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The man had removed all but one of the wheel nuts

A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.

 

The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.

 

Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.

 

The man - who police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.

 

The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.

 

Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.

 

"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.

 

He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.

 

:icon_lol::rolleyes:

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The man had removed all but one of the wheel nuts

A US man has injured himself in both legs after attempting to loosen a stiff wheel-nut by blasting it with his gun.

 

The 66-year-old man from Washington state was repairing his car outside his home when the accident took place.

 

Shooting at the wheel from arm's length with his 12-gauge shotgun, he was peppered with buckshot and debris.

 

The man - who police say was on his own and not intoxicated - was taken to hospital with severe, but not life-threatening, injuries.

 

The man, from South Kitsap, 10 miles (16km) southwest of Seattle, had been repairing his Lincoln Continental for two weeks, according to the police, and had removed all but one of the nuts on the right rear wheel.

 

Frustrated by the one remaining nut which refused to budge, he resorted to fire power in an effort to shift it.

 

"He's bound and determined to get that lug nut off," said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman from the sheriff's office.

 

He sustained injuries from his feet to the middle of his abdomen, with some pellets reaching as high as his chin, police said.

 

:icon_lol::rolleyes:

 

Aye, it's a worry for the future of humanity that natural selection hasn't killed these people off earlier, especially when he must have had some knowledge of shotguns so the should have had some inkling that maybe it wasn't really such a good idea. :)

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It's hilarious what some people will do when their temper gets the better of them. He must have been seething at that last wheel nut to shoot the thing :icon_lol:

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