Friday Cat Blogging: Cat Shoots Owner

I contemplated staging a picture with one of the cats and a prop gun from my collection¹, but haven't managed it yet, so here's Piper looking like she approves of the story below, and if I try to stuff one more pill down her throat, well...

Yahoo! News: Cat Shoots Owner

BATES TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said.

Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital.

Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name.

A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton's home.

State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.

Me, I think that the cat was just reacting to this story² -- after all, Wisconsin is only across the lake!

¹If I do get to taking the photo, I'll replace the one above...
²In the event that the story link goes away, it's a story about a Wisconsin fellow who "has proposed that hunters in Wisconsin make free-roaming domestic cats an 'unprotected species' that could be shot at will by anyone with a small-game license".