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Man Accidentally Kills Self With Gun During Demonstration On Gun Safety
Russia Times ^ | 2/25/2014

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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To: Lazamataz

This is a Russkie news story?!


41 posted on 02/26/2014 2:33:10 PM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: ßuddaßudd
I wish I could stay home and drink all day,,, and have guns .

... so you could follow this guy's example?

42 posted on 02/26/2014 2:33:19 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Envisioning
There was nothing "accidental" about it. He put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

Yeah, I'd say that takes it out of the realm of mischance. Although I've had days when pretty much anything I actually hit was accidental... :-(

43 posted on 02/26/2014 2:33:46 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Lazamataz

I’m surprised anyone that stupid lived to be 36.


44 posted on 02/26/2014 2:34:19 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Lazamataz

I'm sure he knew that all guns are always loaded.

That did not help however.

NRA Gun Safety Rules will keep you safer :

Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction

Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot

Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use

NRA T/C CRSO

45 posted on 02/26/2014 2:35:57 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
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To: Lazamataz
Reading the article, this is what caught my attention.

" Just two months ago in Michigan, the vice president of the United Automobile Workers union, General Holiefield, mistakenly shot his wife in the stomach while cleaning a loaded gun. Fortunately, she survived the incident, and Holiefield pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges. ",/i>

Why no broader coverage, i wonder? Maybe it needs some traction now?

46 posted on 02/26/2014 2:35:59 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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47 posted on 02/26/2014 2:36:09 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Lazamataz
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 [how safe his unloaded guns were] by placing the guns against his head and pulling the trigger.

Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the shooting, according to the sheriff’s office. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.

This accident had little to do with the gun(s) involved.

IMHO, alcohol is, hands down, the worst drug on the face of the earth. It causes more criminal violence, deadly assaults, accidental deaths, disease, and general societal misery than all other drugs combined.

I'm no Prohibitionist, and I'm totally against the phony and Tyrannical War on (some) Drugs; but the best thing for society would be to view alcohol in the clear light of the facts...

48 posted on 02/26/2014 2:38:11 PM PST by sargon (I don't like the sound of these here Boncentration Bamps!)
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To: Lazamataz
Three children, ages 7, 10, and 12, were home at the time but didn’t witness the shooting, McCabe said. They weren’t hurt..

Writer. Yer fired. I wish.

49 posted on 02/26/2014 2:38:31 PM PST by dasboot
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To: yarddog
He was probably too drunk to remember the rule about being drunk and handling guns.

I was at a friend's house for a party. My friend decided he would show off one of his shotguns to another friend… after having had one too many beers. Boom! Wasn't supposed to be loaded; blew a hole in the floor and just missed his motorcycle in the garage below, not to mention his friend's feet. Pretty much everyone at the party decided it was time to leave, over 30 people cleared out! When a friend wants to show their gun to me, I make sure they're sober.

50 posted on 02/26/2014 2:39:15 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Clay Moore

Guy still amazes me how he continues the demonstration. Of course by that time, noone really put any stock in what he was saying.


52 posted on 02/26/2014 2:42:45 PM PST by mykroar (We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. - Nathanael Greene)
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To: Carl Vehse

It’s actually all over the American alternative-news sites, but RT is the only one that didn’t block the story on copyright grounds.


53 posted on 02/26/2014 2:43:03 PM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

not necessarily..


54 posted on 02/26/2014 2:44:20 PM PST by ßuddaßudd
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To: Oliviaforever

“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.

Would that be a “bullet point”?


55 posted on 02/26/2014 2:46:11 PM PST by W.Lee (After the first one, the rest are free.)
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To: Lazamataz

Are you sure the first words of the lesson weren’t “hold Ma Beer”?


56 posted on 02/26/2014 2:46:29 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: mykroar

I like all the kids screaming when he offers to show them another weapon! That video never gets old.


57 posted on 02/26/2014 2:47:11 PM PST by Clay Moore ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Lazamataz

Why must drunks play with guns?


58 posted on 02/26/2014 2:48:58 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: thefactor

Never know, he may have dropped the mag and then only partially racked the slide


59 posted on 02/26/2014 2:50:21 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Lazamataz
" after he had been drinking"

Nope, no need to read further.

60 posted on 02/26/2014 2:52:52 PM PST by KeyLargo
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