Teen Hurt Whacking Bullets With Hammer

Cybergal · May 15, 2007

Teen Hurt Whacking Bullets With Hammer
5/14/07

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) -- A teenager who put bullets in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings was wounded in the abdomen by approximately the 100th bullet he hit, according to Warren County deputies.
Damion M. Mosher, 18, had been discharging .223-caliber rounds, placing them in a steel vise, putting a screwdriver on the primer, and striking the screwdriver with the hammer, deputies said.
Deputies were called to his home in Lake Luzerne shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday when one bullet went about a half-inch into his abdomen. He was treated at Glens Falls Hospital and was released. No charges were filed.
Mosher told authorities he was trying to empty the rounds to collect the brass casings for scrap.
Sheriff Larry Cleveland said about 100 other rounds that Mosher hit had "fizzled," but one was somehow sent with more force. It was unclear if the bullet ricocheted or hit him directly.
An employee of Capitol Scrap Co. in Albany said Monday the business pays $1.70 a pound for scrap brass shell casings.
Cleveland said Mosher's shells amounted to just a few pounds.
Lake Luzerne, at the southeastern edge of the Adirondacks, is 45 miles north of Albany.
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firstcav · May 15, 2007

That's a duhhhhhh moment.

Ducks · May 15, 2007

I see a Darwin Award coming...

Cybergal · May 15, 2007

Ducks said: ↑

I see a Darwin Award coming...
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Will there be a STAR on the WALK of fame?

Bullwinkle · May 15, 2007

This is a very stupid thing to do.

I have done it when I was younger and dumber, but it's still stupid

25(2)+2 · May 15, 2007

I'm sure I'll hear about it on FM radio in the next few weeks.

"What a maroon!" as a former cartoon character would have said.

Generally, the recipient of a Darwin award receives it posthumously, as the award is for removing oneself from the gene pool.

I'm guessing he will get the sign, though.

AJ

Brickman · May 15, 2007

Sportsoutlaw said: ↑

This is a very stupid thing to do.

I have done it when I was younger and dumber, but it's still stupid
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(Bill Clinton voice, I did not have sex....) I have never ever done any thing like this when I was young dumb and stupid(Bill Clinton voice off)

Scorpiodrgn · May 18, 2007

ok so the kid is going to grow up -n- be the next sect. of defence

MACK E-6 · May 19, 2007

I guess the dimbulb in question was standing in front of the bullets while attempting to detonate them. Here's your sign.

notarps4me · May 19, 2007

Just wait till the lawsuit. Bullet boxes will now read danger do not strike with hammer.

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