Discussion for article #225707
If you can’t play hurt, you can’t play. Rub some dirt in and get back in the game, kid.
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I thought this was supposed to be an extreme sport - walk it off.
In fact, bring the gun next time, step up your game a bit.
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maybe that brain scientist (whatever that means) who was waving his assault rifle around the airport while waiting for a family member to arrive could use his massive intelligence to devise an herbal potion that would instantly cure this fallen hero. By the way what did the UFC evolve from, the movie Gladiator?
There should be a similar rule in politics. Democrats would just run unopposed.
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Just last week, I saw a couple of dummies about ready to duke it out at the gas station, over whose boat was obstructing which gas pump. Mother F bombs were dropping, fingers were flying high and all I could think was to hope neither dipstick had a gun. It’s getting to where you can’t even enjoy a good dummy throw-down any more.
Nice salesmanship by the NRA, when even a champion MMA fighter doesn’t feel badass enough without a pistol.
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If I had ten bucks for every time a gun owner who was engaging in horseplay—pointing it at the bad guys on TV and saying “pew pew pew,” for instance—with a loaded gun had a negligent discharge from accidentally pulling the trigger and then told the cops or EMTs he was “cleaning” it, I wouldn’t have to work.
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Man, I feel so dumb. I was reading these stories at face value, but of course, who’s gonna say that they were play acting when the gun went off?
The one person I knew who got shot when I was growing up was a kid who was skipping high school and drinking and playing with homeowner’s .357 Magnum. Dumbshits thought the gun wasn’t loaded, and just as you describe, the host kid went up to my acquaintance and went “pew” at the other kid’s mid-section. A big “BOOM” immediately followed, but miraculously, the bullet missed all vital organs and arteries, and he ended up just losing a testicle.
He was a nicer, and more soft-spoken guy after that. 
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Aren’t you supposed to take a gun apart before cleaning it? I’m mystified by all these “gun cleaning” accidents, even taking account of the likely average IQ of the people involved.
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Guns, the extreme toy. The ultimate firing fun for the ultimate fun seeker.
When you get bored kicking ass and need a bigger thrill, clean a loaded weapon, possibly even while dancing on rattlesnakes. It’s sooooooooo fun.
NSUSC (Not So Ultimate Shooter Competitor)
When I was a small lad, a guy in my neighborhood was playing “quick draw” with his loaded penis substitute, when the dang thing accidentally went off–shooting Hogan (of Hogan’s Hero’s) right between the eyes. The .22 short did not fully penetrate the CRT, and the TV kept working, with the bullet lodged and prominently visible in the screen.
No you don’t dismantle the gun, you wipe it down, run a brush or whatever through the barrel and lube it up a little. Where these clowns mess up is in leaving a round in the chamber. If they are being honest about how they shoot themselves.
Well at least he had the decency to shoot himself and not his girlfriend/wife/child/neighbor. More “responsible” gun owners should be so considerate.
“We wish Joe a speedy recovery.” I wish Joe a speedy conviction for firearm negligence.
They thought it wasn’t loaded? Ay caramba—a .357 is a revolver. If you look at the front of the cylinder you can tell the damn thing’s loaded.
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Well, young, drunk, and stupid does not lead to good judgement.
Hardly ever. And when you put cars or guns into the mix…