Man Fatally Shoots Himself While Teaching Gun Safety To Girlfriend

[DonViejo]

DANIEL STRAUSS – FEBRUARY 24, 2014, 5:15 PM EST

A Michigan man fatally shot himself in the head while he was teaching his girlfriend gun safety, according to The Detroit Free Press.

The man shot himself Sunday in his home in Independence Township, according to The Oakland County sheriff's office. He was pronounced dead at the scene according to the Detroit newspaper.

Police said that the man, whose name was not released, had been trying to show his girlfriend gun safety with three pistols. He put the first two guns to his head and pulled the trigger. When the man pulled the trigger on the third pistol the gun went off.

The man's girlfriend said he had been drinking throughout the day while he was showing her the guns.

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[SummerSnow]

1. um, sorry he's dead . But that was just foolish.

Who puts a gun to their head and pulls the trigger to teach gun safety? Oh he was drinking.

[arcane1]

12. Isn't the FIRST RULE of gun safety "assume it's loaded, and don't point it"?

I've never even fired a gun but I know that much!

[giftedgirl77]

31. Yep, it's called muzzle awareness that you never point

it at anyone & you always clear it & check the chamber.

[Walk away]

55. Unless, of course, you've been drinking....

But everyone knows that gun owners don't drink!

[dionysus]

59. i guess that's what i don't get about alcohol and stupid people.. as drunk as i have ever been, i'd

never think of playing with a gun, let alone pointing it at my own goddamn head!

[Walk away]

62. Or maybe you might get so drunk that you forget that rule!

I doubt that this guy would have posted that he would do something so stupid when he was sober.
I'll bet he would write about the same thing you just did....and now look!

[dionysus]

63. as drunk as i could ever be, i'd never play with guns, let alone point one at my head. trust me.

edit: it's like the people who get drunk and end up wrapping their car around a telephone pole doing 100. if I'm drinking I... just don't drive. I don't understand how people do these stupid things...

[Walk away]

64. I'm sure most of them would agree with you if...

they were alive and sober.

[Deep13]

2. nominee for the Darwin Award? nt

[Warpy]

3. Booze and gunz, what could go wrong?

Sheesh.

[Schema Thing]

4. or not.

[Demobrat]

5. I'm a terrible person.

But that doesn't change the fact that I'm still laughing.

[temporary311]

6. Dude was putting guns to his head and pulling the trigger?

Considering the tenuous definition of gun safety he had, his girlfriend should probably be glad he wasn't pointing them at her and pulling the trigger.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Err you do NOT point a gun at your head

they are ALWAYS loaded! Even if you think they are not, they are ALWAYS loaded.

Dumbshit!!!

[Duckhunter935]

8. He won't do that again

What kind of gun safety is that?

[Cali_Democrat]

15. Gunnerz aren't known to be the sharpest tools in the shed. nt

[seveneyes]

22. This drunken idiot was certainly stupid

What is a "Gunnerz?"

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. Whoopsie!

Darwined himself!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. then he was clearly doing it wrong

at leats time the victim was the "teacher" and not the students as in the suicide bomb lesson in Iraq.

[Politicalboi]

11. LOL!

What an idiot. She's lucky he didn't shoot her instead. Better to get rid of "future" parents like this.

[Blue Owl]

13. Widowmaking 101

n/t

[Lil Missy]

14. Alcohol may have been involved .....

[longship]

16. "Whatever you do, never do this, sweetheart."

And he did it three times? My god.

[tanyev]

17. That's a lesson she'll never forget.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

18. Third time's the charm

so they say.

[Beaverhausen]

19. That's the ultimate lesson in gun safety

you all aren't giving him enough credit. I assume his girlfriend will never point a loaded gun at her own head and pull the trigger.

[RC]

20. At least he removed himself from the gene pool.

[City Lights]

21. Thinning the herd. nt

[onehandle]

23. Just another day in gun culture. nt

[frylock]

24. a teachable moment to be sure

[Coyotl]

25. Win, win.

He gets the Darwin Award, she gets another shot at the gene pool.

[GP6971]

26. That's some

Safety Course. I'll pass thank you

[struggle4progress]

27. Let's quickly review his gun safety course:

(1) Alcohol is a safe relaxant to use when handling guns

(2) To assume a gun is loaded, just because you don't know otherwise, is a logical fallacy, known to logicians as argumentum ad ignorantiam. Do not commit this fallacy! You should assume instead a gun is unloaded until you know for sure otherwise

(3) The idea, that it is unsafe to point a gun at something, is a myth started by gun control nuts

(4) Manly men can best show their superiority to their hysterical screechy girlfriends by pointing guns and pulling the triggers

(5) Recent statistics prove that two guns out of every three will not discharge when pointed at your head

[lordsummerisle]

28. Oops, not an Onion headline n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

29. He was obviously demonstrating the traumatic consequences of failing to follow

the rules of firearm safety in a way that would make a lasting impression.

Too many puns to even begin...

[Mojo Electro]

30. A couple things....

Terribly sorry for this man. But.

"Police said that the man...had been trying to show his girlfriend gun safety.."

"...He put the first two guns to his head and pulled the trigger."

So....

"...gun safety...."

"...guns to his head and pulled the trigger."

[kestrel91316]

32. My dad always taught me that you should never point a gun at anyone or anything at any time

unless you fully intended to kill them.

That's the only gun lesson I remember. It stuck.

Guess this guy's dad must have been a bit lax in the lesson department.

[deutsey]

49. Yep...

That and always assume the gun is loaded and handle it accordingly.

[SDjack]

33. It could have been worse. He could have coerced his girl friend to put the guns to his

head etc. Then, she would be facing murder charge. So, let's cut the guy a little slack for thinking of her.

[Deep13]

34. Rule #1: (all together class)...

EVERY GUN IS LOADED!

[Historic NY]

35. Darwin award nominee.......

so many this year its really going to be hard.....to choose the best.

[Sienna86]

36. Darwinism

That's the way it works. Sad though, for his loved ones.

[thucythucy]

37. I feel sorry for that poor woman.

She'll have to live with that memory for the rest of her life.

[Orrex]

40. To be fair, so did he.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

42. True. But if my boyfriend had been drinking all day...

the LAST thing we'd be doing is having a lesson in gun safety. Maybe she had been drinking all day as well, with her judgment impaired.

[thucythucy]

48. Could be.

One never knows. Could be too she was scared shitless, having a drunk boyfriend waving a gun around, and agreed to anything he said just not to get shot. Either way, it must have been awful afterwards.

I've never personally seen anyone shot, for any reason, but I certainly know people who have. All of them were traumatized, some worse than others, depending on the circumstances. Whatever the case, I hope she gets the help she needs.

Best wishes.

[Blue Diadem]

60. Her 3 kids were in the home too,

although they didn't witness the shooting. They certainly had to hear it and see the aftermath. From the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20140224/NEWS03/302240114/independence-township-man-shoots-self-in-head

[Demobrat]

38. Maybe she's smarter than the average bear.

Maybe she loaded the gun.

[Orrex]

39. And it only took him three tries.

[Incitatus]

43. Third time's a charm

[3catwoman3]

56. Or perhaps...

... = 3 strikes and you're OUT.

[MrMickeysMom]

41. He was trying to show her gun safety...

Okay…. Now, you're safe, girlfriend….

[Crunchy Frog]

44. Well, at least the safety lesson was probably effective. n/t

[MoonchildCA]

45. He must have really loved her.

He made the ultimate sacrifice just to show her what not to do.

What a great guy...

he used to be.

[Ghost in the Machine]

46. What a HORRIFYING thing for that poor woman to have to witness! Condolences to his family and

friends who knew and loved him... but what a friggin' IDIOT he was! I wonder if he would have done the same thing had he not been drinking, though? It *is* possible...

I bet that's one lesson she'll NEVER forget, and I hope she gets the proper counseling and/or treatment if she needs it in the future.

Peace,

Ghost

[AgingAmerican]

47. Pointing a gun at your head

...and pulling the trigger as a demonstration of gun safety.

[Brickbat]

50. Yeah, I wouldn't exactly describe what he was doing as "teaching gun safety."

[tridim]

51. She's lucky she's not dead instead.

More guns for responsible alcoholic gun owners!!!!111

[unblock]

52. gun safety kills! we should ban all gun safety training!

[chrisa]

53. I'm sorry, but guns are NOT safe.

The repeated attempts by gun advocates to cast them as "safe in the right hands" are dangerous at best.

They should always be treated like the dangerous weapons that they are. I've seen so much stooopid from gun owners that I feel like guns aren't given enough respect in this country. This includes someone whose gun was in his pocket, which fell out onto the floor. I mean, really?

There simply is no safe gun. By definition, a gun cannot be safe, much like a machete or chainsaw cannot be safe. If you're going to be a gunowner, treat your gun like a live grenade - it's a weapon that, while fun to shoot and provides protection, is also highly dangerous.

Training doesn't make guns less dangerous. It allows you to compensate for their dangerous nature by handling them with care and taking precautions.

[tridim]

61. The two or three gun nuts I've known all called their guns, "Their toys".

My overdramatic eye roll didn't even phase them. They saw nothing ironic about the term, which IMO is THE problem.

[MissMillie]

54. Guns and alcohol

that's just nuts!

[Gormy Cuss]

57. as is pointing a gun (or 3!) at your head

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[MissMillie]

58. yeah, that too (n/t)

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