# Eternal irony is the price of vigilance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-irony-is-the-price-of-vigilance/666130>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-irony-is-the-price-of-vigilance/666130 "2013-08-13T14:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-irony-is-the-price-of-vigilance/666130/1 "2013-08-13T14:23:31Z")

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Instructor shoots student at gun safety class.

> **[Ohio gun safety instructor accidentally shoots student | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/us/gun-safety-class-shooting/?iref=obnetwork)**
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> Oh the irony. An Ohio man was shot in the arm. At a gun safety class.

If only this guy taught gun safety to criminals.

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**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-irony-is-the-price-of-vigilance/666130/2 "2013-08-13T14:37:55Z")

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I remember once reading about a guy who was beaten to death by his anger management councillor! Yikes!

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-irony-is-the-price-of-vigilance/666130/3 "2013-08-13T14:50:16Z")

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In my concealed carry class, also in Ohio, the instructor used rubber, realistic looking guns to demonstrate most of the gun handling stuff. When the time came to do things that required a real gun, like how to verify that there is no bullet in the gun :), a second instructor came in and they checked the guns together, then showed us how to do it. I can’t imagine what the instructor was doing with a bullet in a gun in that situation. I certainly hope he is no longer going to be allowed to teach.