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Wedding ring deflects bullet and saves man's life

by Rob Peters | December 3, 2007 at 10:21 am

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I'm so getting a massive titanium wedding ring when I get married.

JACKSON, Miss. - Donnie Register has a new reason to be thankful he's married - police say his wedding band deflected a bullet and probably saved his life.

Police Sgt. Jeffrey Scott says two men walked into Register's shop at The Antique Market on Saturday and asked to see a coin collection.

When Register retrieved the collection, one of the men pulled a gun and demanded money.

A shot was fired as Register threw up his left hand, and his wedding ring deflected the bullet, police said.

His wife Darlene Register says the bullet managed to go through two of his fingers without severing the bone.

A part of the bullet broke off and is in his middle finger - the other part is in his neck, lodged in the muscle tissue.

She said she gives God all the credit.

Police were searching for the robbers, who Scott said "stole a substantial amount of cash."

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liamssoft

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 10:49 on December 3rd, 2007

Rob Peters, a lucky escape1 Good stuff.

BigT

at 02:42 on December 4th, 2007

Depending on his wife it might not have been such a "lucky" escape.

ninja0077

at 00:11 on December 5th, 2007

is it real story?

H2SO4

at 18:31 on December 3rd, 2007

My wife and I had our wedding in last Friday evening. Actually the pair of rings were bought by my wife about 8 months ago. I sent her another Tiffany engagement ring 3 months before.

ampulets2

at 01:00 on December 4th, 2007

shing is the cool, wonderful lady behind argentum. we got to know her through a friend, when we were hunting for our wedding bands. this is some of her stuff exhibited at the singapore design festival. way cool...

ninja0077

at 02:13 on December 4th, 2007

Incredible..is it real??

Mr. Physics

at 11:30 on December 4th, 2007

Close-up macro of titanium wedding ring.

timada

at 14:44 on April 22nd, 2008

I was having fears when my boyfriend was talking about marriage, I simply don’t like to wear rings!…but if they are going to be a life saver then I can’t complain! He and his wife deserve a nice marriage retreat ( http://www.marriagemax.com/tele-boot-camp.asp ) after all that. But who is going to pay for a new ring?