When housecats kill...from the "Animals with Handguns" files and Yahoo! News...

Cat Shoots Owner
Thu Mar 10, 9:03 AM ET

BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.

State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.

Sudiegirl's opinion?

Oh man...how do you explain that scar to a potential soul mate? He'll probably make up some damned story about how he was shot while running drugs in Colombia.

I'd better remind my room-mate to lock up his guns, just in case...

Sudiegirl the "better safe than sorry" advocate