Honorary McCain Chair Accidentally Shoots Self While Fixing Bike !

[elehhhhna]

“An Oregon state senator has been hospitalized with an accidental gunshot wound in the knee. The Medford Mail Tribune reports that Republican Jason Atkinson, 37, was hit while repairing a friend’s bicycle Tuesday. Central Point police say a .38-caliber derringer was in a bag attached to the bike, and it fired when Atkinson dropped the bag … The John McCain campaign named him an honorary chairman for Oregon activities.”

http://wonkette.com/401562/honorary-mccain-chair-accidentally-shoots-self-while-fixing-bike

[slackmaster]

1. There's an amazing invention called a "holster" that greatly reduces the likelihood

Of having a gun that is being carried in a bag get fired accidently by interacting with other objects.

[TomInTib]

6. A pistol with a chambered round, loose in a bag.

They should hold a competency hearing for the idiot.

[Binka]

2. WTF?

:wtf:

[Renew Deal]

3. Why did he have a loaded gun in his bag?

Is that even legal?

[Richardo]

4. This is why I don't ride bicycles.

:scared:

[elehhhhna]

16. guns don't kill people. busted bikes? sometimes.

[Solly Mack]

5. I trust he apologized to his friend for not finishing the job

[EFerrari]

7. The bicycle fights back.

[defendandprotect]

8. Guns don't shoot people ....... bikes shoot people --- !

[hughee99]

9. A desperate attempt to show he has what it takes to be VP.

He shot someone (perhaps a new prerequisite for repuke VP, thanks Cheney) and proved he can take a bullet all at once.

[yardwork]

12. OMG I am crying with laughter here at work!

An almost-Darwin awardee.

[beac]

22. He's in it to Schwinn it!

[mike_c]

10. this thread is gonna be DUzy worthy...

:rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. I bet it was an imported Japanese bike.

This is why alternative methods of transportation are dangerous
and why we must drill offshore.

This wouldn't happen if you have on-star, which bicycles don't have.

[elehhhhna]

17. my friend,had he used a car, this would never have happened, my friend.

[yardwork]

13. Weren't derringers invented the same year that McCain was born?

[elehhhhna]

20. lol, no. it was the trebuchet.

[hisownpetard]

29. His grandfather took him out back at the age of 2 & taught him how to use the catapult.

[Javaman]

14. Damn, the chain is loose again, pass me my guy, will ya? nt

[RamboLiberal]

15. Friends shouldn't give friends loaded bicycles

Atkinson probably didn't know his stupid friend had a derringer in his bike bag w/o a holster.

[kestrel91316]

18. This IS from The Onion, right??

[elehhhhna]

21. no my friend it's real, my friend

[sarge43]

19. Was Dick Cheney in the area? n/t

[trof]

23. Have Bike, Will Travel. Wire: Paladin, San francisco.

Anybody old enough to remember this one?
;-)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Gun,_Will_Travel

[mitchum]

24. Remember? I wanted to be Paladin when I grew up

Wear all black, read Shakespeare and Keats, shoot people who needed shooting...how cool is that?

[trof]

26. I wanted a Hey Boy.

Yeah, racist as hell.
But back then I really, really wanted one.
A Chinese guy with a long pigtail who was your personal body servant, but with a prickly Confucian outlook who would give you as good as he got.
;-)

[gatorboy]

25. Was he preparing for a bike-by shooting?

[elehhhhna]

27. lol, a ride-by

[opihimoimoi]

28. Them Pubs cornered the Market on LOLOs...(not all there)..Damn....

[gatorboy]

30. Coming soon to a theater near you:

[ColbertWatcher]

31. Fixing his bike with a gun? What was the gun for? n/t