The woman, who a witness said had been drinking, picked up the handgun, “turned on the laser sight and was pointing it at the floor to get the cat to chase it,” when the gun went off, the complaint filed Thursday said.

The man, who was standing in a doorway, was shot in the thigh, authorities said. He left and went into another apartment, where police found him after responding to a 911 call, the Kenosha News reported.

Prolly grazed if he straight up just left? :soviet-hmm:

The woman told police she thought the magazine had been taken out of the gun and said it “accidentally went off,” according to the complaint.

  • culdrought [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    A tourniquet was applied to his leg to stop the bleeding before he was taken to a hospital. There’s no word on his condition, but authorities said he was facing charges for violating bond conditions that prevented him from having a weapon.

    Huh? Why is he the one being charged in this situation?

    • MarxistMaths [he/him]
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      That'll teach you not to get shot on bail

      Edit: Above was a joke but this does literally incentivize those on bail to not seek necessary medical attention - or, in other words, US Gov policy kills people 😊

    • comi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      edit-2
      3 years ago

      His gun, he gave it to her, didn’t include here this detail, apnews is free to copy paste whole stories :shrug-outta-hecks:

  • Lucas [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This complicates the indoor vs outdoor cat discourse.

    • OutdoorCats [undecided]
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      3 years ago

      What is complicated about the discourse, comrade? There are cats that have good lives and then there are cats that are cursed to roam the hellish landscape known as "indoors"

    • OutdoorCats [undecided]
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      3 years ago

      Something happened to the cat, alright. That cat was convinced that a life of freedom in the Great Outdoors paled in comparison to a life of imprisonment where the guards literally point a gun at you for their amusement

    • comi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      It’s slightly amusing story though, outside of an arrest

  • comi [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Actually, to gun comrades: what kinda gun would need a laser sight, which you can pass around? Or this is some duct-tape deal?

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
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      3 years ago

      Plenty of guns either have rails built in to let you mount flashlights/(IR)laser sights/scopes etc. For pistols its an under barrel mounting for most items with some lasers having a special pressure sensor that activates the laser when you press down slightly on the trigger.

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]MA
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          3 years ago

          Its one of those things I would trust very few people with on the grounds of the amount of training necessary to mechanically being a extremely skilled combatant. Also it's a stupid fucking gimmick which is why the majority of extremely skilled combatants, such as special operations personnel, don't use it. If there's a need for laser sights it's only for IR night operations, and even then it's situational to the point they'll keep them switched off unless otherwise directed to.

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Lots of modern pistols can accept flashlight/laser attachments, and a few have a laser pointer built in.

  • D61 [any]
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    3 years ago

    But is the cat okay?

    • Jew [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Probably scared of laser lights now