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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
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