Armadillo shoots man; exploits gun-control loophole

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DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.

Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html

 

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DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.

Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.

"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.

The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html

That doesn't add up. A 180 degree ricochet?

 

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That doesn't add up. A 180 degree ricochet?

Think the wife shot him?



It might have popped up and physics instructs us that it will come down with the same velocity.

 

[Saint Peter]

Rookie mistake.


Head shot. Unless you are going to mount it.



*cough*

 

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You would mount an armadillo?



That's pretty hard core...

 

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The rookie mistake was a .38.


You need a .45's penetration power on the armored version of the 'possum.

 

[Saint Peter]

You would mount an armadillo?



That's pretty hard core...

Go big or go homo.

 

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Think the wife shot him?



It might have popped up and physics instructs us that it will come down with the same velocity.

It's Texas. It rains bullets.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

If I see one, I'm taking the .223 to it.



Little bastages can jump high enough in the air to take out a truck grill...

 

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It's Texas. It rains bullets.

Like Chicago?

 

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Like Chicago?

Rats are soft.

 

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Rats are soft.

Are you meaning 'rats as in Democrats?