2 men accused of shooting each other while wearing a bulletproof vest

[KG]

yeah, there's the 2A, but the sad fact is, not many people are mentally capable of gun ownership.

ROGERS, Ark. — Two Arkansas men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after police say they shot each other while taking turns wearing a bulletproof vest.

The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 50-year-old Charles Ferris and 36-year-old Christopher Hicks were arrested Monday.

A police affidavit says the two men are neighbors and were drinking on a deck Sunday when Ferris told Hicks to shoot him with a .22-caliber rifle while Ferris wore the vest. The affidavit says the shot left a red mark on Ferris' chest and that he was angry because it hurt.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/2-men-accused-of-shooting-each-other-while-wearing-a-bulletproof-vest/89-6b7e9506-0465-4fd8-a816-e414c8134ba1?fbclid=IwAR1WB07pbRlPdqO6-Mrr8KuZebUeGBgEtLfl5-WMbUgG_Car49-4TW-owOQ

[Ferryboat]

1. Darwin?

Just think, these two knuckleheads are capable of reproduction.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Hold my beer...

"Angry because it hurt?" Not sure the muzzle velocity of a .22 rifle, but it's still gonna hurt like a kick in the ribs.

Should have shot each other in the head.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Seems to be that a lot of people think a bulletproof vest is like a thick mattress or something.

Do they expect bullets will just bounce off?

News flash: TV is not the real world.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Well, most of the shows I've watched ....

show characters at least getting bruised/cracked ribs when hit in the vest area. That's fairly realistic, I think.

I guess the were thinking that a .22 was more like a BB gun or something.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Arkansas Men are now competing with Florida Man.

[Kaleva]

4. Guys were lucky becasue there is no such thing as a bulletproof vest.

The original article correctly describes the vest as "bullet-resistant".

"Benton County sheriff's Deputy Dorian Hendrix went to Mercy Hospital about 11 p.m. Sunday to investigate a man who had been shot multiple times while wearing a bullet-resistant vest, according to the affidavit."

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2019/apr/03/affidavit-2-men-don-vest-shoot-20190403/

[liberaltrucker]

5. Cue Jeff Foxworthy

[Quemado]

7. This reminds me of "Thinning the Herd"

a feature of "News of the Weird", by Chuck Shepherd.

[customerserviceguy]

8. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. n/t

[Initech]

10. Give an idiot a gun, don't be surprised when he does something stupid with it.

[dustyscamp]

11. Reminds me of the scene in Scream where the bad guys took turns stabbing each other

[Totally Tunsie]

12. tRump voters, for sure.

MAGAts!