{"id":111756,"date":"2014-09-09T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T01:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=111756"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:33:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:33:19","slug":"the-bachelor-blueberriees-lead-to-riggs-shooting-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/the-bachelor-blueberriees-lead-to-riggs-shooting-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bachelor &#038; Blueberriees Lead To Riggs Shooting Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photos-joe-riggs-mangled-hand-following-gunshot-incident-nsfw\/riggs-hand-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-107937\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-107937\" title=\"riggs hand 3\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/riggs-hand-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/riggs-hand-3.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/riggs-hand-3-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/riggs-hand-3-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201cThis is what actually happened. One of my friends had cocked the gun at the gym. We had to get back to practice, so the gun\u2019s safety was set and it was put back in my backpack. When I get home I always unload my gun and make sure there isn\u2019t a round in the tube, but the gun was jammed and the round would not come out of the pistol. Now this is a pretty big gun, it\u2019s a 1911 Sig Sauer .45, I\u2019ve only run one clip through it, so it\u2019s not beat up or anything, it\u2019s a brand new gun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, I go to taking it apart, keep in mind I\u2019m more or less a life-long gun owner, it\u2019s not like I\u2019m a novice. I was sitting down and putting together my UFC contract, putting the pages in order. I was watching The Bachelor (laughs) and I was eating blueberries, so I wasn\u2019t fully concentrating on taking the gun apart like I should\u2019ve been. So, when I took the gun apart the hammer was back, I had it on safety but for some reason my finger must\u2019ve touched the trigger. The pistol was stuck so I had to pull on it in both directions with my hands. My hand was over the barrel, so the parts didn\u2019t fall all over when I removed the slide. While I was trying to get the pistol apart it fired.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI got up for some reason I was running around the house like a fucking idiot, I was naked and with every heartbeat blood was spurting out of my leg. I must\u2019ve been in shock because I actually sat on the couch thinking I could get it under control. As I sat there the blood was coming out of my leg with enough force to hit me in my face. It finally dawned on me that I had to wake my wife up, so I get up and open the door and I say, \u2018Lisa wake up, I just shot myself call 911,\u2019 and at that point I collapsed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/2014\/09\/08\/exclusive-interview-joe-riggs-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LastWordOnSports.com<\/a>, Joe Riggs discussed his near fatal shooting. (More on that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcs-joe-diesel-riggs-shows-off-his-bullet-wounds-extremely-graphic-nsfw-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is what actually happened. One of my friends had cocked the gun at the gym. We had to get back to practice, so the gun\u2019s safety was set and it was put back in my backpack. 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