Discussion: Illinois Man Thinks Gun Isn't Loaded, Fatally Shoots Himself

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Discussion for article #225939

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And his friends saw this? I can’t imagine…

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Thinning the herd

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hell of a time to be wrong…

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This is a very grim subject but there are some examples of very black humor TPM has chronicled on the subject of gun carelessness, such as the guy in Tennessee who went to put on his pants and the gun he kept in the pocket went off and shot him in the ass, or the guy in Georgia who was holstering his gun and shot himself in the dick.

There are others and I have kept track of the all. Around New Years, I will hold a contest where you can vote as to which one is the most ludicrous. My challenge will be picking only five.

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Go for the 5 from Texas.

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Showing the shotgun off, or showing himself off?

Another reckless shooting filed under the generic accidental label.

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His friends told him to put the gun away, so he proceeded to take two or three rounds out of the gun,

So he was showing a shotgun to them while it was loaded?

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The fickle finger of fate. Could have happened to anyone. You just never know, do you?

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Acrually, it’s 12. Texas is leading the pack so far.

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Well, no, it couldn’t ‘happen to anyone’. There has to be a gun involved, then someone who is an absolute idiot. (Those two things quite often seem to go hand in hand.)

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Oh, my bad.

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The 5 best, then

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Seems almost silly to ask, but I wonder if alcohol was involved in addition to pure stupidity and douchebag behavior.

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Hey y’all. Watch this !

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“His friends told him to put the gun away, so he proceeded to take two or three rounds out of the gun”

In retrospect, it probably would have been a good idea to know for sure whether it was two or three rounds.

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Back when we had conscription, we had a larger percentage of people who understood that a) they’re not toys and b) they’re fucking dangerous. That’s not a reason to bring back conscription. It’s a great reason, however, to require people who want one of the goddamned things to take a class and pass both a written and a practical test before they’re allowed to own one.

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Here’s a tip I learned from ma when I was just a little shaver. “Keep that booger hook of the bang switch!” Ma was a Federal agent for thirty two years, carried two firearms and was known as “299” as she could routinely put 299 shots out of 300 in the bull ring during routine qualifying.

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Was he wearing a hoodie?

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I love the way some problems simply solve themselves.

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