Getting shot by a handgun • Hacker News Board

Re: Getting shot by a handgun

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Post by GFischer » Wed, Dec 22, 2010, 11:37 PM UTC

joakin wrote: post #6

Fascinating story... More than the shotgun (I would spect to die and Im not very curious on that matter) what really intrigues me is what would I feel after 10 years of zero sexual activity. Sexual feelings are really strong, that has to cause real pain through the years, I dont know if being grateful of being alive could easily overcome them

I had to skip to the relevant section as I had no idea what you were talking about, but it's indeed stunning (and probably very hard on him):

"I had no feeling in my groin--meaning no future physical sexual feelings, and no ability to masturbate--and still having a huge sex drive..."

"I had never had sex.." "Even being married, and having a willing sexual partner, I find myself doing almost all of the pleasing, and I suppose I will never know what it is like to be inside a woman--to actually FEEL it at all--or orgasm therein."

Re: Getting shot by a handgun

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Post by geoffw8 » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 11:28 AM UTC

JonnieCache wrote: post #37

gallamine wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I live in the UK where carrying deadly weapons isn't seen as a right." Whew! It's a good thing too ... stopping all that senseless accidental shootings from law abiding citizens. Many the criminal will take the hint. Oh wait ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5712573...

THIS debate definitely does not belong here. Seriously, even if humankind ever does sort out the essentially intractable problem of governmental control over the carrying of lethal weapons by the citizenry, I am willing to bet everything I own that we won't be sorting it out here on Hacker News. I reckon we could have a fucking boring argument about it though. I've seen it done, it looks easy.

I'm amazed this has got 52 upvotes. Thats 52 people who want to stop a discussion thats unearthing lots of very interesting statistics.

Re: Getting shot by a handgun

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Post by geoffw8 » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 11:40 AM UTC

JonnieCache wrote: post #37

gallamine wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I live in the UK where carrying deadly weapons isn't seen as a right." Whew! It's a good thing too ... stopping all that senseless accidental shootings from law abiding citizens. Many the criminal will take the hint. Oh wait ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/5712573...

THIS debate definitely does not belong here. Seriously, even if humankind ever does sort out the essentially intractable problem of governmental control over the carrying of lethal weapons by the citizenry, I am willing to bet everything I own that we won't be sorting it out here on Hacker News. I reckon we could have a fucking boring argument about it though. I've seen it done, it looks easy.

I'm amazed this has got 52 upvotes. Thats 52 people who want to stop a discussion thats unearthing lots of very interesting statistics.

Re: Getting shot by a handgun

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Post by EBNV » Fri, Dec 31, 2010, 3:48 PM UTC

I am trying to find an answer here. I was shot by a .22 from some kind of semi auto pistol. It was night on a porch with 1 60watt light on. I rushed to the door after hearing my daughter screaming opened the screen to see a boy on the porch turn toward me with a semi hand gun in his right hand. He was 1-2 feet away.as I saw the gun coming around to shoot me. I knew I had to get the gun and reached for it with intense urgency. I saw a flash and felt something hit my upper chest HARD.and heard a 'pop' I remember thinking I failed horribly and was going to die. The next thing I remember I was chasing him down the street hitting him with the butt of the gun until all I was hitting him with was the barrel. ...much happened.. As I was calling 911 very distressed I told them I had been shot -- but looking down I could see no blood and no hole in my white cotton shirt.. The police recovered a .22 slug a couple feet inside the door to the left (door opens to the right) ..and no I have never owned a .22 and the slug in no way belonged on the floor.

I later found what looked like a lead colored smudge mark above a button hole on my white shirt and my chest was bright red behind that spot.

How the heck did that .22 not enter my chest? I had a thick cotton work shirt on with a tee shirt on beneath it -- But that is not enough to block a .22 in my experience.

?Anyone?

This happened 4 days ago so my recollection is fairly fresh.