Woman 'shot' and wounded as she cooks a snack after bullets left in her oven explode

[n2doc]

A woman cooking herself a snack has been wounded after the bullets her roommate left inside the oven exploded and sprayed her with shrapnel.

Aalaya Walker, 18, preheated the oven of her apartment in Tampa, Florida, on Monday to make herself waffles - not knowing that Javarski 'JJ' Sandy, 25, had stashed his pistol magazine with four live rounds in the appliance.

Ms Walker was hit in the chest and the leg by shrapnel from at least one round.

Mr Sandy, who legally owns a .45-caliber Glock 21 semiautomatic pistol, told police he took the magazine out of his gun and put it in the oven. He put the gun itself in a drawer, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282057/Woman-shot-wounded-cooks-snack-bullets-left-OVEN-explode.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. I hate when that happens.

[obamanut2012]

21. I know, perfectly good waffles ruined

[Xipe Totec]

2. Now we're cooking with ordnance. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Hold it, Mythbusters proved his was not possible.

[NutmegYankee]

14. What happened was exactly what Mythbusters said would happen.

Big firecrackers surrounded by brass.

"Ms Walker said she picked brass shell casing fragments out of her skin as she rode the bus to the hospital.

Officers described her injuries as 'superficial' and not life threatening."

[enlightenment]

4. I am appalled (at myself)

that news of gun violence and gun-related accidents has become so commonplace that the only part of this story that gave me pause was wondering why she would preheat her oven to make waffles.

[Control-Z]

20. I'm bad too.

Though the oven did seem like a strange place to stash the magazine.

[tridim]

5. Impossible! nt

[1-Old-Man]

6. More horseshit, I have burned hundreds of bullets, they do essentially nothing

This is just a load of shit. When a bullet get hot enough to go off on its own it simply ruptures the case, with nary a bit of shrapnel. and in fact doesn't even make a very loud noise. There is simply not a chance in hell that anyone protected by the metal of an oven would be harmed by one going rupturing.
.

[loli phabay]

7. the story does sound off.

[greytdemocrat]

9. Remember...

This happened in Florida. ANYTHING is possible!!!

And I live just south of Tampa.

[sarisataka]

25. It is a strange tale

I had considered that the magazine would enhance the effect but I see no way a polymer mag could assist a pressure build up to cause a greater explosion. Metal would not work either as the gasses would merely be directed, not increased in pressure.

Their story also leaves me wondering why he had four rounds in a magazine built for thirteen? My magazines are either empty or full to capacity.

[Union Scribe]

27. I think you're onto it with the magazine

Maybe it held the round steady enough that when it cooked off it was directed moreso than a loose round would be?

[sarisataka]

28. I can only guess

that the magazine was strong enough to keep the bullet in the case long enough for a bit more pressure to build. It seems unlikely but I am not going to try and duplicate it like mythbusters

[Union Scribe]

30. Yeah really, I have enough trouble cooking with an oven

much less conducting scientific experiments with live ammo

[krispos42]

32. I think Glock magazines are polymer-coated steel n/t

[sarisataka]

35. You are correct

(the internet is a wonderful thing for research)

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. Are ovens the place to store guns?

[0rganism]

10. WTF? what thinking being stashes their bullets in an oven?

There are many things about this story that don't sit well with me, but this is near the top of the list.
Put the gun in a drawer, but put the clip (not just the bullets, but the magazine too) in the oven. I'd have to be pretty fucking high to conceive of and act upon something like that.

[Zoeisright]

29. Thanks for defining the case for gun control.

People are fucking stupid. And accidents with guns happen all the time. So we need to have many, many fewer guns in the hands of the public.

[BainsBane]

36. Lock it in a safe

a drawer is not sufficient.

[NoGOPZone]

11. If only the refrigerator had been armed, this wouldn't have happened nt

[Bake]

15. You win! +1000000000000000000000000

Well played!



Bake

[Beacool]

16. Wuaahhh!!!

[LiberalElite]

18. HAHAHAHAHAHA

[bluestate10]

12. Wow, just wow. How stupid does a person have to be to store bullets in an actively used oven?

The woman should make a getting a new room-mate her first order of business.

[Beacool]

13. What kind of genius stores his magazine in an oven?????????????

[Orrex]

17. How else do you expect her to cook stuffed shells?

[pinboy3niner]

31. But Pastafarians hate being embroiled in violence

[krispos42]

33. *snort*

[Historic NY]

19. What kind of freaking moron puts a gun with plastic Polymer magazines loaded into an oven...

one that shouldn't be able to have a gun.

[meow2u3]

22. Guns don't kill people; ovens kill people

[Bolo Boffin]

23. And the best part? Mr. Sandy still has his concealed weapons permit

Even thought Mr. Sandy has demonstated sheer idiocy in his ability to conceal a weapon, he still has his permit. And no charges filed! I assume he is taking care of Ms. Walker's injuries...

[pinboy3niner]

34. Of course he's taking care of her. He's making her some waf...BANG!

OOPS--there it goes again!

[kestrel91316]

24. More responsible gun ownership......

[Union Scribe]

26. "He was not charged."

Oh come on! We need to start charging these assholes who hurt people with their stupidity. Let me guess he probably still has the gun too. I wonder who's going to get hurt next.