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Man accidentally shot self in foot while attempting to kill cockroach (wlos.com)

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[-] Heikki@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

I imagine it was more of a cowboy boot. There is some room around the ankle calf area where you could conceal a smaller gun.

Also, an ankle holster makes sense to me. Awkwardly rushing to take off your shoe while hoping around on one foot could dislodge the weapon from the holster.

A bigger question is, why would you store a revolver with the hammer cocked? I don't think a double action revolver would just "go off" with the hammer uncocked. The drop would not be strong/violently enough cock the hammer. The hammer would have to be intentionally left cocked, so a drop could accidentally release it to fire the round.

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