sometimes one is just at a loss for words

[DrDan]

Pinellas County sheriff's deputies say a 22-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the head while showing his girlfriend a handgun.

Deputies say Chaz Ursomanno was taken to Bay Front Medical Center early Thursday with life-threatening injuries.

According to an incident report, 24-year old Naomi Enselll told her boyfriend to put the gun away about 2 a.m. Thursday. But he told her it was safe and put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. The gun did not fire.

Deputies say he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger again. This time, it went off.

The man was unconscious when deputies arrived.

[mwb970]

1. We used to call this "thinning the herd". /nt

[DrDan]

3. and I think society will be none for the worse

[SteveM]

17. Yeah, I put him in the same category as...

da thug.

[Abin Sur]

4. Evolution in action. n/t

[TheWraith]

19. Whereas today, we call it a Darwin Award nominee. nt

[GreenStormCloud]

2. Its the gun's fault that he acted stupid.

:sarcasm:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger again.

sounds like he wanted to commit suicide in front of her.

for whatever unknown reason.

people sure can do weird (dumb) things

[DrDan]

7. that thought crossed my mind also - but I think his testosterone got the best of him

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. heh, must be a guy thing.

;) morbid humor for $200.oo :shrug:

[DrDan]

25. I think so . . . .

sounds like he was trying to impress the girl with his bravado.

[rl6214]

23. Don't think testosterone has anything to do with committing suicide.

[DrDan]

24. if it was a suicide attempt

[ileus]

6. Life is a good teacher...but she kills all her students.

[slackmaster]

8. Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools

:argh:

[DrDan]

11. most do not need a safety course to know not to put

a gun to their head and pull the trigger . . . . twice.

[slackmaster]

14. Yes, I agree and I think the whole story stinks

Sounds like a suicide to me.

[petronius]

15. Could be suicide, but I recall a very strong instinct to do stupid and 'daring'

things to shock and impress girls among (some) men in that age group. I imagine all of us here have survived/out-grown that instinct, but I bet a lot of us can look back at displays that should have put us in the hospital (although I'm sure none of us went so far as gun-to-the-head, of course)...

[slackmaster]

16. By age 17 I had learned that scaring girls was not the best way to get them to warm up to me

Some men are dipshits, I guess.

[PavePusher]

9. I'd guess alcohol was involved, but since there's no link to the article.... n/t

[DrDan]

10. I had to type it in - from this morning's Daytona Beach News-Journal

[Common Sense Party]

18. It was on yesterday's Miami Herald site:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/13/2451884/fla-man-accidentally-shoots-himself.html

And yesterday's Tampa Bay site:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/article1196597.ece

[Iktomiwicasa]

12. It says more about the....

...consequences of stupidity than it does about the pros or cons of gun ownership.

[Atypical Liberal]

13. Darwinism.

I feel bad for the girl.

[Kennah]

21. Jon Erik Hexum all over again

[gravity556]

22. That poor girl!

This idiot kicked Uncle Chuck in the balls-twice-and Chuck kicked back. Unfortunately, the idiot's girlfriend will be very traumatized by this. I'm also sympathetic toward the idiot's family. And have nothing but contempt for someone stupid enough to put a gun to their head and pull the trigger twice.