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Man blows brains out while teaching girlfriend gun safety.

Postby UNIverseVERSE » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:28 pm

link

So, what do NSG think? Looks to me like an excellent argument for intelligence requirements to own a firearm.

(And yes, I know the link looks a little suspect. Cookie to anyone who can disprove or provide better proof)
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Postby Rhodmhire » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:30 pm

UNIverseVERSE wrote:link

So, what do NSG think? Looks to me like an excellent argument for intelligence requirements to own a firearm.

(And yes, I know the link looks a little suspect. Cookie to anyone who can disprove or provide better proof)


Can't I just have the cookie now and provide better proof later?
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Postby North Wiedna » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:31 pm

His girlfriend shot him
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Postby Czardas » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:31 pm

Anyone with half a brain should have been able to see how unsafe that was.

I hope she too doesn't lose her mind over gun safety regulations.
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Postby Conserative Morality » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:31 pm

I've heard this story any number of times through the years. Wouldn't doubt that it's true. Some people simple have no sense, common or otherwise.
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Postby Hairless Kitten II » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:33 pm

If he had a gun, he would be able to kill the shooter. Doh :)

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Postby Rhodmhire » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:34 pm

Hairless Kitten II wrote:If he had a gun, he would be able to kill the shooter. Doh :)


Oh for the love of...

*paradox*
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Postby Fartsniffage » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:35 pm

This is funny.

The comments section below the story is funnier.
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Postby BrightonBurg » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:36 pm

I guess the safty lesson was a epic fail? :lol:

As for intelligence requirements.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Ame ... nstitution
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Postby Phenia » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:37 pm

Clearly we need to ban ... girlfriends!
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Postby UNIverseVERSE » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:38 pm

Rhodmhire wrote:Can't I just have the cookie now and provide better proof later?


Sure. Here's your cookie:

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Postby BrightonBurg » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:40 pm

Phenia wrote:Clearly we need to ban ... girlfriends!



^This! lol best friends with benifits is better; )
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Postby Rhodmhire » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:40 pm

UNIverseVERSE wrote:
Rhodmhire wrote:Can't I just have the cookie now and provide better proof later?


Sure. Here's your cookie:

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Ya...awwh, it's code-flavor.

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Postby JuNii » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:41 pm

I am reminded of a Darwin Award story where an employee was demonstrating how secure the glass was on their office building, so he pushed against it and the whole thing popped out... and he fell to his death.
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Postby Mackedamia » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:45 pm

lots of humor, sorry to melt it away but... Guns should be legal to all, if one guys assults you with a gun, seven have there firearms pointed at him. any shooting can be attributed to only one man/woman(the shooter) and a crowd of unarmed sitting ducks. And no, I'm not a gun nut, and no, I do not feel very emotional about this issue.

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Postby LOL ANARCHY NUBZ » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:50 pm

Ban gunz nao. K?
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Postby Conserative Morality » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:52 pm

LOL ANARCHY NUBZ wrote:Ban gunz nao. K?

Because that's going to stop stupid mistakes.
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Postby The_pantless_hero » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:54 pm


Fire. Crowded theatre. Etc.
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Postby Galloism » Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:57 pm

The_pantless_hero wrote:

Fire. Crowded theatre. Etc.


I agree. Ban voice-boxes unless you can take an intelligence test and prove you can use it responsibly.

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Postby Taeshan » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:31 pm

Hilarious, Safety people, safety.
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Postby New Ziedrich » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:31 pm

The man put a loaded gun to his head. And he's teaching others about gun safety?

LOL ANARCHY NUBZ wrote:Ban gunz nao. K?


I hope you're joking.
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Postby Gun Manufacturers » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:54 pm

New Ziedrich wrote:The man put a loaded gun to his head. And he's teaching others about gun safety?....


Well, not anymore. Also, in a couple of the articles I looked at, it mentions alcohol may have been involved. If that's the case, it looks like there was several reasons for this guy not to be teaching a firearms safety course (didn't treat the firearms as if they were loaded, pointed the firearms at something he didn't want to shoot, and was handling firearms while under the influence of alcohol).
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Postby Lord Tothe » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:56 pm

idiot who shot himself had it coming. Rules 1 & 2: Always treat every gun as if it is loaded, and never point a gun at anything you don't want to shoot.
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Postby Czardas » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:58 pm

We should ban guns!

Well, guns didn't cause the problem, alcohol did. So we should ban alcohol!

... Wait, no, lots of people drink alcohol and aren't so careless with firearms. We should ban idiots! Just euthanize 'em all at birth, problem solved.
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Postby Rolling squid » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:00 pm

:palm: <-- I believe that espouses my thoughts on this matter in a clear and succinct manner.


Just remember: Every gun is loaded, and no safety works. When you pull the trigger, the gun will fire.
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