Shooting Yourself In The Penis: A New Form of Birth Control?

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For future reference: Gun owners may want to unload their guns before holstering them. Just saying.

It’s been in the news a lot lately: Trigger-happy men accidentally shooting themselves in between the legs. What’s going on here? Is shooting yourself in the penis a new trend among gun owners?

In the most recent case, a man in Macon county, Georgia shot himself in the penis while trying to holster his gun at a gas station around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, according to Talking Points Memo (TPM). I refuse to comment on the stupidity of carrying loaded guns around volatile gas tanks.

Then the shooter drove himself to a friend’s house, instead of the hospital. It’s quite clear that common sense and this guy are not well-acquainted, but that became apparent when he shot himself in the first place.

Upon arrival at the friend’s house, he dropped his pants and out popped the spent bullet. It had apparently taken a small trip around the lower parts of his body and exited out of his buttocks. Said friend then drove him to the hospital, and at last report the man was treated at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Whereupon he will perhaps realize that a happy gun is one that’s best left at home and unloaded and safely out of the reach of children.

While it seems like there’s been an epidemic of accidental penis-shootings lately, there’s only been six such shootings since 2010, The Daily Banter reports. As strange as it seems, none of them have involved Ted Nugent.

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