- FLOWOOD, MS, 11/24/13: Churchgoers got quite a scare at Pinelake Church in Rankin County Sunday morning. Flowood Police say a man's gun accidentally discharged as he was sitting down. Officers took Joseph Edgar Ray into custody. He was in possession of a 9mm handgun. According to police, Ray's gun was in his front right pocket and went off as he sat down. He's been charged with Discharging a Firearm in the City. Ray will appear in Flowood Municipal Court Jan. 9. MORE: Authorities tell us Ray has an enhanced carry gun permit, which gives him the right to carry a concealed weapon in public. Pinelake has posted signs prohibiting weapons on church property. The signs are not clearly visible so Ray may not have seen them, officials say. There were no injuries. But one woman was hit on the leg by the bullet after it ricocheted off the floor. [Ed. note: What?]
And this, boys and girls, is just story No. 18 in this week's wonderful crop of "Firearm Follies" collected by a writer called David Waldman under the heading "GunFails", and published by the Daily Kos - enjoy the rest of the madness here, including "the story from Chickamauga, GA, where a
man who thought he was shooting at a home intruder killed a
wandering, 72-year-old Alzheimer's patient. Or the story from
Nashville, TN, where "outlaw country" singer Wayne Mills
was shot and killed in a bar fight."
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