Many dog fan will tell you that the Rottweiler has an undeserved report . Far from being the dangerous animals many mass assume , owners insist that they ’re actuallyaffectionate , thinking , and smashing with kids . They even makeaward - winning therapy andiron .
Someone who maybe did n’t get this memo , however , is Charlie , a 55 - kilogram ( 120 - pound ) Rottweiler premix who accidentally shoot his elderly owner in the chest in the middle of the New Mexico desert .
“ It go through my rib , my lung , and busted up my collarbone on the right side , " described the dupe , 74 - class - old Tex Harold Gilligan , toABC News . " I had a gap hole , you have intercourse , and a lot of blood there too … I could see the stock and I felt it . ”
The shot reportedly occurred while the pair , along with innocent bystanders Scooter and Cowboy ( also detent ) , were on their way to hunt jackrabbits . The dogtooth trio were tease shotgun , literally : Gilligan had propped a scattergun in the rider footwell of his motortruck , while the dogs posture on the seat .
In a bizarre mishap , however , it seems Charlie slipped and somehow got his pincer stuck on the initiation of the artillery – and the barrel was point at Gilligan .
" I thought who was that ? " said Gilligan , explaining how he initially recall he had been hit by a sniper . " I was there , isolated , nobody was around . "
As study after sketch has confirmed , many shooter deaths and injuries have at least one incredibly obvious cause : accession to guns . And while you may have heard the old mantra of “ the only affair that block a bad guy cable with a gas pedal is a good bozo with a gas ” – despite themany instanceswhere that’sobviously incorrect – cases like this should serve up as a monitor that many gun - come to injuries areactually accidental . In fact , more than three - fifthsof the 22,000 children take to the emergency way with firearm injuries each year end up there because of accidents .
In this cause , however , Gilligan was lucky . Thanks to recent bad weather in New Mexico , he happened to have brought his telephone with him , and was able to call the parking brake services . After being taken to a local infirmary , Doctor resolve that it would be safer to leave behind the bullet inside his eubstance – Gilligan had suffered a punctured lung , and transfer it was deemed too hazardous to the already damage reed organ .
Despite his trial by ordeal , Gilligan is certain his homicidal heel did n’t act with maliciousness a - paw - thought process , and says he ’s forgiven the dog for the accident .
“ He did not mean to do it , ” he said . " He ’s a good dog . "
[ H / T : ABC News ]
