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Largo Teen Who Shot Himself Playing Russian Roulette Dies
The Ledger.com ^ | 7/1/2012

Posted on 07/02/2012 8:18:35 PM PDT by Beave Meister

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To: oyez
How do we know that this case of Russian Roulette is not a cover up for murder?

I guess you'd check and want the entry wound to be contact or point blank, and there should be GSR on his hand on the same side as the entry wound (and no GSR on the hands of any of the other "players")

41 posted on 07/02/2012 10:41:15 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Beave Meister

> it’s one way young men — and the victims are almost always young men — seek the rush of a thrill.

Pro Tip: Skateboards are cheaper than guns.


42 posted on 07/02/2012 11:07:46 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (We will have a liberal president. We don't have to have a liberal congress.)
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To: OldPossum

Girls starve themselves literally to death. Stupidity is an equal opportunity state of mind.


43 posted on 07/02/2012 11:18:55 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Ron C.

At least he died doing what he loved.


44 posted on 07/02/2012 11:23:04 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: Beave Meister
At least Thorin's been removed from the gene pool...

From the Wikipedia:

History

The term "Russian Roulette" dates back to a 1937 short story of the same title:

‘Did you ever hear of Russian Roulette?’ [...] With the Russian army in Romania, around 1917, some officer would suddenly pull out his revolver, remove a cartridge from the cylinder, spin the cylinder, snap it back in place, put it to his head and pull the trigger.[1]

Note that this varies from the current practice of Russian Roulette, in that one chamber was left empty. Modern Russian Roulette places only one bullet in the gun.

Yep. The current example definitely bolsters Sir Charles' Theory.

45 posted on 07/02/2012 11:25:31 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Aliska
A guy my brother went to college with died from "accidental auto erotic asphyxiation".

As a parent I'd opt for the Russian thing as a way for my kid to go.

46 posted on 07/02/2012 11:26:48 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: MNIL
A bright future cut short.

I'm thinking from the looks of this dude and the activities he was endeavoring in, that his future wasn't that bright.

47 posted on 07/02/2012 11:35:27 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Eagles6

Well, you have a point.

But, I have had a friend offed himself in the same manner.

The blood and brains on the couch and wall were a mess.

I miss him. This was the stupidest thing.

A .380 auto that he was sure he was not loaded.

Yes, drugs were involved.


48 posted on 07/02/2012 11:38:35 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Tired of Taxes

You’re not the only one to notice that. My thought on that was that someone who names their kid “Thorin” is probably a little further removed from reality than most parents. Very likely a lot of fantasy and escapism in that household.

Combine that with the standard propensity for teenage boy impressions of invulnerability, and you get someone who very likely didn’t even consider that in russian roulette sometimes the cartridge starts out under the hammer. He’s probably seen more than a few movies with RR scenes, where the characters involved go 3 or 4 pulls without anything happening.


49 posted on 07/03/2012 12:19:52 AM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: Beave Meister

50 posted on 07/03/2012 12:20:00 AM PDT by Uncle Slayton
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To: Jet Jaguar
Sorry. Truly.

The loss of your friend is stupid, reckless and tragic.

The other...

What do you say to the parents?

51 posted on 07/03/2012 12:49:35 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Ronin

Yeah.

That’s why I posted Chistopher Walken up ^ there.


52 posted on 07/03/2012 12:58:34 AM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Ronin

Yeah.

That’s why I posted Chistopher Walken up ^ there.


53 posted on 07/03/2012 1:00:04 AM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: shibumi

*sigh*

My jokes are getting *too* inside.


54 posted on 07/03/2012 1:01:47 AM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
"The parents will form a non-profit organization to educate the entire US on the dangers of firearms and try to deflect any criticism......"

And then take a nice annual fee for being one of the directors of the anti-gun organization in an air-conditioned office. Funny how that happens.

55 posted on 07/03/2012 1:17:24 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Salamander; Markos33

Some of us just march to the clang of a different cowbell.


56 posted on 07/03/2012 1:28:43 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

:-P


57 posted on 07/03/2012 1:40:27 AM PDT by Salamander (I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name.)
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To: Tired of Taxes; Salamander; Markos33
"Am I the only one to notice his name matches the name of a character in The Hobbit? RIP, young man."

Oh, yeah! That's right. Charles Montgomery Burns



He financed Bilbo's Misty Mountain expedition for 20% of the treasure.

(Clang!)

58 posted on 07/03/2012 1:59:59 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Salamander; shibumi

You rang?

59 posted on 07/03/2012 2:07:04 AM PDT by Semper Mark (Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?)
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To: Markos33
Welcome to you, you clever little Teufel Hunden!
60 posted on 07/03/2012 2:12:44 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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