Man dies after shooting self while teaching firearms safety - (Darwin winner)

KansasCity.com ^ | 9/21/09 | AP via KansasCity.com

[GeorgiaDawg32]

(SNIP)

Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns. Witnesses told authorities that Looney would put the guns to his head, ask his girlfriend if she thought the gun would go off, then pull the trigger.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Darwin award winner

[Billthedrill]

The safety mechanisms worked for the first two guns. But the third gun fired.

Aw, heck. Two out of three ain't bad.

[lack-of-trust]

Looney was looney!

[Americanwolf]

um yeah.....a true hold muh beer moment!

[rabscuttle385]

What a dumba-s.

He violated a fundamental weapons safety rule: never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot or kill.

In this case, himself.

[parsifal]

Experts. Hmmmmm....

parsy, who seldom trusts experts

[LukeL]

related to this guy

[stevie_d_64]

“Stupid is as stupid does...” ~ Forrest Gump (a simple, yet wise man!)

[Recon Dad]

Deserves what he got.

“Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.”

Well, it kinda fits......

[Joe 6-pack]

[JimRed]

Sounds like “suicide-by-girlfriend” to me!

[chris37]

Dirka, dirka!

I bet he won’t do that again.

Never point a gun at something that you do not want to kill, including yourself.

[mo]

Yaa....wonder WHAT he did to pi&* her off!!

[Red in Blue PA]

Witnesses told authorities that Looney would put the guns to his head, ask his girlfriend if she thought the gun would go off, then pull the trigger.

I would make the case he was laying the groundwork to commit suicide, and yet have the cops NOT deem it so, assuring his girfriend can still receive an insurance payout.

Who in the world who is around firearms for more than a day does this????

[Responsibility2nd]

Earlier picture of Looney?

 

 

[chris37]

WOW...just..WOW...

[MediaMole]

Guess he didn’t quite understand when he was told that the brain was the most important safety in any firearm.

[NonValueAdded]

As Taranto would say, “the delightfully named Looney ...” or is that a tip-off of a hoax?

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

"Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns. Witnesses told authorities that Looney would put the guns to his head, ask his girlfriend if she thought the gun would go off, then pull the trigger."

NAME APPROPRIATE PING!!!

[Retired Greyhound]

Glad this guy eliminated himself before he had a chance to really hurt somebody else.

[wac3rd]

A teachable moment?

[Responsibility2nd]

Looney - A long time ago:

 

 

 

[TigersEye]

Not only a gun in his ear but it appears that his finger is on the trigger. Nice cap though. LOL

[Drew68]

The safety mechanisms worked for the first two guns. But the third gun fired. Looney died Saturday at a hospital.

I suspect mechanical failure was not involved. Most likely, Looney simply forget to place the third weapon in "safe" mode.

Any word on how much alcohol was consumed during this firearms safety training event?

[txroadkill]

Witnesses told authorities that Looney would put the guns to his head, ask his girlfriend if she thought the gun would go off, then pull the trigger.

Did she guess right or wrong?

At least these people usually tend to kill themselves off first.

[LukeL]

About as competent as a real ATF agent.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I think mommy is in line for a good spanking...

[nmh]

Is this for real?

The shooting happened Friday. Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer told the station that according to witnesses, Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns. Witnesses told authorities that Looney would put the guns to his head, ask his girlfriend if she thought the gun would go off, then pull the trigger.

The safety mechanisms worked for the first two guns. But the third gun fired. Looney died Saturday at a hospital.

...

One less loon!

[Havisham]

Aww heck. I guess we should just be grateful he didn’t shoot his assistant or a student by “accident”. If I just had my psychology degree I could diagnose this gun-pointing-trigger-pulling disorder. Is it that some guys just don’t know how to suppress their display and dominance drive? It can’t be simple stupidity. Is gun behavior where the line is draw for survivability?

[oprahstheantichrist]

[nmh]

Great balls of fire!

[B-Chan]

When I am in charge, parents who engage in this sort of activity will have many years to consider their foolish ways as they spend the rest of their lives in chains as part of a forced-labor battalion.

[digger48]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t2yTd6QV0c

[Blood of Tyrants]

He is a winner only if he hasn’t reproduced.

[The Comedian]

[hiredhand]

Sheesh....talking about being too stupid to live!...and then proving it!

[Frantzie]

Another reason why I prefer owning smaller caliber guns because they are safer.

[Above My Pay Grade]

You’ve got to admit he was an effective teacher. I guarantee none of his students will ever forget that rule of weapons safety.

[driftdiver]

kinda late, dont think it will help this guy

[altair]

[RetroSexual]

The safety mechanisms worked for the first two guns. But the third gun fired.

It's always the last one that gets you.

Sort of like how you always find something in the last place you look.

[MaxMax]

That's one of those platic, plastic BB guns. Either way she should be
thrown in prison.

[blackie]

How many beers had he consumed while preforming this trick??? ;);)

[kaehurowing]

Dude forgot NRA safety rule #1.

[Nuc1]

Looks like the guy has his finger on the trigger also. Well, pride goeth before destruction and a haughty attitude before a fall. Can we say over-confidant?

[right way right]

Once in a while I wonder if there should be an IQ test requirement before a gun purchase.

I think it would be more effective than the background checks.

Ma Ma’s don’t let your babies grow up and date morons.....

[driftdiver]

smaller caliber doesn’t matter when you stick the gun to your head

[wardaddy]

I think laughing at this guy's stupidity is sad given he might have left broken hearted family behind...especially kids and I think FR’s torches and pitchforks usual paraders are mostly poseurs

but testing safety's by holding a loaded gun to one’s head is maybe the craziest thing i have ever seen in my life

guns have always been a part of my life...my kids will inherit several safes full of family pieces...many of which are topnotch long guns, fowlers and small arms and even some black guns.

but sometimes in gun stores the goofy one upsmanship and braggadocio talk gets old

the more black guns the more the tall talk usually

[GovernmentShrinker]

Okay, so maybe it wasn’t the greatest firearms safety lesson. However, I’m sure the girlfriend is now absolutely 100% clear on at least ONE of the basic rules of firearms safety. And hopefully also on one of the basic lessons of life safety: steer clear of moronic drunks who like to play with firearms.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I think laughing at this guy's stupidity is sad given he might have left broken hearted family behind

Honestly, I'm glad he's dead, because if hadn't killed himself, it was only a matter of time before he killed somebody else. Better that a swaggering pseudo-macho probably-drunk idiot is dead, than some helpless child or a parent who had the misfortune to be near this idiot at the wrong time. When somebody is behaving like this, somebody's going to die, and better it should be the misbehaving jerk than somebody else.