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Glenn E. Meyer

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From the AP and NY Times:

July 5, 2000


Man Showing Gun Dangers Shoots Self


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Filed at 9:50 a.m. EDT

By The Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- A man demonstrating the dangers of guns for a
woman on their first date accidentally shot himself in the leg.

``It was not some careless, idiotic, Fourth-of-July stupid thing that happened,'' Kim
Barnes, 39, said from the hospital Tuesday.

Barnes and Susan MacDonald, 38, were drinking wine and eating barbecue
Monday night when the subject of accidental shootings came up. MacDonald, a
hospital technician, was telling her date about the gunshot victims she sees at
work.

Barnes, a former Air Force fighter pilot who has been handling guns since he was
a boy, decided to make a point about accidental shootings. He brought out his 9
mm pistol and showed MacDonald how a bullet can be in the chamber even after a
clip is detached.

Barnes then tried to expel the bullet from the gun, but the mechanism did not work
and the hammer went into firing position. He tried to engage a safety mechanism --
but the gun fired.

``My finger was nowhere near the trigger,'' he said. ``That is a misfire.''

Barnes said he doesn't have any feeling in his left leg below the knee, but doctors
at Swedish Medical Center hope the feeling will return when the swelling goes
down.

``It was a horrible, terrible thing that happened,'' MacDonald said. But she wasn't
scared away.

``I certainly hope I get a second date,'' she said. ``He is a lovely man.''
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Glenn E. Meyer:

``My finger was nowhere near the trigger,'' he said. ``That is a misfire.''
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No, boys and girls, that is, at best, a complete lapse of common sense.

Rule #2: Never cover with your muzzle anything you are unwilling to destroy. (This would include, obviously, one's own leg...)



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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Maybe he was willing to destroy his leg, the guys just that dumb. I was always under the impression that gun demonstrations rearely if ever needed live ammunition to have effective results. Doesn't this lamer know about snap caps? Heck, even dummy rounds would have worked! :mad:


Hueco
 
I just want to be sure I've got this straight. He was drinking wine, showing off his gun "skills" with live ammo, didn't know how to make his gun safe with a cartridge in the chamber, had the gun pointed at his leg? What's the problem? Sound perfectly ok to me.

Oh garcon, we need more chlorine in the gene pool, s'il vous plait.

Oh and,
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
`My finger was nowhere near the trigger,' he said. `That is a misfire.' [/quote]
Sounds like the cartridge ignited perfectly to me.

I wonder what he has in store for the second date.
 
I so desperately wanted to make a comment about having one's "gun" go off on a first date usually being a good thing but, in the interest of propriety, I have refrained. :)
 
I'm afraid that when I got to the part about "drinking wine" I said to myself : "Uh-huh, and I bet what happens next will be described as someone else's fault."

It's an old rule but always worth repeating - when the keys to the liquor locker come out, the keys to the gun safe get put up.

Ken Strayhorn
Hillsborough NC
 
Yup.

All key elements for an AD were present. I'm glad he's not seriously hurt, but hopefully he'll seek some gun safety info or somehow acquire some common sense.
 
buzz -
Glad to see you also refrained from making any comments about his being just "a little quick on the trigger" on his first date. And I won't either... :rolleyes:

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"...and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."
Luke 22:36
"An armed society is a polite society."
Robert Heinlein
"Power corrupts. Absolute power - is kinda cool!"
Fred Reed
 
Ah, young brasshopper, I see your sense of humor is as bad as mine.

Since he was injured, it's clear he wasn't shooting "blanks." :)
 
The worst thing about this stupid incident is that some anti-gun, liberal wacko is going to make an issue of it and say something equally stupid like, "Well, you see, you never know what's going to happen with a gun. They sometimes just go off by themselves." :rolleyes: And let HCI take it from there...

It is unfortunate, but he got what he deserved. It was his own poor handling that got him shot, he can blame no one else but himself - and maybe the wine-maker. ;) NOT!

Firearms and alcohol don't mix.
 
Well, being sometimes without any restraint at all, let me go ahead and say...Ahhh, another sad case of premature discharge...huh! Obviously this moron has been MIS-handling guns since a child. Anyway, I was hoping this post would address how you guys out there find gals willing to go out with armed guys in the first place. I always am open with the ladies about being armed and that's the end of the relationship right then and there. Not even a chance to get, ah, "premature" (or not!) about anything! ha!
 
"Drinking wine........" do you think that may have had something to do with the dumb s*** plugging his leg?

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Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
 
Wait a minute. This guy was a former fighter pilot. Everyone knows they have better judgement and reflexes than anyone else. If it happened to a former fighter pilot, with his extensive weapons training (not to mention his years of firearms handling experience), it could happen to anybody - just more proof that guns are too dangerous for the average person. :rolleyes:
 
Sounds like the Darwin Award winner who was demonstrating how tough the glass panes in his skyscraper office were (not). He proved how it one too many times. Aaaaahhhhhh....
 
What else can you expect from a former "officer" in the military. Some of the worst handling of firearms were done by the flight crews, especially the officers. Lt. Dumba$$ to Capt. Dumba$$ - I bet I can draw quicker then you..... The enlisted didn't do such things, or else their butts would be in slings. Just went off, gee, I bet ya it then (the gun) went back to drinking wine and then tried to steal his (the dumba$$'s) date.

Oh, did they say which type of gun it was, model? Even with my so-called SNS's, I've never had one "Go into the firing position" by itself and then go off "with my finger nowhere near the trigger". What a moron.

USP45usp
 
This guy clearly made a dumb mistake and he knows it. The problem is that when he tried to make excuses for his actions, he only came off looking dumber than if he had just come out and said I blew it. comments like the gun just went off by itself is not foolin' anyone.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
nwgunman

Have you ever offered to let the lady be the one with the power? ie.... offer to let her carry the gun on your first date after some instruction and practice at the range.

If she will not go for that... well forget her.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
RKBA!
 
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