Teen shoots himself in leg at McDonald's

Thu Sep 13, 5:31 PM ET

PITTSBURGH - A 17-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while standing in line at a McDonald's restaurant and now he faces an illegal weapons charge.

The boy was fiddling with the .25-caliber pistol tucked in his waistband when it fired, wounding him in the upper thigh shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, city police Sgt. William Gorman said.

"Some days you deal with a victim, some days you deal with an actor," Gorman said. "But it's a strange day when the actor is the victim."

The boy was in good condition at Mercy Hospital. He was to be charged with illegal possession of a firearm, because he is not old enough to lawfully have a gun, police said.

Police were also trying to determine if the gun was stolen.

The boy was not identified because he is a juvenile. No one else was hurt.

or what about this one?

Inmates go on sausage 'temper tantrum'

Thu Sep 13, 9:20 PM ET

HOBBS, N.M. - Some Lea County inmates set fires and broke toilets and windows after being told they would be allowed only one sausage at dinner. Jail officials said the inmates began yelling and banging on their doors in what they described in a news release as a "temper tantrum."

Officers from the Lea County Sheriff's and Hobbs Police departments were called in to restore control, and the jail was locked down after Tuesday night's incident.

Some 33 prisoners were involved, Warden Jann Gartman said.

The remaining 300-plus prisoners at the jail accepted the meal without incident, authorities said.

The damage to the jail was light, with some smoke damage and broken toilets and windows, the warden said

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_jail_melee;_ylt=Aq4sCsmz3RwFbFCcnxi27njtiBIF

Clearly someone has the copyright and patent on STUPID. And these jokers are so dim, they'll probably get arrested for intellectual theft (an oxymoron I know) as well.

I'm still :rofl: about the sausage thing. Rich is right - they bring new meaning to the phrase "dimbulb".

I'm still :rofl: about the sausage thing. Rich is right - they bring new meaning to the phrase "dimbulb".

i couldn't help but laugh my arse off when i read this one :brent

Sausage is sooooo important. As is gun safety. :)

"Some days you deal with a victim, some days you deal with an actor," Gorman said. "But it's a strange day when the actor is the victim."

WTF? Am I missing something here? actor?

I think they covered up the REAL story of the kid with the gun....his thigh was actually trying to commit suicide! :rolleyes:

WTF? Am I missing something here? actor?

irene, i think what he was trying to say is that on ocassions, there are people who are victims of crime and people who think it is worth doing something stupid to themselves and this guy was an actor because he wasn't realising at the time how seriously injured he would be by carrying a firearm and shooting himself on the foot. also, what the hell was he doing by carrying a gun in a fast foot joint? what was he going to do? rob the place and steal not just the money but some big macs, fries and soda and run off? i'd say this kid needs to learn his lesson, and fast