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Okay, this goes into this week's best "is this the Onion" "no it's real" news story.

ABC13: Man accidentally shot self in foot while attempting to kill cockroach

"DETROIT (WKRC) - A man accidentally shot himself in the foot while trying to kill a cockroach in an unlucky and unfortunate series of events.

Police said that the victim, a 50-year-old man who uses a wheelchair, was attempting to kill a cockroach with his shoe.

He took off his shoe and threw it at the bug to kill it, but a revolver he had hidden in the shoe fell to the ground. Upon making contact with the floor, the gun discharged and the bullet hit the victim in the foot."

wlos.com/news/offbeat/accident

@ai6yr This really doesn't seem to add up.

Who stores a revolver in their shoe? Who throws a shoe at a cockroach? And who takes off and throws their shoe that has a revolver in it?

Also, how does a revolver go off from being dropped? Was it already cocked in his shoe? Who would store it cocked in their shoe?

@unlambda You clearly have NOT read any manuals on "cockroach extermination via firearms 101". CMON!