Knife goes off by accident.

Possibly for the first time in history, it appears that a knife has gone off
unexpectedly, killing an innocent teenager. This from this morning's edition
of Bizarre News.

NORTH PORT, Fla. - A teenager died Saturday night after
being impaled by the blade of a sword that separated from
the handle. Jonathan Sullivan, 17, was killed when his
friend swung the sword and the blade came off and struck him
in the chest. Sullivan collapsed in the kitchen of the North
Port home after the blade stabbed his chest, and was taken
by helicopter to a St. Petersburg hospital. He was later
pronounced dead. The 18-year-old male who allegedly swung
the sword was not identified by police. "It appears to be
accidental, although this is an ongoing investigation," said
Capt. Robert Estrada. "There are no charges at this time."

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:anO0f.10410$q1.1115@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> Possibly for the first time in history, it appears that a knife has gone
> off unexpectedly, killing an innocent teenager. This from this morning's
> edition of Bizarre News.
>
> NORTH PORT, Fla. - A teenager died Saturday night after
> being impaled by the blade of a sword that separated from
> the handle. Jonathan Sullivan, 17, was killed when his
> friend swung the sword and the blade came off and struck him
> in the chest. Sullivan collapsed in the kitchen of the North
> Port home after the blade stabbed his chest, and was taken
> by helicopter to a St. Petersburg hospital. He was later
> pronounced dead. The 18-year-old male who allegedly swung
> the sword was not identified by police. "It appears to be
> accidental, although this is an ongoing investigation," said
> Capt. Robert Estrada. "There are no charges at this time."

He was cleaning it, and it went off.


>
>

"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:anO0f.10410$q1.1115@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
> Possibly for the first time in history, it appears that a knife has gone
off
> unexpectedly, killing an innocent teenager

So, now there will be a call for hilt locks on swords? <snicker>

Douglas W. "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
> news:anO0f.10410$q1.1115@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net...
>
>>Possibly for the first time in history, it appears that a knife has gone
>>off unexpectedly, killing an innocent teenager. This from this morning's
>>edition of Bizarre News.
>>
>>NORTH PORT, Fla. - A teenager died Saturday night after
>>being impaled by the blade of a sword that separated from
>>the handle. Jonathan Sullivan, 17, was killed when his
>>friend swung the sword and the blade came off and struck him
>>in the chest. Sullivan collapsed in the kitchen of the North
>>Port home after the blade stabbed his chest, and was taken
>>by helicopter to a St. Petersburg hospital. He was later
>>pronounced dead. The 18-year-old male who allegedly swung
>>the sword was not identified by police. "It appears to be
>>accidental, although this is an ongoing investigation," said
>>Capt. Robert Estrada. "There are no charges at this time."
>
>
> He was cleaning it, and it went off.

Swords don't kill people. People kill people.

(Apparently they are just more likely to do it if they own a sword.... I
think I mean swords, right?).

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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:40:06 GMT, "Grumman-581"
<grumman(five)(eight)(one)@gmail.com> wrote:

>"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
>news:anO0f.10410$q1.1115@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
>> Possibly for the first time in history, it appears that a knife has gone
>off
>> unexpectedly, killing an innocent teenager
>
>So, now there will be a call for hilt locks on swords? <snicker>

Nope. Just impose mandatory registration.

JF

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