Fun With Guns: That’s One Way To Distract Them Edition
This is the entire, complete story in the Milwaukee newspaper.
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say a 20-year-old man accidentally shot himself when he believed he was about to get robbed.
Authorities say the man was walking in a residential area on the north side of the city at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday when he saw two people walking toward him. Police say that’s when the man pulled out a gun and accidentally shot himself.
The man was taken to a hospital to be treated and police say the gunshot wound is not life threatening.
That’s the whole story because what the hell else is there to say?
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Thanks to Claudia for the heads up.
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Unfortunately, he didn’t die or shoot off his testicles. Either one of those would be what like to call, evolution at work.
1And, I bet the two people he was so afraid of stopped to help him and called 911 for him..
2It must get complicated for the spinmeisters at the NRA when the good guy with a gun is also the bad guy with a gun.
I think the NRA, rather than consider this guy should have no guns or more training, would likely suggest he carry TWO guns, so he can better protect himself from himself.
3Notice the time of the event. The principal at my nephew’s high school graduation advised the students to remember “Nothing good happens after midnight”. Truer words were never spoken.
Gee, I wonder what the odds are that the people walking toward the nutjob were not white?
4Shucks, I can recall when guys told me that football didn’t MAKE a man out of you, it only revealed the man inside. I feel the same way with guns and the people who shouldn’t be anywhere near them. Guns don’t MAKE a whatever of you but they do reveal you are a dimwit!!!
5Speaking of distraction, why did Trump go to Camp David over the weekend all by himself?
6Ada, I’m guessing nobody wanted to spend the weekend at his beck and call.
7To fast and pray, Grandma Ada.
I’m kidding. The flatscreen in his bedroom was broken. Someone threw the remote at it when a poll showed him less popular than Lyme disease.
8@BillR #1
9Or at least qualify him for a Darwin award.
Okay, we have reached the stage where armed citizens apparently now consider themselves to be an existential threat. Which they are, but usually to other people.
It’s a rare instance of a problem that may indeed contain its own solution.
But it’s far likelier that the guy had been drankin’ some, and his coordination was impaired. Either way, the two guys with the temerity to be walking down the same street as Our Hero had a lucky escape.
10Sounds like they need to stock up on anti-stupid vaccine down at the ER…
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