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12. I hope he didn't do it in the presence of his children.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Sep 2, 2015, 12:55 PM

Sep 2015

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Man fatally shot while taking selfies with gun [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 OP

Now don't get emotional all you gun grabbers! Human101948 Sep 2015 #1

It's a shame he was so afraid of himself. Vinca Sep 2015 #2

How GOP of you to think this is funny! nt Logical Sep 2015 #3

I think it's called "gallows humor..." Human101948 Sep 2015 #4

Funny, some call it lack of compassion. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #29

It depends JonLP24 Sep 2015 #38

With this sort of thing happening so often, is it any wonder... Bucky Sep 2015 #46

We do live in a jokester culture. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #65

I'll save my compassion for people who don't cause their own problems mythology Sep 2015 #55

Sympathies to his family Rebubula Sep 2015 #5

Aren't ya supposed to take selfies with your camera? Generic Other Sep 2015 #6

I certainly hope he was charged with... world wide wally Sep 2015 #7

What charge would you like sarisataka Sep 2015 #9

Totally gross negligence? world wide wally Sep 2015 #37

Are you being sarcastic? n/t sarisataka Sep 2015 #49

You caught me red handed world wide wally Sep 2015 #50

I had to be sure sarisataka Sep 2015 #53

I see NOTHING!!! yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #61

Sgt Schultz is always a day-brightener! nt hifiguy Sep 2015 #62

Smith believed the gun was unloaded. EL34x4 Sep 2015 #8

I've met a number of people... Adrahil Sep 2015 #11

This is how people get killed. EL34x4 Sep 2015 #16

Still no Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #23

Of course, this is the responsible approach. EL34x4 Sep 2015 #34

To be very honest JonLP24 Sep 2015 #43

If we had run around sarisataka Sep 2015 #52

This posing with guns nonsense that seems to be a fad of kids on Facebook cwydro Sep 2015 #18

And the Darwin goes to... KamaAina Sep 2015 #10

No....he'd already contributed to the gene pool. nt msanthrope Sep 2015 #19

But he won't be doing it again. KamaAina Sep 2015 #20

I hope he didn't do it in the presence of his children. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #12

The first time this story sarisataka Sep 2015 #13

Oh, I was wondering why it was hidden. Xyzse Sep 2015 #14

This is another example of why every Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #15

In a country with nearly 400 million firearms, EL34x4 Sep 2015 #17

So a family doctor can't ask the family if they have guns in the home, Glassunion Sep 2015 #22

I don't care if a doctor asks about gun in the home, Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #30

Either that or he didn't have a gun world wide wally Sep 2015 #39

But he did. Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #57

"...the gun accidentally went off..." Lizzie Poppet Sep 2015 #21

Now ...this man was extremely stupid. . Very sad. Stuart G Sep 2015 #24

3 rules... sarisataka Sep 2015 #26

Thank You for posting...Rule 3 would save a lot of lives. Stuart G Sep 2015 #27

Did it have a LCI? It only takes a second to do a press check. ileus Sep 2015 #25

Good thing he had a deadly weapon to protect himself workinclasszero Sep 2015 #28

It's too bad that a "good guy with a gun" didn't stop him world wide wally Sep 2015 #42

he should have used a camera lame54 Sep 2015 #31

RIP Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #32

This is what happens when people forget the firearm is not a toy like their phone. Rex Sep 2015 #33

Archers always know when the bow is loaded Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #35

Virtually all handguns made now in fact come with a loaded chamber indicator Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #36

Is this enough to make a comment? Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #41

Since you don't even know what a loaded chamber indicator is Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #44

Let's go with every modern firearm has one Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #45

I'm thinking this poor misguided wanna-be-tough-guy did not know much about guns. Period. cwydro Sep 2015 #47

A person with zero clue how to safely handle a gun Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #51

So, a combination of no clue how to be safe and just being stupid is what happened here Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #63

As mentioned earlier, mandatory firearms safety training in schools would stop many deaths Lee-Lee Sep 2015 #40

Wow ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #54

If you see a gun, don't touch it! EL34x4 Sep 2015 #58

An awful comparison ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2015 #59

Gun humpers, for the most part EL34x4 Sep 2015 #64

Peace to you Quackers Sep 2015 #48

It's quite difficult to have any sympathy for someone this dumb. SheilaT Sep 2015 #56

Someone explain to me the appeal of taking pictures of hifiguy Sep 2015 #60