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All because of one bullet

mtlogcabin

mtlogcabin

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View attachment 1105View attachment 1104View attachment 1103View attachment 1102View attachment 1101The husband accidently discharged his rifle into the floor and then went hunting his wife left about an hour later. Nobody home and no one hurt. The furnace was below where he shot the floor
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Note the lamp shade stuck in fence
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The explosion ripped the sill plate on three walls
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IRC should ban guns...there could have been a sleeping baby and how would you feel if it was your grandchild?
 
I think that if I discharged a firearm inside my house, I would try to figure out where the he!! the bullet ended up....seriously? I would tend to agree with rktect 1.
 
He called the police and they came and filled out a report of an "accidential discharge of a fire arm". Nobody thinks about what may be in the crawlspace except those of us in this line of work.
 
brudgers said:
IRC should ban guns...there could have been a sleeping baby and how would you feel if it was your grandchild?
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We should also allow only soft building materials in case someone trips and cracks their head open, no more granite counters. All glass should be tempered so burglars don't cut themselves when breaking in. Oh and it should be a mandate to have a three course balanced meal in the fridge so that the poor burglar will be able to have a nutritious dinner.
 
chris kennedy said:
That can't be real.
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He would have second degree burns, the pressure wave would have burst his eyeballs and he and his hat would be on fire.
 
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MTlogcabin,

Thanks for posting the story links. At first I thought it may be an insurance scam, but after reading the story and seeing the other pictures, my heart actually goes out to the folks. Amazing! Looks like a total loss. I am sure that God was watching out for those folks.
 
Inspector Gift said:
MTlogcabin,Thanks for posting the story links. At first I thought it may be an insurance scam, but after reading the story and seeing the other pictures, my heart actually goes out to the folks. Amazing! Looks like a total loss. I am sure that God was watching out for those folks.
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The investigators got in there today and found the hole in the 1" gas line. They where renters and they where smart enough to have renters insurance but lost everything
 
He may have renters insurance but good luck collecting. Considering that his negligence destroyed a building, I'm pretty sure he will be hearing from an insurance company.
 
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