The Capistrano Insider

That Guns in Parks Idea Could have Brought Us This

For those who believed a well armed citizenry is a safer citizenry ... This from the Tuscon Citizen:

 

As Chandler residents Joshua Seto, 27, and his fiance, Cara Christopher, walked over to a Fry’s Food Store for refreshments, he tried securing her pink handgun in the front waistband of his pants.

The gun fired, striking Seto’s penis and continuing through his left thigh. The bleeding started immediately and was heavy, according to police dispatch recordings released Sunday.

“He is still conscious, there is just a lot of blood,” Christopher , 26, told 9-1-1 operators and dispatchers.

One operator told Christopher to apply direct pressure to the wound with a dry towel or T-shirt, but to avoid looking at the wound.

“I did look at it,” Christopher said. “It’s pretty bad.”

The accidental shooting took place about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the 900 block of W. Elliot Road.

When the emergency call first went through, Chrisopher was asked if they needed paramedics, she said yes.

“He’s still coherent and everything but he’s bleeding quite a lot,” she said.

In the wake the accident, police are warning armed residents to use holsters, not waistbands.

I Hope You Looked Nice Monday if You Were on the Streets of Capistrano ...

Spotted this Googlecar on Ortega Highway, as it was leaving town. These are the vehicles used to shoot 360-degree photos for the street view function on Google Maps.

There's been some privacy complaints over the years, because these cameras (now in HD) capture everything. Here's a website of goofy google pics.

From wikipedia:

On each of these vehicles there are nine directional cameras for 360° views at a height of about 8.2 feet, or 2.5 meters, GPS units for positioning and three laser range scanners for the measuring of up to 50 meters 180° in the front of the vehicle. There are also 3G/GSM/Wi-Fi antennas for scanning 3G/GSM and Wi-Fi hotspots.[3] Recently, 'high quality' images are based on open source hardware cameras from Elphel.

 And if you're wondering, Google has cameras on a tricycle to reach places cars can't, and has even used snowmobiles ...