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In reply to the discussion: Shopper flaunting his gun in checkout line shoots himself in the groin, Oregon cops say [View all]PatrickforO
(15,383 posts)51. I shouldn't laugh because that is a serious injury...but...
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Shopper flaunting his gun in checkout line shoots himself in the groin, Oregon cops say [View all]
Zorro
Sep 2020
OP
You get a Darwin Award by taking yourself out by death or you can't procreate
sakabatou
Sep 2020
#104
This idiot could just as easily shot an innocent person...no open carry period.
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#5
I disagree. Glocks can be safely carried with a round in the chamber. Only improper handling
Dial H For Hero
Sep 2020
#77
I think we both agree that level of training ought to determine what, if any, type of gun to have
Kaleva
Sep 2020
#109
I've always believed the companies with security cameras save their "greatest hits"
CaptYossarian
Sep 2020
#162
You might have something there Capt! Looks like everyone enjoyed a good laugh about this
Illumination
Sep 2020
#163
Let the neocons provide the comic relief to go with the anguish they create.
CaptYossarian
Sep 2020
#165
What you mean is that you hope everyone just stared @ his new unenhanced features?
Illumination
Sep 2020
#130
How about we put that pic on a giant billboard in his town with some choice words about what he did?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Sep 2020
#65
Keep it in its holster and it wont go off, the brain is always the #1 best "safety"
Baclava
Sep 2020
#59
Exactly! NEVER carry a Glock unless its in a holster, it will only go off if trigger is pulled
Baclava
Sep 2020
#80
Didn't rwnj Bob Barr, r-AL at the time, shoot himself in the foot at a gun show?
George II
Sep 2020
#12
With a standard 5.5 pound connector Glocks run around 6 to 7 lbs, and the heavier double actions
Dial H For Hero
Sep 2020
#141
Fair point. There are many people carrying whose entire training regimen consists of going
Dial H For Hero
Sep 2020
#145
He's an idiot. Glocks just don't go off easily, even though they have no safety
ashredux
Sep 2020
#20
Posing with guns, middle finger and shooting yourself in the nuts is no way to go through life son.
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2020
#21
Moron cocked a glock...it's a semi auto so he's clearly not the brightest bulb in the box.
ResistantAmerican17
Sep 2020
#32
I know it seems funny, but this is serious. A person could have been injured or killed.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2020
#49
Not only that, but he was the victim of a huge mobilization of socialized emergency care.
NBachers
Sep 2020
#153
They have a safety, it is built into the end of the trigger, when you pull the trigger it releases.
EX500rider
Sep 2020
#93
People shouldn't leave loaded guns around children safety or no & dumb bastards are hard to protect
EX500rider
Sep 2020
#151
Terrible stories. Especially the first one. I've had my experience also & for myself believe they're
Illumination
Sep 2020
#134
Glocks don't have an external hammer that you can cock. When a round is put in the chamber,
Dial H For Hero
Sep 2020
#81
I'm humor-challenged when I stay up too late and don't get enough sleep.
Dial H For Hero
Sep 2020
#85
For sure, he will keep the gun to fend off hasslers. But, he should go to shooters' school
NCjack
Sep 2020
#64
I am not in a charitable mood this morning. With any luck, he will have permanently removed
niyad
Sep 2020
#87
