When violating Rule 1, make sure you aim at yourself when “proving” that the gun’s chamber is empty:
A Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder after shooting his girlfriend in the neck while demonstrating his gun-safety skills, police said. Barraza “attempted to prove the weapon was safe the way he carried it (by maintaining an empty chamber in the cylinder of the revolver),” court documents state. “He then pulled the hammer back and pulled the trigger.”
When I first saw the story I misread it to mean “A Mensa man…” Of course, alcohol was involved in the incident.
Filed under: common stupidity
Idiot. Obviously NOT as familiar with his firearm as he thought, eh? Never heard of a double action revolver, I guess.
And for his stupidity, his girlfriend pays with her life. Too bad. Something that stupid should qualify for capital punishment.
*headdesk*
The Four Rules need to be tattooed on some people’s forearms. Assuming that he’s not too stupid to read, which may well be.