Ahhhh, floriduh man again

[onethatcares]

from the Tampa Bay Times 2/21/20

A man was shot and killed early Thursday by the gun he was playing with while waiting for a haircut at his own home.......snip.........
According to the Hernando County Sheriff Office, two men went to a convenience store then returned to the home. One prepared to cut the other's hair. The man who was going to have his hair cut sat down on a bucket outside his bedroom. As he waited for the haircut, he started "playing with his firearm, as he always does". the other man told deputies. The gun then discharged, fatally wounding the man holding it.........snip..........further investigation revealed "the possibility, if not the likelihood" the dead man was under the influence of alcohol, or drugs, or both while using the firearm deputies said.

Names have not been released as yet.

Geez, didn't the gun realize they were only "playing"?

[llmart]

1. "sat down on a bucket outside his bedroom"

This scenario is bizarre in so many ways. I'm envisioning the song from "Deliverance" playing in the background.

[riversedge]

7. that caught me eye also.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. You bring up a good point. Has the time come for a new smart gun?

I imagine it won't take because the gun would be smart enough to turn itself off when it's held by particularly stupid people.

[Miguelito Loveless]

4. The gun just needs to search

the NRA database. If they are a member, they are too stupid to handle a firearm.

[CaptYossarian]

5. Can they come with a breathalyzer?

They might already, but I'm no expert.

[CatMor]

6. It might be hard ...

to get the dead man to breath into the breathalyzer.

[CaptYossarian]

10. I meant before the gun could be fired.

Some cars can be fitted with that kind of device where it can't be started.

[CatMor]

11. Sorry, I was just kidding..

I wish all cars could be fitted with that device. Drunk driving is so dangerous and deadly.

[CaptYossarian]

13. I thought you were kidding, but

it made me wonder if I wasn't clear enough for others.

There's no need for drunk driving. Any vehicular homicide where alcohol is involved is premeditated murder. Here in WI, the binge-drinking capital, the headlines are filled all week long and not just on Saturday and Sunday with these fatal crashes. These include snowmobiles now and boats in a few months.

[hatrack]

3. Wyatt Derp rides again . . . .

[in2herbs]

8. This stupid example of humanity makes me wonder how many teeth they have cuz there

seems to be a connection between a lack of brains and a lack of teeth.

[world wide wally]

9. How was the haircut?

[Coventina]

12. Thanks to you, I'm going to hell, now.

[CaptYossarian]

14. Depending on where the wound was, there was a lot taken off the top.