I had an employee try to get his girlfriend's attention during a break-up by shooting himself in the shoulder with a 22lr pistol. I assume it was to "fake" a suicide attempt. Once the bullet entered his body it bounced around like a ping-pong ball. Sad to say, he didn't make it.
1988 - Range, Guns, & Safes in Forest Park; I'm 12 yrs old looking at the pistols (with my father) at the end of a long glass case of guns. Guy comes in with a loaded 1911 for the gunsmith to inspect. With the muzzle pointed down range (toward me approx 10 feet away) he proceeds to unload it...