SC woman shoots self while seeking gun in purse

[kpete]

SC woman shoots self while seeking gun in purse
The Associated Press

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A South Carolina woman who packed a gun in her purse is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A North Myrtle Beach city spokesman says the woman shot herself while driving Friday because she was fumbling through her purse for something and accidently pulled the trigger.

Spokesman Patrick Dowling says the accidental shooting happened near the city's public safety building and quickly pulled her car into a police department parking space to seek help.


An Horry County ambulance took the woman to a hospital.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/05/2578473/sc-woman-shoots-self-while-seeking.html#.UOiTIeRbapB#storylink=cpy

[Buzz Clik]

1. Next time, let's engage this little beauty:

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What a maroon.

[superpatriotman]

3. Safety's take away my freedoms!

To accidentally discharge my piece.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. It comes with it?

[bluestate10]

31. She didn't have the safety engaged because she was ready to smoke the first scary criminal that made

faces at her as she drove by.

[graham4anything]

2. While driving she was fumbling through her purse...while driving

yeah, she needed protection from the boogie men who she was paranoid about

what if she got into an accident and killed a family with six kids in an SUV because she was fumbling through her purse that had a gun in it

[surrealAmerican]

18. This woman (and she's hardly alone in this) has extremely poor risk assessment abilities.

Sometimes I wonder how different our society would be if people were actually educated to be able to judge what risks they face.

[Ilsa]

27. That's the problem I see with this "arm everyone"

Mentality. So many people are unable to exercise good, mature judgment, yet they are free to arm themselves if they can afford the weapons and pass the screening.

I'm glad this woman shot herself instead of an innocent bystander.

I wish every person shot dead, by accident or murder or suicide, was listed with a picture on the nightly news.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Hmmm..I sense .....a self correcting mechanism

working on teh stoopid.

I also am glad no one else was injured on the road.

[Buzz Clik]

5. "No intelligent persons were injured in the making of this story."

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Amazing the things you can do in this country without a brain, isn't it?

[theKed]

25. Yeah...

...drive a car, carry a gun, hold political office, be a gun lobbyist...the list goes on.

[CTyankee]

20. Unfortunately that's not true. Lots of intelligent people are routinely killed in

accidents caused by less intelligent people.

[malaise]

7. She was probably digging for her cell phone

Next time do your job Darwin!

[Butterbean]

14. Yep, so she could text somebody.

[malaise]

22. Yep

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. ...to report an accidental shooting.

[Butterbean]

19. *snort* LOL

[malaise]

21. You owe me a keyboard

[Squinch]

8. Another responsible gun owner.

[xchrom]

9. & while driving. Nt

[Aristus]

10. What she needed was a second gun to protect her from the first.

That would have worked.

Wouldn't it?

Wouldn't it?

[kestrel91316]

11. See, now, if only she'd been armed. That damned gun in her purse would have

thought twice about doing this.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. If only she had a gun......

..or if only she had a brain.

[Harmony Blue]

15. It was self defense

The purse was being mean.

[4 t 4]

16. hey kpete ,

how do you feel about this ?

[Whovian]

23. If only she had two guns then she could have shot herself

before she shot herself... Err, I know, shot the gun out of her other hand with the gun in her other hand.... Wait a minute, I'll come up with an NRA approved message in a few more tries.

[MrScorpio]

24. The person that she should have been in fear of the most was herself nt

[Kalidurga]

26. If only a bad purses are armed...

then good purses are at the mercy of all the bad purses.

[Ilsa]

28. Damn! Another perfectly good purse ruined! nt

[riverbendviewgal]

29. darn

[Beacool]

30. Well, she must feel pretty stupid right about now.