Bulletproof marriage

[iBlue]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Donnie Register has a new reason to be thankful he's married — police say his wedding band deflected a bullet and probably saved his life.

Two men walked into Register's shop at The Antique Market on Saturday and asked to see a coin collection, police Sgt. Jeffery Scott said.

When Register retrieved the collection, one of the men pulled a gun and demanded money. A shot was fired as Register threw up his left hand, and his wedding ring deflected the bullet, police said.

"The bullet managed to go through two of his fingers without severing the bone," said his wife, Darlene Register. "A part of the bullet broke off and is in his middle finger. The other part is in his neck, lodged in the muscle tissue. But it's not life-threatening."

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another link <- with a really cheesy news video about it.

Till death not do us part.

 

[Eraserhead]

Pretty cool.

 

[Schtumple]

Wow thats amazing, thats gotta be a 1 in 5 million chance...

 

[question fear]

That is awesome. Reminds me of my grandfather in World War II...he was hit with shrapnel, and it broke off the top of his femur bone...but it was slowed down before that by a wallet full of pictures of my grandmother and his family back home. My mother has the wallet saved, it has a big chunk where you can see the damage from the shrapnel, but it most likely slowed the velocity of the projectile down enough to really prevent worse damage and probably saved his life.

I hope that family keeps that ring for future generations, it's got to be an amazing piece of luck for them.

 

[Queso]

You see, all you doubters that say marriage is outdated?? With more and more gun crime occurring everyone should be running down the aisle as soon as they can, just in case!!

BTW, good job the guy isn't right handed isn't it?

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Too bad the bullet wasn't deflected back into the face of the ****** who fired it.

 

[twoodcc]

Too bad the bullet wasn't deflected back into the face of the ****** who fired it.

there ya go.

now i know what to do if someone tries to shoot me after i'm married......hey, i've got quick hands