Bad idea: Hammering bullets

CAPE CORAL: Hitting bullets with a hammer in your driveway may not seem like a good idea to you.

Matthew F. Dugger, 21, doesn't seem share that opinion - at least he didn't before Thursday.

The incident happened on SE 12th Terrace.

Dugger was treated at the hospital after one of the bullets police say he was slamming with a hammer exploded, blowing shrapnel into his leg.

"If you get hit with something hot and fast and out of control, it's going to possibly cause a problem," said Travis Brunson, owner of Chiquita Guns.

The event was reportedly witnessed by several children belonging to Dugger's roommate, who was already under investigation by the Department of Children and Families for inadequate supervision of the children.

"Anyone nearby could have certainly been hit by it. It's such a monumentally stupid idea," Brunson said.

Police were called to the hospital around 5 p.m. because of the suspicious nature of Dugger's injury.

DCF says they are also looking into Thursday's incident.

No charges have been filed in the case.

Dumba$$

Hopefully he has not and will not reproduce.

I tried something similar once, but I was only 12 and never tried it again. I used a BB gun to shoot the bottom of a 22LR that I burrie in the ground, it worked great so then I got one of dad's 12 guage shells and that ended that idea forever. I stood back and when the BB hit, the buckshot souldn't go anywhere but the shell came back and hit me right in the middle of the forhead, dang that hurt, but not near as much as after dad got home and asked me what I had been up to. I told him nothing so we went in the bathroom in fron of the mirror, dang, you could read just what the letters on the bottom of the shell said, had the imprint of a shotgun shell on my forehead and the imprint of dad's hand on my backside. I told him I didn't need the beatin, I wasn't ever gonna do that again.

PAPA i shouldn't buddy but i had to chuckle a bit there, but all in all that was real stupid no dought.

North Star wrote:

PAPA i shouldn't buddy but i had to chuckle a bit there, but all in all that was real stupid no dought.

DITTO!~!

One of my cousins was trying to shoot a 30-06 bullet with a bb gun once when we were around 12 yrs old...I ran like heck....I dont think he ever hit it right to make it fire.