There's only one way to see if your gun is loaded...

[cyberlogicx]

To stick it in your mouth and pull the trigger, of course!

A 25-year-old man was medevaced to Seattle with life-threatening injuries after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a .22-caliber rifle in Lemon Creek on Friday afternoon, the Juneau Police Department reported.

Police responded to a report of an accidental shooting at about 2:20 p.m. at an apartment where they found the man alive but unresponsive. Three other adults and an infant were in the apartment on Glacier Highway and all the adults gave the same description of what happened, police spokesman Sgt. Dave Campbell said. The man's name was not released.

"It looks like it was a tragic accident," Campbell said.

Police say the accidental shooting happened as the group was planning to go to the gun range. One of the adults raised concern about the 25-year-old man handling the firearm because of the infant being in the room, according to a police press release. The adult also was concerned that the rifle was loaded.

"The man joked that there was one way to find out if it was loaded and, at that point, he reportedly put the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger," according to the release.

Capital City Fire and Rescue paramedics rushed the victim to Bartlett Regional Hospital. He was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Even though the gun involved in the shooting was a small caliber rifle, all loaded firearms are dangerous, Campbell said.

"It's still a bullet and when you're talking about close range like that, small calibers are very dangerous," he said.

Neither alcohol nor drugs appear to have played a role in the incident, police reported.

http://juneauempire.com/stories/100409/loc_500794027.shtml?dumbass

 

[Monty]

Neither alcohol nor drugs appear to have played a role in the incident, police reported.

But stupidity, apparently, was.

 

[cyberlogicx]

Stupidity? In my country?!

 

[EC1]

Another Darwin Award nominee???

 

[MasterShinken]

... well, that's one way to fix stupid

 

[Speedway]

Another Darwin Award nominee???

I think he would need to kick the bucket to be eligible.....

 

[cyberlogicx]

He still has time kick off...

 

[K-DUB]

 

[tele_mark]

If you're going to do something like that, at least put it up on YouTube.

 

[icyclefar]

Another Darwin Award nominee???

Given the huge number of potential Darwin candidates nationwide, I believe that rimfire weapons have been excluded from eligibility. If he pulls through he's going to have to step up to center fire if he wants a chance at an award.

 

[KMaurer]

At least he had the sense not to point it at any vital organ. There was obviously nothing vital between his ears.

Ken

 

[blindndead]

wow!!

 

[Becka]

I love how the newspaper used the word "dumbass" as the last word in the link!

 

[tele_mark]

I love how the newspaper used the word "dumbass" as the last word in the link!

I missed that -- good eye!

 

[cyberlogicx]

Hey, there's no harm in speaking the truth. Unless you are talking to a libtard XD

 

[RI_John]

Too funny!! I made a joke not a week ago at the range when I told someone I always make sure the gun is unloaded by putting it my mouth and pulling the trigger. They were horrified until I told them I was obviously kidding (people don't get my sense of humor sometimes....)

Wow, though, this story... I guess there are levels of stupid in the world that I didn't know existed!

 

[ShadeWPI]

Justification for the AG's assertion that any weapon without a "positive visual and tactile loaded chamber indicator" is a defective and unsafe product that consumers must be protected from?

 

[wolf223]

 

[Marcus5aurelius]

Well it didnt kill him, so...

Moron: 1 Darwin: 0

 

[TomH]

Well it didnt kill him, so...

Moron: 1 Darwin: 0

Sounds like it's not over yet, maybe he's still in the running!