Man shoots own hand testing weapon laser

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Man shoots own hand testing weapon laser

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Man shoots his own hand while trying to see if laser is on.

:rules: rules :rules: rules :rules:

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at least he didn't turn it around to see if it was on.
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AndyC wrote:Zero sympathy - hope it hurts.
Looks like it did! Zero sympathy from me either. You know I have owned weapons for 30 years and not one negligent discharge...
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Syntyr wrote:
AndyC wrote:Zero sympathy - hope it hurts.
Looks like it did! Zero sympathy from me either. You know I have owned weapons for 30 years and not one negligent discharge...
Zero negligent discharges from me either but I will say its one thing to have a ND and its another to be a complete idiot.
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He was close to being a Darwin Award winner
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The firearm did not 'go off'. He pulled the trigger.
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I saw that story somewhere else. I knew where it was going from the first frame of the video. I'm not perfect, and I've done dumb stuff. However I'm not so dumb as to put part of my body in front of a barrel. Think I was 5 the first time I shot a .22 rifle with my step-dad helping me hold it. I've never had a negligent discharge. It is amazing what always following the gun safety rules will do for you. While I am not particularly sympathetic, I do dislike that it happened. I do not like to see anything that gives credence to anything gun grabbers say.
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Evidence that being stupid (unconsciously incompetent) can get you hurt - or worse. I found it interesting that the shooter's companion was quick to orient the muzzle of the discarded pistol downrange, but somehow wasn't concerned that his friend was failing to observe the three cardinal rules of gun safety. Sometimes and unexpected loud noise provides a reset, I guess.
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Middle Age Russ wrote:Evidence that being stupid (unconsciously incompetent) can get you hurt - or worse. I found it interesting that the shooter's companion was quick to orient the muzzle of the discarded pistol downrange, but somehow wasn't concerned that his friend was failing to observe the three cardinal rules of gun safety. Sometimes and unexpected loud noise provides a reset, I guess.
When did you learn the stove was hot? When your mom told you it was or when you burned your hand? Probably one of those kinds of things. Where it clicked, "Oh yeah, that's why we point them in safe directions."
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When did you learn the stove was hot? When your mom told you it was or when you burned your hand? Probably one of those kinds of things. Where it clicked, "Oh yeah, that's why we point them in safe directions."
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At first I wondered what kind of laser it was. :grumble

If he had turned it around he might have been nominated for a Darwin award.
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Jago668 wrote:When did you learn the stove was hot? When your mom told you it was or when you burned your hand? Probably one of those kinds of things. Where it clicked, "Oh yeah, that's why we point them in safe directions."
I took mamas word for it... I never touched the hot stove. I held my hand over it to see, but I never burned myself on it 'cause mama told me it was hot.
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mayor wrote:
Jago668 wrote:When did you learn the stove was hot? When your mom told you it was or when you burned your hand? Probably one of those kinds of things. Where it clicked, "Oh yeah, that's why we point them in safe directions."
I took mamas word for it... I never touched the hot stove. I held my hand over it to see, but I never burned myself on it 'cause mama told me it was hot.
You're one of the few people. Most people, myself included, didn't really learn what hot meant until we burned ourselves. Now I did learn from my experience, I didn't have to shoot myself to learn not to point at gun at myself.
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