http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/nov/10/sk-man-hurts-himself-trying-to-loosen-lug-nut/

Quote :

"A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun. Kitsap County sheriff's deputies were called to the residence on the 10800 block of SE Olympiad Drive at 2:57 p.m. after the shooting was reported to 911 emergency dispatchers, said Deputy Scott Wilson, a sheriff's office spokesman. "Nobody else was there and he wasn't intoxicated," Wilson said. South Kitsap Fire and Rescue medics treated the man at the scene. He was taken to Tacoma General Hospital. Wilson said his injuries were "severe but not life-threatening." Deputies at the scene reported the man blasted "double-ought" buckshot at the wheel from "arm's length," Wilson said. The deputies described the man's legs as "peppered" from his feet to his mid-abdomen with pellets, pieces of the wheel and other debris. Some injuries went as far up as his chin. The man had been repairing the Lincoln Continental for two weeks, and had removed all the lug nuts on the right rear wheel except for one. "He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," Wilson said, who did not know how long the man had been trying to free the lug nut. The deputies did not take a statement from the man beyond what they were able to gather while he was being treated by medics. "I don't think he was in any condition to say anything," Wilson said. "The pain was so severe, and the shock.""

6/3/2010 2:57:43 PM

I use a 12 guage shotgun to loosen lug nuts all the time and have never had an accident.

What a fucking n00b.

6/3/2010 3:01:11 PM

Quote :

"the man blasted "double-ought" buckshot"

everybody knows you use a slug to loosen a lug nut

6/3/2010 3:04:30 PM

Im guessin he already tried hitting it with a hammer?

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 3:05 PM. Reason : maybe a shot of WD40?]

6/3/2010 3:05:24 PM

I thought he was using it as a lever, over the lug wrench; turns out he was even more stupid. Obviously should have stood at 2 arms lengths.

6/3/2010 3:06:11 PM

The rule of thumb here is one arms length for every ought.

6/3/2010 3:06:57 PM

^pussy. 1 inch per gauge = 1 ft. for a 12 gauge. shot size doesn't matter

6/3/2010 4:04:30 PM

Darwin award candidate?

6/3/2010 9:18:40 PM

Posted November 10, 2007 at 10:14 p.m.

6/3/2010 9:20:50 PM

why isn't Saab in here saying something about this?

6/3/2010 11:22:43 PM

One of my cousins did this when he was trying to shoot a snake in a tire one time.

He said every pellet that went in his legs created a little smoke as they melted the skin in his shins.

6/3/2010 11:29:12 PM

You can start an engine with a shotgun shell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1rc3AmX0XQ&feature=PlayList&p=57C262F623F70DB9&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=39

By the way, this was my favorite show on cable. Seriously. Canadian rednecks, eh.

[Edited on June 3, 2010 at 11:55 PM. Reason : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffman_engine_starter]

6/3/2010 11:53:13 PM