A man in Illinois has been charged after he allegedly shot himself while he was asleep.
Mark Dicara said he was dreaming and shot what he thought was a burgular, but awoke to find he had instead shot himself in his own leg.
Police said the gun used was a .357 Magnum and did not hurt anyone but Dicara.
"The round discharged from the firearm went through Dicara's leg and lodged itself into Dicara's bedding."
"Fortunately, the round did not travel through a shared wall with Dicara's neighbors."
Dicara was charged, as he already had his Firearm Owners Identification Card revoked before this incident.
Dicara has also been charged with reckless use of a firearm.
Well, he succeeded at shooting something, people pointed out.
\u201c@ladbible Mission failed successfully \ud83d\ude02\u201d— LADbible (@LADbible) 1686816372
So good it might as well be a new sport.
\u201c@shannonrwatts @Megawatts55 Sleepshooting. There's a first time for everything.\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
Or a new term for an old issue.
\u201c@shannonrwatts Talk about having a nocturnal emission...\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
Others used this incident to make a point about common rhetoric used by gun owner's organizations.
\u201c@shannonrwatts "The only way to stop a bad dream about a gun is a good sleeping man with a" and so on?\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
Or just pointing out that maybe not everyone should have one.
\u201c@shannonrwatts Not everyone who can own a gun should.\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
\u201c@shannonrwatts I have found the enemy, and he is me\u2026and I shot me in the leg.\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
Some people found his whole story to be a little suspicious.
\u201c@shannonrwatts That's his story and he's sticking to it\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
\u201c@shannonrwatts He dreams about waking up to an intruder and getting his gun to defend himself? So does he sleep with his gun? I have questions\u2026this is a very strange story.\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
\u201c@shannonrwatts Anyone got the feeling that there's more to this?\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
The punishment was the act itself, was it not?
\u201c@shannonrwatts You would think that shooting himself would be punishment enough\u201d— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1686790223
Dicara will appear in court later this month.
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