Stupidity and gun don't mix

Posted by RayP(MI) on January 14, 2009 at 15:32:55 from (207.241.137.116):

After our recent experience cleaning a muzzleloader that had been left loaded and not cleaned properly, this comes down the newswire:
(Print version came from The Daily News, Greenville, MI)

Newaygo man dies while trying to fix gun

WZZM 13 News

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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NEWAYGO, Mich. - A Newaygo County man died yesterday when he and his father tried to clean a muzzleloader gun.

Jason Charles Mielke, 28, died from a shot from the weapon that they found near a dumpster.

According to the Newaygo County Sheriff"s Office, Mielke and his father were trying to clean the weapon, but a breech plug was stuck. They put the gun in a vice and used a torch to heat the barrel in an attempt to remove the plug. The heat from the torch caused the gun to fire, striking Mielke. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

http://www.thedailynews.cc/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubsectionID=2&ArticleID=24551&TM=63508.65

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Replies:

• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix TomTex 10:08:41 01/15/09 (0)
• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix buickddeere 18:47:58 01/14/09 (0)
• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix Colin Brown 18:37:24 01/14/09 (0)
• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix super99 16:51:00 01/14/09 (1)
  • Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix fixerupper 17:42:12 01/14/09 (0)
• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix NE IA 16:17:42 01/14/09 (0)
• Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix Billy NY 15:54:14 01/14/09 (2)
  • Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix blinwmi 21:32:37 01/14/09 (0)
  • Re: Stupidity and gun don't mix big fred 19:54:39 01/14/09 (0)

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