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Gang leader accidentally blows his brains out during drink and drugs party(Ireland)
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 24th March 2009 | Alan Sherry

Posted on 03/24/2009 7:10:20 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick

Gangsters videoed their crime boss accidentally blowing his brains out with a handgun during a drink and drugs party, police revealed yesterday.

Philip Collopy, 29, a member of a feuding gang in Limerick, Ireland, apparently did not realise his Glock 9mm pistol was loaded when he pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger in front of shocked onlookers.

Collopy, who was aligned to the Keane-Collopy gang in a long-running gangland feud, had emptied the magazine from the handgun, but there was still a bullet in the chamber.

Investigating police were able to rule out foul play in the death almost immediately, after one of his associates handed over footage of the shooting taken on his mobile phone.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 03/24/2009 7:10:20 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Ay, boyos, hold me ale and watch this ...


2 posted on 03/24/2009 7:13:18 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: PotatoHeadMick

The game of Russian Roulette always ends quickly when played with a Glock.


3 posted on 03/24/2009 7:13:30 AM PDT by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Good.

I wish more gang members here in the US would try this.


4 posted on 03/24/2009 7:13:38 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Note to self - after removing clip, be sure to clear chamber before aiming at head and pulling trigger.


5 posted on 03/24/2009 7:13:46 AM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

There once was a fellow from Limmerick
Who thought...

BANG

There once was an idiot from Limmerick...


6 posted on 03/24/2009 7:15:54 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Definitely a “hold my beer and watch this” moment.


7 posted on 03/24/2009 7:15:55 AM PDT by beaversmom
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8 posted on 03/24/2009 7:16:29 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy ( As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. - D)
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Note to self - after removing clip, be sure to clear chamber before aiming at head and pulling trigger.

Isn't that a violation of the "never aim the gun at anything you don't want to destroy" rule?

9 posted on 03/24/2009 7:16:55 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

I guess he was the only one professional enough to have a Glock 9.


10 posted on 03/24/2009 7:17:27 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: PotatoHeadMick

There once was a gangster named Bock,
Who blew out his brains with a Glock.
It was messy they say,
In a strange sort of way,
So they cleaned up the brains with a sock................


11 posted on 03/24/2009 7:17:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (0bama: I'm not a socialist......................(I'm a Trotskyite)...............)
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12 posted on 03/24/2009 7:18:46 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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How is this possible? I thought the tough British anti-handgun laws would prevent such as this. /s


13 posted on 03/24/2009 7:18:57 AM PDT by VRWCtaz (Things change. Change changes change. Spare change?)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

Oh well...NEXT!


14 posted on 03/24/2009 7:20:12 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: PotatoHeadMick

The ol’ one still left in the chamber trick! It will get ya everytime!


15 posted on 03/24/2009 7:20:45 AM PDT by avacado (Impeach the Teleprompter!!!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

More proof that 9mm works just fine agaist human scum.


16 posted on 03/24/2009 7:21:14 AM PDT by PilotDave (America; nice while it lasted... I miss it already.)
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To: VRWCtaz

Ireland.


17 posted on 03/24/2009 7:21:27 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Two Irish lads were drinking green beer over St. Patrick's Day at the local pub when one asked the other where his family was from.

"County Cork" replied the other.

"County Cork? Well my family's from County Cork".

"You're kidding" said the second lad. "What age are you?"

"21" replied the first youth.

"That's crazy, so am I" said the second youth. "What school did you attend?"

"St. Patrick's High" said the first youth, "What school did you attend?"

"Why, St. Patrick's meeself. How can it be I don't know ya?"

Down the bar a patron was listening to the conversation and called the bartender over saying "Wow, isn't that something? Two fellows having so much in common."

The bartender replied "Pay not attention to 'em. Them's the O'Leary twins, drunk as usual".

18 posted on 03/24/2009 7:23:28 AM PDT by bcsco (I'm a Constitution defender!)
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To: PotatoHeadMick

That’s is definitely going to leave a mark. . . . on the wall, on the ceiling and on the floor. The last thing that went through his mind was about 115 grains.


19 posted on 03/24/2009 7:24:00 AM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: Red Badger; martin_fierro; aculeus; dighton; Charles Henrickson; null and void; ...

Oh my! Red Badger limerick king ping.


20 posted on 03/24/2009 7:24:09 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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