BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. Mar 10, 2005 — A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.

State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him

Luckily I only have dogs!! :P

Dogs can swim though! :blink:

No pussy in the world would go through all that trouble to get to a couple of trekkies , though one of which has fulfilled his dream ,thks to Redlion ,to be a featured dancer ;-)))

Loaded gun, safety not on, lying around, lets the cat play with it....



Darwin's award anyone?

Thats one of Confucy's cats!

Knee-jerk reaction was to post something snippy like, "No, one of her cats would be holding the gun to his OWN head...."

Then I thought better of it and decided to take the high road. :yowsa: