News article fail on so many levels.

[SunnyD]

At first I wanted to say, "Well it worked for Plaxico!"

Then I read the article and realized the reporter must be on crack, as Padilla isn't even the one that was handling the gun when it went off.

Dodgers’ Padilla shoots his own leg in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP)—Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla(notes) is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.

Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who signed with the Dodgers in August, didn’t need surgery after spending time at Managua’s Metropolitan Hospital.

Police spokesman Vilma Reyes said Wednesday that Padilla’s pistol apparently jammed during a target shooting session late Tuesday.

Padilla handed the pistol to a shooting instructor, a former police captain, who didn’t realize there was a bullet in the chamber and shot himself in his hand, Padilla’s legal advisor Roberto Calderon told The Associated Press. The bullet also grazed Padilla’s leg.

The account contradicts Padilla’s agent, Adam Katz, who told The Los Angeles Times that it was a “hunting accident.”

Padilla went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA for the Dodgers the final two months of the regular season. He allowed one run in 7 1-3 innings in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series, but was battered for six runs in three innings in a season-ending loss to the Phillies.

 

[phoenix79]

They've changed the article, the one you linked to says it was Padilla trying to clear the round when it went off.

 

[moshquerade]

but it didn't work for Plaxico....

 

[spidey07]

Rules 1, 2, 3, 4 broken. fail.