Bad luck with gun may bring charges
(San Antonio Express-News 7/20/00 Pg 1B)
By Bonnie Pfister (<--- Really!! )
Laredo - A 26 y/o construction worker is recovering after accidentally
shooting himself in the testicles earlier this week.
Police said Genaro Hernandez was leaving his home on Victoria Street around
4 am Tuesday after having an argument with this wife.
Detective Greg Cantu said the victim had bundled up some clothing and
placed a .357 revolver in his waistband, preparing to go to his brother’s
home.
Hernandez had inadvertently cocked the gun. Once outside, the weapon
began to slip into his shorts. As he bent to catch it, the gun went off,
perforating a testicle and exiting his body. Hernandez indicated he had been
drinking at the time of the incident....
Police were especially disturbed to find that Hernandez had been storing the
weapon unsecured under his bed, despite having two young sons, ages 6 years
and 18 months, living at the home.
The wife said, “Oh, the kids never go in that room.”
Hernandez did not have a permit to carry a handgun. Cantu (the detective)
said Hernandez could be charged with unlawfully firing a weapon in the city
limits.
Mrs. Hernandez, at her husband’s bedside in Doctors Hospital noted the
family is now considering getting rid of the gun.
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- Store your guns properly and safely - away from children and fools.
- Don’t fight with your wife.
- Don’t play with guns - ever! Especially not when drinking and fighting with
your wife.
- Be careful of going off half-cocked. Nobody has enough balls to do that
often!
(San Antonio Express-News 7/20/00 Pg 1B)
By Bonnie Pfister (<--- Really!! )
Laredo - A 26 y/o construction worker is recovering after accidentally
shooting himself in the testicles earlier this week.
Police said Genaro Hernandez was leaving his home on Victoria Street around
4 am Tuesday after having an argument with this wife.
Detective Greg Cantu said the victim had bundled up some clothing and
placed a .357 revolver in his waistband, preparing to go to his brother’s
home.
Hernandez had inadvertently cocked the gun. Once outside, the weapon
began to slip into his shorts. As he bent to catch it, the gun went off,
perforating a testicle and exiting his body. Hernandez indicated he had been
drinking at the time of the incident....
Police were especially disturbed to find that Hernandez had been storing the
weapon unsecured under his bed, despite having two young sons, ages 6 years
and 18 months, living at the home.
The wife said, “Oh, the kids never go in that room.”
Hernandez did not have a permit to carry a handgun. Cantu (the detective)
said Hernandez could be charged with unlawfully firing a weapon in the city
limits.
Mrs. Hernandez, at her husband’s bedside in Doctors Hospital noted the
family is now considering getting rid of the gun.
------
- Store your guns properly and safely - away from children and fools.
- Don’t fight with your wife.
- Don’t play with guns - ever! Especially not when drinking and fighting with
your wife.
- Be careful of going off half-cocked. Nobody has enough balls to do that
often!