Boy Shoots Outhouse

[Lone Gunman]

VERSHIRE, Vt. - A Massachusetts man was shot while using the outhouse at his family's camp by a boy who was target shooting.

Chris Flanagan, 41, of Holliston, Mass., was standing in the outhouse on Saturday morning when he was hit in the chest by a bullet that came through the door.

Police said the shot was fired from a .22-caliber rifle used by a young relative. They declined to give the relationship between the two.

Police were investigating whether the boy, who was not identified because he is a minor, had missed his target or intentionally shot at the outhouse.

Police said the boy was not aware that Flanagan was inside the outhouse.

[TexKan]

What a crappy why to go..............just goes to show ya'll outta "sit" - ya wouldn't get shot and there would be no argument over the toilet seat.............

[Lone Gunman]

Gives new meaning to the phrase "Shooting the Shit"

[K C Muffin]

[Lone Gunman]

Originally Posted by TexKan

What a crappy why to go..............just goes to show ya'll outta "sit" - ya wouldn't get shot and there would be no argument over the toilet seat.............

I don't know TK, he got shot in the chest while standing, if he were sitting he might have been hit in the head.

[TexKan]

Well I thought about that but figured it was a smaller target and therefore increased his odds of survival. I personally will always take a torso shot - easier to make...........

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by TexKan

....I personally will always take a torso shot - easier to make...........

Always the correct shot. Anything else is for the movies.

[Lone Gunman]

Originally Posted by TexKan

Well I thought about that but figured it was a smaller target and therefore increased his odds of survival. I personally will always take a torso shot - easier to make...........

Yeah but I don't think he was aiming at the person I think he was just aiming at the crapper door and hit him by accident.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by Lone Gunman

Yeah but I don't think he was aiming at the person I think he was just aiming at the crapper door and hit him by accident.

Which is why I’m a little tight jawed with this. Goes against what I was taught about knowing what you’re shooting at.

[Lone Gunman]

Originally Posted by Highwayman

Which is why I’m a little tight jawed with this. Goes against what I was taught about knowing what you’re shooting at.

I agree 100%. When I was a kid learning to shoot, my dad told me don't ever point the weapon at anything you don't want to shoot. If I had and he saw me he would have kicked my butt until my nose bled. I don't think this kid should be aloud to use a gun again until he has taken some kind of safety course. Who ever gave him the gun without teaching him to respect it should be held just as responsible as him.