So Canseco was in The News Again

[Honkey_Kong]

This had to hurt considerably more than the time a fly ball bounced off his head for a home run.

Jose Canseco reportedly shot off his middle finger — accidentally — Tuesday at his home in Las Vegas, according to TMZ Sports and local news reports. The ex-MLB slugger, who has a knack for continuing to make headlines all these years later, was cleaning his gun when he accidentally shot himself.

TMZ Sports says surgeons are trying to save Canseco's finger.

Jose's fiancée Leila Knight tells TMZ Sports ... he was sitting at a table in their home cleaning the gun when it went off. She says he didn't know it was loaded -- and the shot ripped through the middle finger on his left hand.

Leila tells us 50-year-old Canseco is in surgery right now as doctors desperately try to save what's left of the finger. She says the bullet tore through the bottom part of the finger and doctors have already said he'll never have full use of it again ... even under the best of circumstances.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-bi...BUHxgALRRNbK5_

[JJ78]

Who the **** cleans a loaded gun? I highly doubt that is what happened. He was wasted and playin with it and fired one off.

Ive actually seen this happen before. HaHA

[zempey]

What a moron.

[Honkey_Kong]

I wonder if Canseco is ever going to do another round of Q&A on this site. I want to ask him what kind of moron doesn't check if the gun is loaded before they try to clean it.

Then I think we should ask him what really happened. I think JJ78 is most likely right.

[zempey]

No way he was cleaning it, he was fvcking around with it and blew off his finger. Lucky for him that's all he did.

[PistolPete33]

I've shot hundreds of thousands of rounds (no joke) and when I was competing in shooting was literally cleaning my guns 3-4 times per week and dry firing every single day. That said, I've NEVER had an issue and never even came close. Whenever you touch a gun the first thing you always do is make sure it's unloaded and then check 2-3 more times.

[lovbyts]

Nothing pissed me off more than when someone says they didn't know the gun was loaded or it just went off. He got what he deserved in my opinion.

[Honkey_Kong]

No way he was cleaning it, he was fvcking around with it and blew off his finger. Lucky for him that's all he did.

I just wouldn't think a 50 year old man would play with a gun as if he's 8 years old. Drunk or not, you'd think he'd be beyond the novelty of having a gun at that point.

[PistolPete33]

I love the news media too because they all say the gun just went off.... NO, guns don't "JUST GO OFF" unless "YOU PULL THE TRIGGER." At least he shot himself and not a kid or someone else.

[RaginCajun]

hahaha, what a buffoon!