Posted on 02/26/2014 2:14:34 PM PST by Lazamataz
A 36-year-old man from Independence Township apparently shot and killed himself by accident while trying to demonstrate gun safety to his girlfriend after he had been drinking, authorities said.
Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at about 9 p.m. Sunday to a home on the 4400 block of Pinedale, near Sashabaw and Maybee roads, where the man’s girlfriend was performing CPR.
The girlfriend told authorities that the man had been drinking all day and was explaining to her that his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded, according to Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe. He demonstrated by placing the guns against his head and pulling the trigger.
When he pulled the trigger on the third handgun, it discharged. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three children, ages 7, 10, and 12, were home at the time but didn’t witness the shooting, McCabe said. They weren’t hurt. Authorities said they weren’t the man’s biological children.
Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.
Authorities continue to investigate.
The incident comes on the heels of another accidental shooting that made headlines. On Dec. 30, UAW Vice President General Holiefield was cleaning loaded guns in his Harrison Township home when he shot his wife, who survived the injury.
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"Now, watch carefully, and every single thing I do.... do the polar opposite."
Imma teach you about gun safety, girl. Hold muh beer...
The Darwin award winner, posthumously.
The girlfriend told authorities that the man had been drinking all day and was explaining to her that his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded...
When he pulled the trigger on the third handgun, it discharged.
I thought the FIRST rule of gun safety is A GUN IS ALWAYS LOADED!
Note to self: Don’t give gun safety demonstrations when you are drunk.
“The girlfriend told authorities that the man had been drinking all day and was explaining to her that his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded,”
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Too bad he WAS loaded.
Man Accidentally Kills Self With Gun During Demonstration On Gun Safety Stupidity.
Fixed it.
1) a gun is ALWAYS considered loaded
2) never point the gun at anything you don’t want to die
3) KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER
#3 is the biggie for me when dealing with people who don’t normally shoot- never hand a loaded semi-auto to someone who is a novice- they think the trigger is where your finger goes, and they will point it all around.
If you pick up a weapon, clear it.
If you go away and come back, clear it again.
You never know you will be visited by the “Stupid Bullet Fairy.”
Ten bucks says he racked the slide THEN hit the magazine release. Idiot.
Broke all four at once. Great job, idiot.
He was lucky twice! Three times’ the charm!
Or should that be three time’s the charm?
Or Third time’s the charm?
help.
It is, actually, a very effective way to find out if the gun is loaded. There’s that.
“The girlfriend told authorities that the man had been drinking all day and was explaining to her that his three handguns are safe when they aren’t loaded,”
Say what you want, but the man did know how to prove a point.
So he's still eligible for a Darwin award then.
I’d a bet good money this loaction was at a trailer park.
But this time - I’d have lost.
At least the children do not have his genes. They have some hope.
Darwin Award Winner written all over it.
What a perfect coverup for a murder.
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