# It's impossible to shoot myself with this gun... oops! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915 "2015-09-04T17:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/1 "2015-09-04T17:15:31Z")
Drunken idiot shoots himself in the head while attempting to demonstrate the double safety on his gun. > **[Arizona Man Shoots Himself in the Head While Trying to Demonstrate Gun Safety...](http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-man-shoots-himself-in-the-head-while-trying-to-demonstrate-gun-safety-feature-7624980)** > > Moments after bragging about the double-safety feature on his handgun, and then attempting to demonstrate how it works, 23-year-old Phoenix resident Christen Reece shot himself in the head. “You know, there's not really a lot to the story other than... I’m guessing his last words before the shooting were “Hey, watch this!” I think the sheriff’s deputy summed it up best: “You know, there’s not really a lot to the story other than don’t drink and shoot guns.” ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/2 "2015-09-04T17:28:36Z")
Potential Darwin Award nominee. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/3 "2015-09-04T18:19:41Z")
Well, at least he put his money where his mouth was. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/4 "2015-09-04T18:28:41Z")
Oh, we have a whole thread devoted to guys like this: [Stupid Gun news of the day…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=680617) ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/5 "2015-09-04T18:45:12Z")
> **[Press the shutter, not the trigger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=766966)** > > http://www.seattlepi.com/news/texas/article/Houston-man-holding-gun-while-taking-selfies-6479679.php A 19-year-old Houston man is dead after police say he accidentally shot himself while taking ‘selfies’ while holding a gun. Nothing to add. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/6 "2015-09-04T21:22:17Z")
You want to demonstrate the safeties on the gun? How about taking the bullets out first? :smack: Oh, by the way, the safeties didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/7 "2015-09-04T22:45:39Z")
Some fucking friends. They dumped him at the fire station and ran away. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/8 "2015-09-04T23:11:38Z")
The title would be funnier if it were **It’s inconceivable I could shoot myself with this gun… oops!** ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/9 "2015-09-04T23:15:40Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > Oh, by the way, the safeties didn’t work. Well now, don’t you want to keep an open min… umm… an unbiased opinion? ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/10 "2015-09-05T04:09:02Z")
I’ve demonstrated “double-safety” features of 1911-style handguns, but never by pointing it at myself, or anyone else, in the process. Idjit. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/11 "2015-09-05T05:26:21Z")
Sounds like a good night of drinking to me. Had one last shot that went straight to his head, immediately picked up, was fucked for sure in the car and then dropped off at the nearest station. No argument about how dead he would have felt the next day. The biggest shock to come is that his liver’s shot too. I expect there’ll be an enquiry. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-impossible-to-shoot-myself-with-this-gun-oops/729915/12 "2015-09-05T07:33:02Z")
Tyler Durden was a jerk anyway.