Posted on 05/19/2024 10:02:09 PM PDT by grundle
Video shows the teen displaying his handgun to the camera before pointing it at his head and pulling the trigger.
On Thursday, 17-year-old Virginia-based rapper Rylo Huncho fatally shot himself while filming a TitTok video.
In the video posted to his Instagram stories, Huncho was seen flipping the barrel of a handgun and holding it by the grip to show off the flashlight with a built-in laser sight. He then grabbed the grip, turned the gun towards his head, and said, "F**k Y'all N*****s" while pulling the trigger.
In a GoFundMe set up by Hucho's cousin, she explained that "Suicide/accidental was the cause of his death," but they were "still trying to figure out why."
"My aunt recently lost her 17 year old son from a self inflicted gun wound to the head," the post read. "He was her only son ! She was a single parent but took care of her son the best she could."
"Please keep my family in your prayers," she concluded.
According to Times Now, Huncho's friend, Twin Porter, broke the news to fans on his Facebook account. In a post he said, "to get a text saying he passed away is heartbreaking and to hear the mean things y’all are saying about Railey is so wrong on every level please god give his mother the strength to deal with the devastating pain she’s in."
In response to the video on X, many pointed out the need for training on the safe handling of firearms. Youtuber Amiri King said, "This is why I don’t advocate for cornballing out with firearms to look hard."
"I wish they force taught gun safety/firearm curriculum in ‘the hood’ and/or high crime areas," he added. "I think teaching 2A and weapon respect would put a dent in dumb s**t like this."
Laser pointer? Was it a real gun? Did it shoot bullets? Or is the laser pointer to show where the bullets go?
It probably was the Last thought he Had...
Real gun
Aiming device
Certainly a bad idea 😱😳🤯😮
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Good for the gene pool.
5.56mm
I imagine they realize that but C.S.Lewis
Wrote that the Gates of Hell would be Locked from The Inside !
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The Ultimate man can only be Realized in the Arms of The Loving God Almighty no matter the trials of This Life.
Doing stupid things with guns to look like a badass.
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I suppose I shouldn’t say I like stories with happy endings - but there it is.
umm could be....removed the clip but not the one in the chamber?
That was my thought. He removed the clip but not the one in the chamber.
Possible.
LOL Now that is an outside the box idea ... and a pretty good one. :)
I know Teddy Roosevelt isn’t popular here, for some good reasons, but he thought that every boy should learn marksmanship with a rifle in school. It’s too bad that didn’t become the standard.
Being more than a century down the road from his time, I think it would be appropriate if the girls participated too and that handgun self defense training be included.
IMO two important things occur when a person learns to properly handle a firearm at a young age.
Irrational fears of guns are greatly lessened. The fantasies that movies, books and politicians put forth are more easily seen for the nonsense they are.
Rational fears ARE learned. IOWs a healthy respect for what firearms actually can do is understood.
I think that that demystification of firearms greatly reduces the chances that a person will mishandle or misuse a gun whether intentionally or unintentionally.
I don’t know why Teddy Roosevelt wouldn’t be popular but anyway, side note. He is a subject of ghost stories.
https://ghostcitytours.com/san-antonio/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/menger-hotel/menger-bar/
And he believed he saw what we today call, ‘Bigfoot’.
https://bearstatebooks.com/blog/2021/01/04/teddy-roosevelt-wrote-about-a-fatal-bigfoot-encounter/
Those are interesting stories. Thanks!
😊 I’m glad you liked them.
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