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Friend shoots at flak jacket but misses, hitting buddy in the buttocks
The test of the Vietnam-era flak jacket went well: The three buddies fired a .22-caliber pistol at it, and it stopped the bullets.
The three, all in their late teens, had gathered Saturday at a cabin owned by one of their parents near Branched Oak Lake in northwest Lancaster County.
One of three had purchased the flak jacket, designed to stop shrapnel from land mines and grenades, at a secondhand store, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.
After the successful test, one 19-year-old decided he would don the vest and have his friend, also 19, shoot at it, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said Monday. To absorb some of the shock, Wagner said, they put a pillow between the young man’s body and the flak jacket.
The problem, the sheriff said, is that the friend missed and shot his buddy in the buttocks.
“This is like one of those ‘Jackass’ shows,” Wagner said, referring to the MTV reality series that featured videos of people performing stunts and pranks.
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Friend shoots at flak jacket but misses, hitting buddy in the buttocks
The test of the Vietnam-era flak jacket went well: The three buddies fired a .22-caliber pistol at it, and it stopped the bullets.
The three, all in their late teens, had gathered Saturday at a cabin owned by one of their parents near Branched Oak Lake in northwest Lancaster County.
One of three had purchased the flak jacket, designed to stop shrapnel from land mines and grenades, at a secondhand store, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.
After the successful test, one 19-year-old decided he would don the vest and have his friend, also 19, shoot at it, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said Monday. To absorb some of the shock, Wagner said, they put a pillow between the young man’s body and the flak jacket.
The problem, the sheriff said, is that the friend missed and shot his buddy in the buttocks.
“This is like one of those ‘Jackass’ shows,” Wagner said, referring to the MTV reality series that featured videos of people performing stunts and pranks.
More at ...
Friend shoots at flak jacket but misses, hitting buddy in the buttocks
