# I predict this guy will eventually win a Darwin award **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999 "2012-02-25T20:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/1 "2012-02-25T20:58:07Z")
> **[Astounding Gentleman Shoots Himself in the Stomach Point Blank to Test Body...](https://gizmodo.com/astounding-gentleman-shoots-himself-in-the-stomach-poin-5888035)** > > If you need any further proof that handguns should be illegal or that the human race doesn't deserve to exist, watch this intrepid amateur scientist blast himself with a 10mm round at point blank. Why? Fer testin'! Oh my. I don’t know what else to say. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/2 "2012-02-25T23:16:57Z")
There isn’t anything remarkable about this, since salesmen will do this all the time to demonstrate their product. Most people will put a phone book or something under the vest, since it will usually leave a bruise as this guy found out. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9-hreCYz8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9-hreCYz8) If you get shot in the heart, then that is dangerous, since it can cause fibrillation. Better vests will have a ceramic or metal plate over the heart to prevent that. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/3 "2012-02-25T23:36:02Z")
> [@](#): > > If you need any further proof that handguns should be illegal or that the human race doesn’t deserve to exist, watch this intrepid amateur scientist blast himself with a 10mm round at point blank. Why? Fer testin’! wow way to make a gun hating statement first sentence in the article. this doesn’t prove anything I am tired as heck of everyone hating on these tools ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/4 "2012-02-26T02:52:41Z")
Actually, I don’t think it would be a bad idea if we required people to take an IQ test before buying a gun. Or at least a sort of “Gun Safety 101” test. Like, “If you saw something on tv that pissed you off, would you shoot your screen out?” Or, “True or False: firing a gun in the air is a great way to ring in the New Year.” Stuff like that. Just to weed out the morons. (NGL, I was giggling the whole time I was watching that) ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/5 "2012-02-26T04:24:48Z")
Considering the fact that just about everybody in the United States had to pass a written test and an examination to get a driver license, it doesn’t seem to help. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/6 "2012-02-26T04:34:23Z")
Wait… he tested something that is supposed to work and it worked? Mmh. Yeah. Don’t really see how he’s supposed to die here, to earn his Darwin. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/7 "2012-02-26T17:43:02Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Wait… he tested something that is supposed to work and it worked? > > Mmh. Yeah. Don’t really see how he’s supposed to die here, to earn his Darwin. I don’t think that’s how you’re supposed to test it. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/8 "2012-02-26T17:57:39Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > wow way to make a gun hating statement first sentence in the article. this doesn’t prove anything I am tired as heck of everyone hating on these tools So, you’re offended by the writer calling for the outlawing of guns, but not by his calling for the extinction of mankind? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/9 "2012-02-26T18:11:34Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > So, you’re offended by the writer calling for the outlawing of guns, but not by his calling for the extinction of mankind? :dubious: Eh. I think we all kind of understand where he’s coming from on THAT part. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/10 "2012-02-28T05:34:04Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Wait… he tested something that is supposed to work and it worked? > > Mmh. Yeah. Don’t really see how he’s supposed to die here, to earn his Darwin. Well, if you _test_ something then presumably you are expecting a chance that it might _not_ work, otherwise why bother testing it? If you change the word to “demonstrate” then I kind of agree with you, but then I’m not about to “demonstrate” that a safety catch works by pointing a gun to my head and pulling the trigger, would you? ---
**Author:** ![DataX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/11 "2012-02-28T07:09:20Z")
> [@Richard\_Pearse](#): > > Well, if you _test_ something then presumably you are expecting a chance that it might _not_ work, otherwise why bother testing it? If you change the word to “demonstrate” then I kind of agree with you, but then I’m not about to “demonstrate” that a safety catch works by pointing a gun to my head and pulling the trigger, would you? Neither am I, and there have been those that have died demonstrating the safety of their product… > **[FACT CHECK: Did a Man Die Demonstrating a Window's Strength?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/window-strength-death/)** > > A Toronto lawyer demonstrating the safety of window panes in a skyscraper ironically plunged through a window to his death. I don’t know that much about guns, but I don’t think what he did was as dumb as it looks, but I wouldn’t take any chances. I am pretty sure at a certain level you can be pretty certain about a bullet not penetrating, but I still think you can get broken bones and such. Guys that choose to be around guns are always taking a risk - it seems fairly dangerous to me, but with the number of idiots in the world PLUS massive firepower available - doesn’t seem as many get hurt as I would think. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/12 "2012-02-28T15:28:03Z")
A friend of mine was telling me this morning about how his son has been agitating for a BB gun, because one of his friends has one. A week or so ago, the son went out into the woods with his friend to shoot at stuff, and he got interested in learning how much a BB hurts when it hits. He decided to shoot himself in the foot, expecting the BB to bounce off his shoe. It didn’t bounce off. The son hobbled home, bleeding, and my friend explained that this was why he couldn’t have his own BB gun, because he’s too stupid. After bandaging up the toe, the son remarked, “What worries me is that I couldn’t find the BB.” Sure enough, the next day he was unable to walk, and an X-ray revealed that the BB was lodged under his toenail. Surgery is apparently imminent. ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/13 "2012-02-29T02:18:37Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > There isn’t anything remarkable about this, since salesmen will do this all the time to demonstrate their product. Most people will put a phone book or something under the vest, since it will usually leave a bruise as this guy found out. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9-hreCYz8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd9-hreCYz8) > > If you get shot in the heart, then that is dangerous, since it can cause fibrillation. Better vests will have a ceramic or metal plate over the heart to prevent that. That guy’s shorts are way too tight and creepy, and the white socks really polish off the outfit ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/14 "2012-02-29T06:23:49Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > If you get shot in the heart, then that is dangerous, since it can cause fibrillation. It can also give love a bad name. ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-predict-this-guy-will-eventually-win-a-darwin-award/613999/15 "2012-02-29T10:49:31Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > A friend of mine was telling me this morning about how his son has been agitating for a BB gun, because one of his friends has one. A week or so ago, the son went out into the woods with his friend to shoot at stuff, and he got interested in learning how much a BB hurts when it hits. He decided to shoot himself in the foot, expecting the BB to bounce off his shoe. It didn’t bounce off. > > The son hobbled home, bleeding, and my friend explained that this was why he couldn’t have his own BB gun, because he’s too stupid. After bandaging up the toe, the son remarked, “What worries me is that I couldn’t find the BB.” Sure enough, the next day he was unable to walk, and an X-ray revealed that the BB was lodged under his toenail. Surgery is apparently imminent. When this type of thing happens in my neck of the woods, it’s usually preceded by someone saying, “Hold my beer and watch this!” And no, being under 21 generall does not reduce the probability.