See? Guns are dangerous!
Drunk in the middle of the day? Check.Jashanti Pleasant, 19, had drunk several shots of brandy while at the apartment before picking up a gun brought by James Daniels, investigators determined
“Pleasant turned on the laser sight and was pointing it at the floor to get a cat to chase it,” police wrote in the probable cause affidavit.
As Pleasant was pointing the 9mm gun between the floor and Daniels’ legs, Daniels told the woman, “Hey, let me get that.” The gun then went off, and a witness told police that Daniels stood in shock for a moment before asking Pleasant if she just shot him.
Officers found Daniels in a neighboring apartment and applied a tourniquet to his upper leg to stop the bleeding. He told officers he had removed the magazine from the handgun before the incident took place, according to police.
Age 19? Check.
Thought it was unloaded because the magazine was removed? Check.
Thought it was OK to play with an unloaded gun? Check.
Finger on the trigger? Check.
And I hate to say it, but, "Jashanti"? Check.
Stand by for lawsuit against the manufacturer.
