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Promoting a candidacy by shooting yourself in the leg...

Connersville (Indiana) Police Chief David Counceller is a candidate to become Fayette County sheriff in the coming elections. What did Mr. Counceller do to help promote his candidacy? He accidentally shot himself in the leg while at a gun shop this past Saturday. Counceller explained the situation as follows: "I need to pay more attention. I know what the dangers are. It was pure carelessness on m part. ... It got tangled in my clothing. I was wearing a sweatshirt and a fleece jacket. I felt (the gun) go in the holster and I pushed it, but it was tangled in the material which caused it to discharge. The bullet went into my leg and then into the floor. ... It's an entrance and exit wound. I'm really lucky. It doesn't even hurt. I'd have been at work (Monday) if it wasn't Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I'll be back at work on Tuesday." To his credit, Police Chief Counceller had a good attitude and sense of humor about the incident, as he also said thi...