It was a plastic bag wrapped around his fingers, many people do this. Its just that the thief was pulling hard enough and the weakest link, his pinky - gave away, destroying his finger.
The caught the guy(s) - so there will be prison butt-rape for them.
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There are enough morons with guns out there, and many gun collectors don't even have their guns on them... some in a car or in their home. So what good would a gun do?
I don't own a gun, still don't need one.
Why IS it, that its gun-freaks their are afraid of everyone? Oh yeah, and these same people in which their kids finds the gun and somebody gets shot and sometimes die. Great job in protecting Jr, bud.