# The man who shot his dick off - literally (and I mean that) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108 "2011-08-09T18:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/1 "2011-08-09T18:27:39Z")
[This](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/09/national/a073650D12.DTL&tsp=1) can’t be the first time this has happened, but I had to pause for a little RA (recreational amusement). [QUOTE=AP] A suburban Phoenix man is recovering after police say he accidentally shot himself in the penis while putting his girlfriend’s gun in the waistband of his pants. [/QUOTE] Now I don’t know anything relevant about this guy’s character or personality, but in my mind he will be forever identified as a loser. > [@](#): > > Chandler Police Detective Seth Tyler was unsure of the type of gun, or whether it had a safety that was off. D’oh! :smack: Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/2 "2011-08-09T20:01:09Z")
Isn’t it a bit Freudian that he shot off his pink pistol with his girlfriend’s pink pistol? ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/3 "2011-08-09T20:12:35Z")
He was jamming a pistol into his waistband as he walked toward a store? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/4 "2011-08-09T20:50:26Z")
How do we know for sure it wasn’t his GF that did it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/5 "2011-08-10T03:33:04Z")
Obviously the gun was half-cocked. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/6 "2011-08-10T14:42:05Z")
The cock was half-gunned. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/7 "2011-08-10T15:37:05Z")
At least we’re in no danger of this idiot procreating. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/8 "2011-08-10T15:40:43Z")
Not certain - he didn’t shoot his nuts off. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/9 "2011-08-10T16:19:11Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Obviously the gun was half-cocked. > [@Philster](#): > > The cock was half-gunned. Best consecutive posts ever. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/10 "2011-08-10T16:22:27Z")
Is he a fan of [Plaxico Burress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaxico_Burress#Accidental_shooting) ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/11 "2011-08-10T17:34:44Z")
A Christmas Story would’ve been even more memorable if Ralphie had been warned “you’ll shoot your dick off!” ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/12 "2011-08-10T17:54:34Z")
What, is this a love affair gone sour with his weenie or was it a performance issue? ---
**Author:** ![NajaSong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@NajaSong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaSong)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/13 "2011-08-10T19:58:28Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > He was jamming a pistol into his waistband as he walked toward a store? :dubious: Of course. You never know when you’ll have to stop a robbery…with your “pink pistol.” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/14 "2011-08-10T20:06:29Z")
> [@NajaSong](#): > > Of course. You never know when you’ll have to stop a robbery…with your “pink pistol.” I was thinking it sounds like the two of them were about to _carry out_ a robbery. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/15 "2011-08-10T20:19:19Z")
Where did you read that he “shot his dick off”? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/16 "2011-08-10T20:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=Linked article] In the wake of the shooting, Tyler warned residents to use holsters, not waistbands, if they’re going to carry a handgun. [/QUOTE] Am I correct in interpreting this to mean that any old body can legally carry a gun in Arizona without a special carry permit? I’m surprised more folks aren’t shooting themselves in the dick. And the repetition of “Pink Pistol” in this thread has me imagining some Disney branded Princess hand gun and hand gun accessories, the way thay have Princess and Toy Story fishing tackle and everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/17 "2011-08-10T21:06:24Z")
I misread the thread title. I thought it said “\*Ask \*the man who shot his dick off.” I had so many questions. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/18 "2011-08-10T21:49:33Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Where did you read that he “shot his dick off”? In the linked story, it says: > [@](#): > > The gun fired, striking Seto’s penis and continuing through his left thigh. I admit I extrapolated a bit. Depending on the caliber of the gun, trajectory, etc. it is slightly possible that there is only a large hole through his penis, that wasn’t there before. More likely is that it was shredded to some significant extent. “Shot his dick off” makes a better headline than “Shot his dick”. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/19 "2011-08-10T21:54:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > In the linked story, it says: > > I admit I extrapolated a bit. Depending on the caliber of the gun, trajectory, etc. it is slightly possible that there is only a large hole through his penis, that wasn’t there before. More likely is that it was shredded to some significant extent. “Shot his dick off” makes a better headline than “Shot his dick”. > Roddy And less confusing than “Shot his wad.” ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108/20 "2011-08-11T01:53:48Z")
I have carried my gun in my waistband over 100 times, and, IIRC, it was NEVER aimed at my private parts. Something tells me that this won’t be the last that the hospitals around there will hear from him. hh [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-who-shot-his-dick-off-literally-and-i-mean-that/592108.md?page=2)