WHAT??? They donīt have a note on the wheel-nuts that says: Donīt shoot at wheel-nuts from armīs lenght???? Unbelievable... :))
Markus.
> Only in America ... LOL
>
> Man hurt using gun to change tyre
>
> 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 - whom 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.
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