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SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 4:43 pm
by Ultravox
(Wish the topics could be longer...)
http://www.wlwt.com/news/national/Man-w ... index.html
A South Carolina man is dead after demonstrating the "proper way" to shoot yourself in the head.
James Gagum, 43, was watching a movie at his home in Conway when a witness told police he began arguing about the way a character was handling a gun, police told Conway TV station WPDE.
He picked up a revolver, held it to his head and said, "That's not how it's done."
Gagum pulled the trigger several times. On the third pull, the gun went off, according to The Associated Press.
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Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:24 pm
by Mason
Chuck D is pointing and laughing.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:43 pm
by Dropbear
And his epitaph read: "Now THAT'S how it's done!"
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:50 pm
by auggiecc87
Doc wrote:And his epitaph read: "Now THAT'S how it's done!"
Too soon
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:08 pm
by Fukshot
Sometimes winning an argument isn't the most important thing.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:30 pm
by ElTigre
Once again, one of my South Carolina brethren proves Dr. Darwin right. Smh.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:22 pm
by ErikO
My ten year old said "Wow, some people are dumb." I feel good.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:34 pm
by SwampGrouch
There's a Darwin Award nominee if I ever saw one.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:55 pm
by eelj
He's to old to be the reincarnation of Jon Hexum.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:58 pm
by inmediasres
We need people like this handling firearms like I need a hole in my...
Boom. Roasted.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:54 am
by Zagadka
At least he proved that he knew what he was doing.
Darwin +1.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:13 am
by Xela
From the original link:
In 2010, Gagum made headlines when he shot and killed one of three suspects who broke into his home. He claimed they pointed a gun at he and his wife, Myrtle Beach, S.C, TV station WMBF reported.
Related article:
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16460508/sout
From hero, to zero. Darn!
Xela
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:19 am
by SwampGrouch
Xela wrote:From the original link:
In 2010, Gagum made headlines when he shot and killed one of three suspects who broke into his home. He claimed they pointed a gun at he and his wife, Myrtle Beach, S.C, TV station WMBF reported.
Related article:
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16460508/sout
From hero, to zero. Darn!
Xela
I wonder if there weren't some unresolved mental health issues from that event. This sure as hell counts as reckless, self-destructive behavior.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:22 am
by atxgunguy
Wow, that's proof you can fix stupid. A definite Darwin Award nominee.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:22 am
by Xela
SwampGrouch wrote:Xela wrote:From the original link:
In 2010, Gagum made headlines when he shot and killed one of three suspects who broke into his home. He claimed they pointed a gun at he and his wife, Myrtle Beach, S.C, TV station WMBF reported.
Related article:
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/16460508/sout
From hero, to zero. Darn!
Xela
I wonder if there weren't some unresolved mental health issues from that event. This sure as hell counts as reckless, self-destructive behavior.
Good point. We've brought up PTSD on and off, as a possible result of a post-shooting event. Mas Ayoob deals with this subject in many of his works.
Worth a revisit:
http://www.personaldefensesolutions.net ... Trauma.pdf
Xela
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:34 pm
by Elmo
Xela wrote:From the original link:
In 2010, Gagum made headlines when he shot and killed one of three suspects who broke into his home. He claimed they pointed a gun at he and his wife, Myrtle Beach, S.C, TV station WMBF reported.
Xela
His wife is named Myrtle Beach?
As Herb Caen used to say, "Gimme rewrite!".
Also, "at he" should be "at him."
I'm sorry, I missed my calling as a 19th-century schoolmarm.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:55 pm
by AmirMortal
Ok, so I've heard of keeping the hammer on an empty cylinder, but why would you have two empty? Maybe it was leftover from the last game of Russian Roulette.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:07 pm
by SwampGrouch
SumGuyontheInternet wrote:Maybe it was leftover from the last game of Russian Roulette.
That's sure as the Hell what it sounds like.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:36 pm
by Ultravox
More likely he thought it was unloaded, but he missed one.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:04 pm
by auggiecc87
Ultravox wrote:More likely he thought it was unloaded, but he missed one.
And that is why you don't violate the 4 rules of gun safety. Ever!
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:26 pm
by SwampGrouch
Ultravox wrote:More likely he thought it was unloaded, but he missed one.
A pistol with a loading gate - perhaps. With a star ejector? No way.
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:54 pm
by Wurble
auggiecc87 wrote:Ultravox wrote:More likely he thought it was unloaded, but he missed one.
And that is why you don't violate the 4 rules of gun safety. Ever!
No. Rules 1&2:
1) A gun is always loaded
2) Don't point a gun at something unless you intend to destroy it
Re: SC: Man dead after showing how to shoot self in head
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:03 pm
by SenileDavid
Will be on "1000 ways to die" soon enough.
