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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Ichiban on September 22, 2009, 03:25:50 PM
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Imperial man shoots himself in the head while teaching firearms safety
KSDK -- An Imperial man is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the head while teaching his girlfriend firearms safety.
Sheriff Glenn Boyer said that on Friday, deputies responded to 4307 Rock Valley Court in Imperial for a shooting. Investigators found 40-year-old James Looney with a gunshot wound to the head.
According to witnesses, Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns to his girlfriend. The witnesses said Looney would put the guns to his head, and before pulling the trigger, would ask her if she thought the gun would go off. With the first two guns, the safety mechanisms worked. The third gun fired.
Looney was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead the next morning.
According to witnesses, Looney was going to take his girlfriend to the shooting range the next day, but insisted on the lesson on firearm safety the day before.
Deputies believe alcohol was involved. :o
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185501 (http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185501)
The gene pool just got a a shot of chlorine. I wonder if that third one was a Glock.
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Sad in so many ways, but WTF was he thinking?
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Firearms saftey, Russian Roulette or a good way to off your boyfriend. Sad thing is, I can belive any of the three. C'mon sweetie, if you're so sure its safe try it with a round in he chamber, and finish that shot of JD first. You're not afraid are you?Seriously, however it went down, we do have a Darwin nominee.
FQ13 ::)
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Firearms saftey, Russian Roulette or a good way to off your boyfriend. Sad thing is, I can belive any of the three. C'mon sweetie, if you're so sure its safe try it with a round in he chamber, and finish that shot of JD first. You're not afraid are you?Seriously, however it went down, we do have a Darwin nominee.
FQ13 ::)
My thoughts exactly. ;D
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Imperial man shoots himself in the head while teaching firearms safety
KSDK -- An Imperial man is dead after accidentally shooting himself in the head while teaching his girlfriend firearms safety demonstrating foolhardy firearm handling techniques.
Sheriff Glenn Boyer said that on Friday, deputies responded to 4307 Rock Valley Court in Imperial for a shooting. Investigators found 40-year-old James Looney with a gunshot wound to the head.
According to witnesses, Looney was demonstrating how to use the different safety mechanisms on several guns to his girlfriend. The witnesses said Looney would put the guns to his head, and before pulling the trigger, would ask her if she thought the gun would go off. With the first two guns, the safety mechanisms worked. The third gun fired.
Looney was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead the next morning.
According to witnesses, Looney was going to take his girlfriend to the shooting range the next day, but insisted on the lesson on firearm safety the day before.
Deputies believe alcohol was involved. :o
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185501 (http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=185501)
The gene pool just got a a shot of chlorine. I wonder if that third one was a Glock.
I fixed it for the headline writer.
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Darwin Award/Brady propaganda piece
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His name was "Looney"?
Makes it even more sad...
Darwin Award/Brady propaganda piece
BINGO!
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Alcohol MAY be involved....DUH!!!
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Sad to say this will probaby make the national news. I doubt his former girlfriend will ever touch a firearm again. Thank god he only eliminated himself from the gene pool and didn't take her with him. Sad
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Teaching firearms safety by setting a bad example.
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Teaching firearms safety by setting a bad example.
I have a inlaw that tells me the story of his HS wood shop teacher every time he came to my shop.
Long story short, during the safety demo on how to use a Table saw, he lost 3 fingers.
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His name was "Looney"?
Makes it even more sad...
BINGO!
I overheard someone talking about this but hadn't read anything. Then I come to the well. If this wasn't real life you would swear it was a poor joke. And then the name...
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Rule number 1) Always point the firearm in a safe direction. :(
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Reminds me of one I read about years ago. Not only did the guy put one through his head, but it ricocheted off the water heater and killed his girlfriend too.
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I overheard someone talking about this but hadn't read anything. Then I come to the well. If this wasn't real life you would swear it was a poor joke. And then the name...
Reminds me of that incident a few years back about the midair colision of a naval reconnisance plane ane a Chinese MIG over the straits of Formosa. The MIG pilot tried a maneuver where you overfly your target and drop right in front of it. This creates an air pocket that causes the opponent to lose support and drop like a rock for a bit (there's a technical term that I forget). Rule number one though, is remembering how long your plane is. Our hero forgot this rule, causinging the rear of his aircraft to impact on our guy's nose cone. Our plane was damaged but survived, our hero was toast. His name? Wong Wei (I shit you not). ;D
FQ13
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Imperial man shoots himself in the head while teaching firearms safety
Poor sap........Now if he'd only been teaching sex-ed instead of firearms safety, he may have came out alright. :o
Corner, I'm on my way.......yoo hoo........ ;D
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Booze and guns, like cars, don't mix.
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Reminds me of that incident a few years back about the midair colision of a naval reconnisance plane ane a Chinese MIG over the straits of Formosa. The MIG pilot tried a maneuver where you overfly your target and drop right in front of it. This creates an air pocket that causes the opponent to lose support and drop like a rock for a bit (there's a technical term that I forget). Rule number one though, is remembering how long your plane is. Our hero forgot this rule, causinging the rear of his aircraft to impact on our guy's nose cone. Our plane was damaged but survived, our hero was toast. His name? Wong Wei (I shit you not). ;D
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Close. Wang Wei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident)
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Close. Wang Wei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident)
SEE! That's why he had to carry a gun! He was compensating for his Wei Wang!
(http://www.smileyx.com/smilies/2erOBh1.gif)
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Close. Wang Wei.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island_incident)
Thanks for the correction, but still amusing in a twisted sort of way (eg, a DRTV sort of way).
FQ13
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Keep on thinning that gene pool, ::)
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Look i have never trusted any safety device 100%, but but a gun to your head is down right f-ing stupid. I do feel bad for his family but on the other hand wtf.
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Keep on thinning that gene pool, ::)
Look i have never trusted any safety device 100%, but but a gun to your head is down right f-ing stupid. I do feel bad for his family but on the other hand wtf.
Exactly....
While I am sorry for his family's loss (and it is sad because it was preventable), it's still one less idiot that you have to worry about putting an errant round into the back of your head from out of nowhere.