3dGameMan
04-10-2005, 09:16 AM
Man who shot self gets time in prison: ~soure (http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/20050401-Manwhoshotselfg.html)
By Jim Suhr
Associated Press
Larry Martin's illegal ownership of a gun may not have become known had he not done what has some authorities scratching their heads — accidentally wounding himself with a shotgun while on his riding lawn mower.
But the 38-year-old southeast Missouri man paid a hefty price Thursday, when he was sentenced in federal court in Cape Girardeau to eight years and four months in federal prison on a felony charge that he was a previously convicted felon in possession of a gun.
"It's a bizarre case from start to finish," said Keith Sorrell, the case's federal prosecutor. "I don't know if we can ever know the true reason of why he had the shotgun while mowing."
Hogwash, says Martin's wife, Vickie.
"I'll go to my grave saying it was a trumped-up charge," she said. "I could see if he hurt or shot somebody else. But he didn't hurt anybody but himself. It blows my mind they could put somebody in jail for hurting themselves...
By Jim Suhr
Associated Press
Larry Martin's illegal ownership of a gun may not have become known had he not done what has some authorities scratching their heads — accidentally wounding himself with a shotgun while on his riding lawn mower.
But the 38-year-old southeast Missouri man paid a hefty price Thursday, when he was sentenced in federal court in Cape Girardeau to eight years and four months in federal prison on a felony charge that he was a previously convicted felon in possession of a gun.
"It's a bizarre case from start to finish," said Keith Sorrell, the case's federal prosecutor. "I don't know if we can ever know the true reason of why he had the shotgun while mowing."
Hogwash, says Martin's wife, Vickie.
"I'll go to my grave saying it was a trumped-up charge," she said. "I could see if he hurt or shot somebody else. But he didn't hurt anybody but himself. It blows my mind they could put somebody in jail for hurting themselves...