This is My Back Scratcher, This is my Gun . . .: Man Shoots Himself in Effort to Stop an Itch

Jorge Espinal believes that guns are not just for hunting and self-defense, but personal grooming and scratching. When he decided to use his revolver to scratch his back during a late night poker game, he learned why back scratchers don’t kill people, people kill people.”

Espinal, 44, went in the other room for his high-caliber back scratcher when he returned to ask to be taken to the hospital.

This is not the first such village idiot with a gun. As discussed here, drilling holes with guns is a generally bad idea. Likewise, waving it around in road rage moments can be a near fatal mistake, here.

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A Fort Worth man trying to scratch an itch on his back used a revolver and accidentally shot himself.

2 Responses to “This is My Back Scratcher, This is my Gun . . .: Man Shoots Himself in Effort to Stop an Itch”


  1. 1 Bob, Esq. 1, May 15, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    “Jorge Espinal believes that guns are not just for hunting and self-defense, but personal grooming and scratching.”

    Silly pistoleer. Even a Boy Scout knows that you’ll find ‘the comb’ at the top portion of a rifle stock.

    http://www.usscouts.org/mb/mb123.asp


  1. 1 Cactus Buddy Back Scratcher – 22 inches | Cactus For Sale Trackback on 1, October 14, 2011 at 2:12 pm

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