Contributed by: filbert Tuesday, March 25 2008 @ 11:12 AM CST
Patsy D. Long, 34, of Deep Water, was pronounced dead early Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun. Her husband, Ronald Long, fired the shot from the inside of their home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.
OK, I’m a big advocate of responsible individual weapons ownership. I’m a big advocate of responsible everything, pretty much. But I can’t, off the top of my head, think of anything more irresponsible than using a firearm to advance your home improvement projects. Word to the wise home handyman–get a good drill and better drill bits, m’kay? Use The Proper Tool For The Proper Job, as my father would have said.
Sheesh.
UPDATE: No, I didn’t miss the story about the US Air pilot’s gun going off in flight[*2] , which seems to somehow relate to this. It is true, stories like this go in threes. And yes, I was traveling at the time. On a really big boat, if you must know.