunate! My mate got stabbed in the neck my his dog. It was at a BBQ and the dog jumped up and hit the spatula in his neck...oops.