Lesson: Guns are dangerous. According to the Post's NYPD Blotter, "A bonehead playing with a gun in a Jamaica home accidentally shot herself in the foot, sources said. Jennifer Carr, 22, allegedly fired the .25-caliber pistol in a pal's residence on 157th Street near 107th Avenue at about 1 a.m. Oct. 2." Carr, who went to the hospital after the shooting and was arrested a month later for weapons possession, allegedly said, "I saw [the gun] and picked it up because I was curious. It went off and hit my foot." This is almost as embarrassing as shooting yourself in the leg at a nightclub. more ›

Former Giants star Plaxico Burress swears he will return to the NFL after he is released from prison, and insists "it will be like I never left." During his first interview since being sentenced to two years in prison for shooting himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun, the wide receiver stated: "Being in here I have time to think about how I want to be seen when I get out. I want to be better." more ›

Senior bankers at Goldman Sachs are arming themselves with handguns to fend off any forthcoming populist uprising against the bank. A friend of one of the bankers tells a Bloomberg News columnist, "I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit," swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker. This unidentified banker says he's not the only one stocking up on guns, and the NYPD confirms that some of the Goldman Sachs bankers do have pistol permits. Well, this ought to fix their public image problem! more ›

Back in 2006, 56-year-old Margaret Johnson, who uses a motorized scooter because of a dislocated hip and herniated disk, was choked on Lenox Avenue in Harlem by Devon Johnson (no relation), a man arrested 9 times for robbery. But because she was on her way to the shooting range for a little target practice, she had her .357 magnum all lit to pop, and shot Johnson in the arm. Cops followed a trail of blood to his apartment and arrested him, but he beat the charge by claiming that Johnson shot him because he kicked her Shih Tzu after it attacked him. (For reference, here is a photo of the vicious Shih Tzu breed.) more ›