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September 23, 2009
Man Teaching Gun Safety Shoots Himself
Man Teaching Gun Safety Shoots Himself
A Missouri man who was teaching his girlfriend about firearm safety on Friday pointed a gun at his head to prove a point and accidentally shot himself dead.
The Jefferson County Sheriff said that James Looney, 40, of Imperial, Mo., was teaching his girlfriend about the different safety mechanisms on guns by putting guns to his head and asking her if they would go off. The first two guns did not go off, but the third gun actually fired.
Looney was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead the next morning.
According to witnesses, Looney was going to take his girlfriend to the shooting range the next day, but insisted on firearm safety the day prior.
People accidentally shooting themselves in the head isn't uncommon. Earlier this month, a Tennessee man suffered a non life-threatening injury after he accidentally shot himself in the head. Last month, a Florida man was handling an unfamiliar gun when it went off and shot him in the head .
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DEA Agent Explains Gun Safety to Kids
After the the cop’s Glock goes off, you can see later in the video he next goes after some type of rifle and the kids head for the door screaming, “put it down!”.
Wild Thing's comment........
OMG Hahaha ......sorry the man died showing his girlfriend how to use a gun.
ALL guns ARE loaded.
We know this truth to be self evident. Apparently, Mr. Looney...and if EVER a name was apt...thought he knew better and paid for it.
And I think the DEA agent needs a refresher course. haha
......Thank you RAC for sending this to me.
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Posted by Wild Thing at September 23, 2009 06:46 AM
Comments
And it happens so fast too!!! At least in both instances an innocent bystander wasn't hit.
I immediately had to pull this from my archive:
LIFE, IT'S THE WAY OF NATURE
Everyday some new do-gooder is trying to save us from ourselves.
We have so many new laws and safety commissions to ensure our safety that it seems nearly impossible to have an accident. The problem, though, is that we need accidents, and lots of them.
Danger is natures way of eliminating stupid people. Without safety, stupid people die in accidents. Since the dead don't reproduce, our species becomes progressively more intelligent (or at least, less stupid).
With safety, however well-intentioned it may be, we are devolving into half-witted mutants because idiots, who by all rights should be dead, are spared from their rightful early graves and are free to breed even more imbeciles.
Let's do away with safety and improve our species. Take up smoking. Jaywalk. Play with blasting caps. Swim right after a big meal.
Stick something small in your ear. Take your choice of dangerous activities and do it with gusto. Future generations will thank you.
Lawrence A. Bullis
Phoenix
Posted by: Jack at September 23, 2009 01:01 PM
Jack, that is so perfect to add to this post
thank you.
Excellent.
Posted by: Wild Thing at September 23, 2009 07:46 PM
Why is a DEA agent lecturing about GUNS??
Pssst. Mr. DEA agent-- when you find yourself in a hole, STOP DIGGING!
Posted by: Rick at September 23, 2009 10:55 PM
