Coroner: New gun owner accidentally kills self

[jedi]

Coroner: New gun owner accidentally kills self

Prayers to his family

21 year old portage man is found dead (shot to head) in bedroom. It appears the man was learning how to load/unload his new gun when he shot himself in the head.



- Use dummy rounds to train!
- Why was he pointing the gun in an unsafe direction?

 

[sparky241]

exactly how do you end up with the gun pointed at you? i have never figured that out yet.Is it just me or does common sense tell you if it will kill other humans and animals then it will probable kill me as well? Man common sense just isn't.

 

[Wink and the Gun]

I think somebody already posted on this...
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...4193-new_gun_owner_accidently_kills_self.html

 

[jedi]

I think somebody already posted on this...
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...4193-new_gun_owner_accidently_kills_self.html

Opps then...

 

[Praetorian13]

This article sounds odd? It seems more like a suicide than an "accidental" head shot.

 

[Woodrow]

Most "accidental discharges" resulting in death are suicides (technically, I guess they all are, my point is the intent behind the act). It depends on the wishes of the family in disclosure. For years, Ernest Hemingway's death was attributed to a "gun cleaning accident." No, I don't have figures on it, and I know that's just one example, but really, accidental discharges hit the foot, not the head.

It is a sad story.

 

[IndyMonkey]

wheres the lock....???

 

[Eddie]

As I once read:

"The first rule is to keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction. That way if you screw everything else up nobody gets hurt."

 

[Beau]

Seriously. How does one accidentally shoot themself in the head??????

 

[printcraft]

wheres the lock....???

Same place as the beef.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0[/ame]

 

[Vasili]

no such thing as an accidental discharge.

 

[The Keymaster]

Duplicate IBTL

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...4193-new_gun_owner_accidently_kills_self.html

 

[tbhausen]

Why is everyone so intent to jump IBTL? I never understood that..

 

[360]

Why is everyone so intent to jump IBTL? I never understood that..

Because it is unfair and offensive to the person who posted this first to have all of the comments and attention go to the poster who duplicated the post.

 

[sj kahr k40]

I'm gonna go with IBTM, In Before Thread Merge

 

[jedi]

wheres the lock....???

Because it is unfair and offensive to the person who posted this first to have all of the comments and attention go to the poster who duplicated the post.

he,he,he... looks like the 2nd thread got more attention.

I'm gonna go with IBTM, In Before Thread Merge

Yup suspect that a merge will be done instead.
Either that or the MODs are off drinking since it's Friday.

 

[Beau]

The mods are always drinking. Except maybe BOR. He's just high.

 

[subtlesixer03]

I cant even figure the mecanics of shooting yourself in the head while loading and unloading. Revolver seems utterly impossible to do that with and mag fed guns mabye if pointing it straight up and slapping the mag with finger on the trigger. And im with Jed dummy rounds for training. Any new gun i get i use dummies first to load and unload till im proficent enough to feel comfertable.

 

[jedi]

I cant even figure the mecanics of shooting yourself in the head while loading and unloading. Revolver seems utterly impossible to do that with and mag fed guns mabye if pointing it straight up and slapping the mag with finger on the trigger. And im with Jed dummy rounds for training. Any new gun i get i use dummies first to load and unload till im proficent enough to feel comfertable.

Based on the limited info in the article and assuming the guy was 100% newbie it is not uncommon. The first time my mom picked up my gun (unload as I had just finished cleaning it: no ammo in the room I clean). She looked down the barrel like it was some sort of telescope!

Turned it around inspecting the gun like some form of foriegn rock. Needless to say I was not expecting that and it was a very uncomfortable feeling for me. yes the gun was unloaded but still.

Heck even when I have the gun (1911) apart to clean and I'm only holding the barrel I still don't like to look down the "front" end of it to see how clean I got it. I still look down the "back" of the barrel if that makes any sence. Something un-nerving to be that yes this metal tube can kill me.


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[ATM]

Why is everyone so intent to jump IBTL? I never understood that..

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break_room/56139-ibtl.html



To the report: Accidentally in the head? Really?



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