Australian Doctor Discovers Gun In Prosthetic Leg Of St. Vincents Hospital Patient

Some people are so well armed, they're armed in their legs.

Medical professionals at St. Vincents Hospital in Sydney's St. Vincent's Hospital were shocked on Monday upon discovering a concealed firearm inside a 66-year-old man's prosthesis.

Hospital staff alerted authorities and placed the facility on lock down around 3:50 p.m. after finding the weapon, which the man had "secreted under a stocking" inside his false limb, according to a New South Wales Police Department press release.

The hospital admitted the man for a leg amputation brought on by a medical condition.

In addition to finding the gun, police retrieved two rounds of ammunition from the man's 18-year-old son and his 23-year-old girlfriend, who were both in the room at the time.

Law enforcement officials charged the man and his son with possession of an unauthorized firearm and possession of ammunition without a license. The girlfriend is only charged with possession of ammunition without a license.

Nobody was harmed or threatened as a result of the episode.

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Comments

[ArmyMedic]

08:27 PM on 11/26/2011

I thought guns were outlawed in Australia...... how is it someone has a gun when there is a law in place saying they can't have a gun?? I don't understand... it says he can't have a gun and he had one....

//slackjawed sarcasm turned off//

[surfette72]

08:14 PM on 11/05/2011

For some reason this has me thinking about Snookie and the Kardashians...they could conceal pretty much anything in their...well, nevermind.

[nicko68]

09:32 AM on 11/03/2011

When he cleans his leg, has it ever gone off?

[toprowlndarkness]

09:10 AM on 11/03/2011

@Brian Workman.. A duhh.. First of all the article never said anything about this man being a law enforcement officer. 2 all hospitals post on their doors, NO WEAPONS. no matter what political party you claim to be a part of. 3 you should check your facts.. the brady bill was sponsored and pushed ahead for passage by republicans after Regan and Brady ( both repulicans ) were shot. Both Brady's wife and Regan's wife lobbied for passage of that bil. So I would assume you meant to say Far Right Agenda, Brady Bill loving Socialist Dictator, Aussie Doctor. (still trying to figure out how the Brady Bill comes into play down under, perhaps such thinking is why you are no longer law enforcement)

[majornutt2]

08:42 AM on 11/03/2011

next we will see the "pee shooter prosthetic penis"

[richdibo]

03:03 AM on 11/03/2011

Jay J. Armes, meet Dee D. Legs.

[richdibo]

02:59 AM on 11/03/2011

Apparently ones just has the right for arms - not legs.

[tedpikul]

12:17 PM on 11/06/2011

You have the right to bear arms in legs.

[richdibo]

02:57 AM on 11/03/2011

Does the gun have a lot of recoil or kick?

[Brian Workman]

09:04 PM on 11/02/2011

When I was in Law Enforcement, I was asked/demanded, not to wear my side arm, in the Hospital by a Doctor, while I was visiting my dying father! I told the Doctor to go ahead and take my semi-auto, and he withdrew his demands quicker than spit!! Never ask a Law Enforcement Officer to surrender his weapon! Was this guy a threat or just an idiot, infront of a Far Left Agenda, Brady Bill Loving, Socialist Dictator Doctor!?!?

[vtmilitia]

12:36 AM on 11/03/2011

It was Australia,they have assumed the position and grabbed their ankles just like the British. Crime is a growth industry there now.

[Brian Workman]

08:53 PM on 11/02/2011

What did the doctor have to be afraid of ?!? Was he taking the guy for an arm & a leg on the hospital fee/bill!?!?!??

[ascri38223]

07:18 PM on 11/02/2011

GREAT!! Now everybody's gonna want a fake leg!

[Akhet]

06:30 PM on 11/02/2011

I just watched grindhouse lastnight. and have the same question now as I did then. How do they pull the trigger?

[Sulk]

06:29 PM on 11/02/2011

I guess he likes to shoot from the hip.

[Fundamental2A]

03:55 PM on 11/02/2011

My Australian friends wish that they had a Second Amendment.

[minda90]

03:46 PM on 11/02/2011

did anyone else think of that girl from the Quentin Tarantino movie Planet Terror? best use of a leg gun ever

[Akhet]

06:32 PM on 11/02/2011

Yes...grindhouse. That was cool, but how was she pulling the trigger?