Ronald Long, of Deepwater in the US decided that using his gun was a good way of making a hole through the wall, which he needed to do in order to instal a satellite TV system at his home. He fired his gun from the inside of his home after several unsuccessful efforts to punch a hole through the exterior wall using other means.

Unfortunately, his wife, Patsy, was outside at the time. She was pronounced dead early on Saturday evening after being shot in the chest with a .22-caliber handgun.

The local sheriff’s department said a person involved in such a case normally would be charged with manslaughter, but that was up to the prosecutor.

“Once we complete a diagram of the incident, we will be submitting everything to the prosecuting attorney and let him decide if he wants to press criminal charges,”

the sheriff’s spokesman said.

Even if he escapes jail for killing his wife, Long is clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed, and should never be trusted with anything remotely dangerous, like power tools, let alone a gun!