# "Gun Nut Blows Own Nuts Off, Is Hailed As Hero By Group Of Men Who Point Guns At Their Nuts" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268 "2020-08-16T16:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/21 "2020-08-16T19:14:38Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > ThelmaLou, Wonkette’s grabbing quotes from people who I wouldn’t call representative of gun owners at all, in an effort to make gun owners look dumb. It’s dishonest—though typical of that rag when they stray away from anything involving coastal elites having sex with each other—and I was merely trying to provide another view that’s, IMHO, more representative. So it goes.- Now, now… > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Don’t get testy! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/22 "2020-08-16T19:42:03Z")
In Europe we have many problems, but not this one. I will give my opinion nonetheless: the problem is that they don’t learn. Anybody can make a mistake, even a stupid one like that. Shit happens. But that there is “an admin” for this facebook (!) group who speaks sympathetically of this guy after the accident, instead of leaving the group as quietly as possible, speaks volumes. He thinks it could not have happened to him, because he is smart. He probably thinks he is funny too. Well, yeah, schadenfreude is kind of funny. But the joke is on them, the whole group. And that is what they do not seem to realize. There, I think, is the problem. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/23 "2020-08-16T19:43:12Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Nobody’s saying that idiots who like to aim their guns at their genitals are representive of gun owners as a whole. But I think that the fact that there even exists a community of people who do this highlights some serious problems with human nature. This. I’m failing to remember the term to Google up some cites, but IIRC some hefty fraction of the online armed white supremacist movement apparently has a snarky witty ironic tone they like to take in their online communities. That guy who shot up Christchurch NZ was an online activist in that genre. At any rate, that there’s an online group of these guns+nads = fun idjits and they’re canonizing this guy as their new patron saint is hardly surprising; it fits within the larger mold. Which is another sign that human nature is too f\*\*\*ed for words. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/24 "2020-08-16T20:14:57Z")
That’s just nuts. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/25 "2020-08-16T21:21:12Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > ‘Appendix-in-waistband-carry’ is a perfectly useful way to carry a concealed firearm As I shoot righty, I prefer a front crossdraw from the left. I also only use a proper holster is it is safely carried with minimal chance of discharge. Back crossdraw is ok, but with anything other than a small frame is uncomfortable for me. And I am speechless at the sheer idiocy of pointing a weapon at anything one wouldn’t want shot. ---
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/26 "2020-08-16T21:24:51Z")
Dr. Rag Fields “reviewed” video game injuries and death, including this one. There’s some debate on whether accidental injuries and deaths have increased as a result of social media. If there was no one around, would he have pointed a loaded weapon at his … weapon? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/27 "2020-08-16T21:42:04Z")
Oh, nuts! I was going to post that, but you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/28 "2020-08-16T21:57:10Z")
Ever since I was a kid, I’d wince or grit my teeth at a movie or TV show where a “bad guy” would be apprehended and the “good guy” would take away BG’s gun, then stick it in the waistband of his (GG’s) pants. And I’m a girl! I could NOT understand the reasoning: here, let me take this gun and point it at my best friend! Why not stick it in your back waistband? Then you only jeopardize a butt cheek! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/29 "2020-08-16T22:52:12Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Oh, nuts! I was going to post that, but you beat me to it. You should have said, “Oh, shoot!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/30 "2020-08-16T23:03:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You should have said, “Oh, shoot!” 😉 Balls! You’re correct. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/31 "2020-08-16T23:11:19Z")
Somebody should join this group and suggest the goal for 2021 should be to “Aim Higher.” ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/32 "2020-08-17T01:17:58Z")
He does have a spare, right? Everyone’s talking like he’s now a soprano, but the bullet didn’t hit one ball, ricochet off the crunchy almond center, and hit its twin. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/33 "2020-08-17T01:18:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You should have said, “Oh, shoot!” 😉 No need to go ballistic! (Dopers rifle through their mental filing cabinets for more puns, but they must be of a certain caliber.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/34 "2020-08-17T01:59:29Z")
> [@coffeecat](#): > > He does have a spare, right? Everyone’s talking like he’s now a soprano, but the bullet didn’t hit one ball, ricochet off the crunchy almond center, and hit its twin. It didn’t hit either. It was through just the “sack” part. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/35 "2020-08-17T02:00:45Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > (Dopers rifle through their mental filing cabinets for more puns, but they must be of a certain caliber.) Yes, when it comes to high calibre jokes vs. bad jokes, there’s a vas deferens. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/36 "2020-08-17T02:21:22Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Yes, when it comes to high calibre jokes vs. bad jokes, there’s a vas deferens. Well played, nelliebly! I’m working on something with “bore” or “bored” but I haven’t come up with the pun just yet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/37 "2020-08-17T03:06:01Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@coffeecat](#): > > > > He does have a spare, right? Everyone’s talking like he’s now a soprano, but the bullet didn’t hit one ball, ricochet off the crunchy almond center, and hit its twin. > > It didn’t hit either. It was through just the “sack” part. Oh, is that all. He should put his injury to use. Hang a retractable keychain from it and never lose your keys! Enter it in a tractor pull! There’s a world of possibilities! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/38 "2020-08-17T06:37:53Z")
Or start his own church. He’s “holey” now! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/39 "2020-08-17T06:50:00Z")
Presidential run in 2024 coming up … ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268/40 "2020-08-17T07:13:54Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > In Europe we have many problems, but not this one. For comparison, the classic European [Darwin Award](https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1996-07.html) featured two drunken peasants endeavouring to prove who was the most macho. The “winner” laid his head down and bet the one with an axe that he was not brave enough to make the cut. This is not, in fact, an original test of manhood, having been famously undertaken by Cú Chulainn and other European badasses: > The troublemaker Bricriu once incites three heroes, Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach and Lóegaire Búadach, to compete for the champion’s portion at his feast. In every test that is set Cú Chulainn comes out on top, but neither Conall nor Lóegaire will accept the result. Cú Roí mac Dáire of Munster settles it by visiting each in the guise of a hideous churl and challenging them to behead him, then allow him to return and behead them in return. Conall and Lóegaire both behead Cú Roí, who picks up his head and leaves, but when the time comes for him to return they flee. Only Cú Chulainn is brave and honourable enough to submit himself to Cú Roí’s axe; Cú Roí spares him and he is declared champion. This beheading challenge appears in later literature, most notably in the Middle English poem _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_. Other examples include the 13th century French _Life of Caradoc_ and the English romances _The Turke and Gowin_, and _Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-nut-blows-own-nuts-off-is-hailed-as-hero-by-group-of-men-who-point-guns-at-their-nuts/918268.md?page=3)