I think this FoxNews story speaks for itself:

Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

POTTER VALLEY, Calif. — A Mendocino County woman who was trying to kill mice in her trailer with a gun ended up shooting herself and another person.

The 43-year-old woman pulled out her .44-caliber Magnum revolver after she saw the mice scurrying across the floor of her trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, sheriff's officials said.

But she accidentally dropped the gun, which went off as it struck the floor. The bullet went through the woman's kneecap, bounced off the keys sitting on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer and grazed the man's groin before ending up in his coin pocket.

Authorities did not release the shooting victims' names.

The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.

OK, maybe it does deserve some commentary. This could well be a good argument for gun control. Geesh! I thought it was kind of funny that they mentioned more than once that this couple lives in a trailer. Talk about your bad luck, she gets hit in the knee, which will probably be a life-affecting injury and her boyfriend/husband gets it in a place that could well end the physical side of their relationship.

This happened just a few miles from where I live. It is a sad statement on some of the residents of our county. We're not all like that, I promise. When I shoot mice with my .44, I hit them the first time.

7/10 Update:
According to this Press Democrat article the woman's name was Debra Due. The gentleman involved is apparently her tenant and not her boyfriend. The District Attorney's office is considering whether to file charges against Debra.

The Sheriff’s Office has submitted the case to the District Attorney’s Office, suggesting that Due be charged with negligent discharge of a firearm, Smallcomb said.

Smallcomb said there may be a lesson to be learned from the accident.

“I guess you don’t drink and shoot mice at the same time,” he said.

Good lesson Captain.