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IcerocketWhy Some People Shouldn't be Allowed to Own Nail Guns
Posted 08.30.2007 at 12:50 pm
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Apparently 14,800 nail-gun accidents occur each year. Who knew? We can't seem to tear our eyes from the ponderable X-rays posted on thisoldhouse.com. Check it out while we mull over the question: just how did that nail get into this part of the head?—Abby Seiff
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Comments
Agent M, do you have any idea how much that stings??
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulstop hammering!!!!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulwhat is rong wit u sir or mam?
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulo ya stop taking drugs!!!!!!!!
what the hell is rong wit u?
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulwere u on drugs?
i'm guna laugh if u did that again!!
i hope u ♥ doing!!
Ouch! Glad I'm not in construction!
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulsomeone I know nailed [pun intended :)] themselves in the eye with a nail gun.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulfrom Wakefield, Rhode Island
eric david..."someone I know nailed [pun intended :)] themselves in the eye with a nail gun"
was that from CSI: Miami??
cause someone got shot in the eye (well just missed the eyeball itself, but did go in the eye socket)
which is kinda impossible to do for two reasons...
1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful1. it was a air-nail gun (with no air compressor attached)
2. the safety pressure switch (at the end that insures that it is touching wood, no wood no nail) was there, and not depressed.