2 Men Arrested After Shooting Each Other While Wearing Vest
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Posted By: tisHimself,
4/3/2019 9:33:12 AM
TWO Arkansas men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after police say they shot each other while taking turns wearing a bulletproof vest. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 50-year-old Charles Ferris and 36-year-old Christopher Hicks were arrested Monday. A police affidavit says the two men are neighbors and were drinking on a deck Sunday when Ferris told Hicks to shoot him with a .22-caliber rifle while Ferris wore the vest. The affidavit says the shot left a red mark on Ferris´ chest and that he was angry because it hurt.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
NancyD 4/3/2019 9:36:40 AM (No. 21892)
Not a good idea....I wonder what they were drinking? This one has me laughing..
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Catfur27 4/3/2019 9:47:48 AM (No. 21883)
...noting good ever comes from an event that starts with .."..Here...hold my beer"
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
smsnod 4/3/2019 9:48:28 AM (No. 21887)
A couple of Mensa candidates for sure.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mizzmac 4/3/2019 9:49:57 AM (No. 21871)
Shallow gene pool, maybe? Geeze.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hershey 4/3/2019 9:51:41 AM (No. 21873)
They saw it on you tube...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JimJr 4/3/2019 9:53:14 AM (No. 21888)
Hey! Hold my beer...
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 4/3/2019 9:54:15 AM (No. 21872)
Yes, we still do things like this sometimes in Arkansas. We´re trying to get them to move to Florida...
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Refried 4/3/2019 9:55:34 AM (No. 21878)
Ignorance can be alleviated but you can´t cure stupid!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
jfodoch 4/3/2019 9:59:06 AM (No. 21874)
Their next trick will be to catch the bullet with their teeth ...
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 4/3/2019 10:13:08 AM (No. 21870)
Must be Bernie voters
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 4/3/2019 10:15:21 AM (No. 21876)
Darwin is disappointed. So close. Oh, so close.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Clinger 4/3/2019 10:37:23 AM (No. 21882)
FTA: "have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault"
I suspect aggravated stupidity, intoxication, perhaps firing too close to dwellings, breaking local noise ordinances, but how in the hell do they see aggravated assault?
Unless they put others in harms way how is it governments business? You can agree to box each other right? What make this an assault? Perhaps the guy who took it in the back had to be talked into it but cripes.
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I´ve seen videos of people who were shot while wearing a vest. I guess they thought they would be like Superman with the bullet harmlessly bouncing off. They didn´t realize that while the bullet would (most likely) not penetrate the vest, all of that energy that drives that little piece of lead at high velocity has to go somewhere, and guess where that somewhere is.
You may not get pierced by a bullet, but it is probably akin to getting hit with a good whack by a 2x4 on the chest. Not a pleasant experience. In fact there have been fatalities from the force trauma to the torso from a couple of good hits.
These dudes deserve at least a Darwin Award honorable mention.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 4/3/2019 10:51:12 AM (No. 21875)
It´s their right to be stupid and drunk don´t interfere when someone is being dumb. If no one complained don´t press charges they were having a good time. The manufacturer of the vest wants to know how well their product worked and can it use improvement?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
PChristopher 4/3/2019 10:52:36 AM (No. 21885)
Pity they didn´t try to catch the bullet in their teeth
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 4/3/2019 10:54:06 AM (No. 21884)
This sounds like the very definition of a ´hold my beer´ moment. So one guy was angry because it hurt? Well of course it hurt you moron! You got shot! Next up for these two mumpties, the Darwin Awards.
I have never minded your ads on the site ever, but this latest for pet medication is a real irritant. It will not let you shut it off, and it will not allow a closure. Nasty.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
jacksin5 4/3/2019 10:57:12 AM (No. 21880)
Why do I hear Banjo Music?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/3/2019 11:08:27 AM (No. 21889)
I know a guy from Louisiana who claims they used to have bonfire parties out in the woods and would take turns shooting into the fire in an attempt to shower the people on the other side with sparks. Also knew a Pennsylvania kid who shot himself in the leg while practicing quick draws with a .22 revolver. It´s not a local Arkansas Novelty. As for the question why they didn´t catch the bullets in their teeth, have you ever been to Arkansas? Hint, nobody can whistle.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/3/2019 11:10:17 AM (No. 21891)
A couple of hillbillies who had too much to drink and probably do a lot of other weird things. Isn´t Arkansas where BJ is from?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
zoidberg 4/3/2019 11:15:36 AM (No. 21877)
Before he launched "Jackass" Johnny Knoxville put on a kevlar vest and shot himself with a .38 Special.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 4/3/2019 11:24:44 AM (No. 21879)
I´ll shot you first. Aaaaaaaaah, wait a minute, why can´t I shoot you first? Because I called it first. Yah, but..... I wanna shoot you first. Just let me shoot you first. Stop being a ninny......
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
GO3 4/3/2019 11:31:21 AM (No. 21869)
#13 is right. Richard Davis, the founder of Second Chance Body Armor (who I have met) would wear the latest version of his vests and shoot himself in the chest with the caliber of gun the vest was supposed to handle. If you´ve seen the tape of him doing this with his first vest, you can see his abject fear of doing this for the first time, but of course, it worked. Throughout his career of shooting himself Davis ended up with broken ribs and so many bruises that he started to put a phone book in between his chest and the vest before firing the gun. But not one of the vests failed to work.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
DVC 4/3/2019 11:49:24 AM (No. 21886)
I will not point out exactly what, but some pretty ordinary, but not too commonly used, cartridges will punch right through kevlar "bullet proof" vests which stop the overwhelming majority of handgun bullets. And I do not mean the fairly well known fact that essentially any ordinary hunting rifle will shoot thru. The vests are designed to stop "most" pistol rounds. Ignorant drunks may get an ugly surprise if they keep "fooling around". I have tested an old vest, but I was sure as hell not wearing it!
These idiots are lucky they didn´t get killed.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Highlander 4/3/2019 12:01:48 PM (No. 21868)
My first clue how really stupid these two were, besides their doing it in the first place, is to use a rifle, even a .22. Vests are not designed for rifles. I consider these two extremely lucky as they may have been using low-grain cartridges with a muzzle velocity of less than 800 f/s.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
mc squared 4/3/2019 12:19:24 PM (No. 21890)
So, which one called the cops on the other?
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