the day i wished i had a concealed carry!!!!

[jim siburt]

on october 5th 2005 i was shot at a customers house over the size of his big screen. the first 45 caliber hollow point went into my right shoulder, it blew the bone apart from my elbow to my shoulder i had a metal rod and screws holding it together for over a year then it was finally taken out i to this day still do not have full range of motion on my right shoulder, and my right wrist and fingers have been paralyzed for almost three years now due to nerve damage. unfortunateley the bullet was not done it traveled down into my chest and cracked six of my ribs i still have the bullet in my ribs along with tons of shrapenal. i had two surgeries on my arm. even worse yet another bullet went into my stomache and out my back, i have had three surgeries and lost 7 inches off of my bowel. i lived with a hole in my stomache for over 2 years seeping ecoli and many other bacteria from my bowel, beforre it finaly was fixed. i am healed now but my stomache is very weak from being cut open so many times. if that was not bad enough i got a blood clot in my lung and had to have my neck cut open and a metal filter put in my chest. i am finally off of blood thinners after all this time.
here is the fucked up part i am still in therapy and just had a 7th surgery this past jan 2nd 2008. i had 4 tendon transfers at one time seven incisions, it hurt like you would not believe, the good news is my wrist and fingers hung completely down before the surgery, now they are just under 50%. the they i won't get much more than that.

anyway that is the short version of the story.

i believe if i had a concealed carry that day i may have still been shot but there would not have been a trial!!!!