Man accidentally kills himself while taking photos with gun

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http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/man- ... b874a.html
A 43-year-old man died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face with what he thought was an unloaded gun.
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It's amazing how deadly unloaded guns are.
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TangoX-ray wrote:It's amazing how deadly unloaded guns are.
It's not the loaded guns you need to worry about. It's all the "unloaded" ones.
Keep calm and carry.

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A bullet apparently remained in the gun?? Must have been tired of going in and out all day. Maybe it was just shy, I hate it when bullets just take on a mind of their own and start becoming disobedient. :nono: I still don't understand why he would have been taking pictures with the gun pointed at his face, loaded or not. I guess he's a candidate for the Darwin award. :banghead:
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Reminds me of the story of Terry Kath, the band Chicago's old guitarist whom Jimi Hendrix called the "greatest" back in 1970. Famous last words to his manager: "Don't worry, it's not loaded."

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Oh wow. Im probably as new to firearms as they come, and I (because I'm a dork, I know) asked my husband the other day what an appropriate stance was to hold me gun and take a selfie. He gave me the 'are you kidding me' look, and told me that there was no way to appropriately take a selfie with my gun. Obviously I need him to keep me grounded, or I would probably be the moron that shoots herself in the face "rlol"

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And we have a winner of a Darwin Award! :thumbs2:
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"When the incident occurred"
Well....that certainly tells us a lot. :roll:

Sounds to me like 'cameras' cause gun violence. :headscratch


How in the world do you shoot yourself in the face while photographing? Something/someone manipulated the trigger. Under what circumstance? Did the deceased have possession of the weapon or his girlfriend?

There is not a single 'detail' is given in the account.

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DavidsCrazyGirl wrote:Oh wow. Im probably as new to firearms as they come, and I (because I'm a dork, I know) asked my husband the other day what an appropriate stance was to hold me gun and take a selfie. He gave me the 'are you kidding me' look, and told me that there was no way to appropriately take a selfie with my gun. Obviously I need him to keep me grounded, or I would probably be the moron that shoots herself in the face "rlol"

Yeah selfies are a no-no, if you want pictures of you and your gun, do it at a range with someone else taking pictures from behind or beside you while you are pointing in a safe direction. :nono:
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flintknapper wrote:
"When the incident occurred"
Well....that certainly tells us a lot. :roll:

Sounds to me like 'cameras' cause gun violence. :headscratch


How in the world do you shoot yourself in the face while photographing? Something/someone manipulated the trigger. Under what circumstance? Did the deceased have possession of the weapon or his girlfriend?

There is not a single 'detail' is given in the account.

Do you love 'reporters' or what.....?

I was curious at first about how a concrete man shot himself until I realized it was the name of a town. :biggrinjester:
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well he won't be doing that again now will he? :rolll

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How does a concrete man die from a gun shot?

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doncb wrote:And we have a winner of a Darwin Award! :thumbs2:
To be 100% correct, the story makes no mention of any kids he may have already sired.

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uthornsfan wrote:How does a concrete man die from a gun shot?
Usually it's exsanguination (blood loss) or trauma to the central nervous system (shot to head or spine), just like everyone else.

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uthornsfan wrote:How does a concrete man die from a gun shot?
The same as a Round Rock man. ;-)
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