Responsible gun owner shoots book. And boyfriend.

[Porpoise of Life]

Let's all be glad that for once, it wasn't Florida.

Having been settled by Scandinavians, I'm surprised there are people that stupid in Minnesota. Oh, wait a minute....

Is that supposed to mean Hispanics are stupid, or is there another joke I'm missing?

 

[Sideroxylon]

Let's all be glad that for once, it wasn't Florida.

Is that supposed to mean Hispanics are stupid, or is there another joke I'm missing?

I took it a possible reference to another poster.

 

[smartcooky]

I've read somewhere that "The pen is mightier than the sword." I guess that's just a logical extension.

I don't think its a good idea to bring a pen to a gunfight.

 

[Ryokan]

I took it a possible reference to another poster.

If I see a YouTuber with a book on a plane...

 

[Cainkane1]

You teach gun safety, but you don't know if you own one shotgun or two. Okay...

Well since one weapon classifies both as a shotgun and a .45 cal carbine and the other is a side by side 12 gauge I would hesitate to say I have two shotguns. The weapon in question is called a Rossie Taurus Circuit Judge and it fires both .45 cal pistol ammunition and a 410 shotgun shell. You can hunt small game with it using either caliber. I, of course, told you I don't shoot living creatures. The weapon is murder on tin cans and plastic bottles.

 

[Mikemcc]

People make their stupid, insensitive jokes but it's a tragedy that one person is dead instead of two.

It's more that the wrong person is dead... Though dumb idiots the pair of them.

Goes to show that gun-ownership does not infer sensible gun usage...

 

[BobTheCoward]

He now has a million hit video. He died doing what he was passionate about. He accomplished with his sacrifice what would not be achievable if he lived. We are supposed to call that kind of person a hero.

 

[Sideroxylon]

He now has a million hit video. He died doing what he was passionate about. He accomplished with his sacrifice what would not be achievable if he lived. We are supposed to call that kind of person a hero.

No

 

[shemp]

He now has a million hit video. He died doing what he was passionate about. He accomplished with his sacrifice what would not be achievable if he lived. We are supposed to call that kind of person a hero.

I think a more suitable word to describe him is "idiot."

 

[Ron Swanson]

A piece of 3/8" plate steel between the pages of the book would just about do it....but I'd still test it first!

That's exactly what I was going to say As well as pull the bullet apart & dump half the powder out .... and yeah test it a couple times

 

[BobTheCoward]

I think a more suitable word to describe him is "idiot."

He was right. This achieved his hope.

 

[Sideroxylon]

He was right. This achieved his hope.

A shame about secondary hopes of being a good dad to his kid and seeing them grow up.

 

[fromdownunder]

He now has a million hit video. He died doing what he was passionate about. He accomplished with his sacrifice what would not be achievable if he lived. We are supposed to call that kind of person a hero.

He died with his books on.

Norm

 

[TragicMonkey]

I'm shocked and disappointed at all these heartless puns mocking a man's death and that nobody came up with one revolving around "tomestone" yet. For shame, people. I'd also accept a zombie joke centering on "copywright".

 

[BobTheCoward]

A shame about secondary hopes of being a good dad to his kid and seeing them grow up.

Wouldn't the point about setting primary and secondary objectives be that meeting the primary is superior to meeting the secondary without the primary?

 

[shemp]

I'm shocked and disappointed at all these heartless puns mocking a man's death and that nobody came up with one revolving around "tomestone" yet. For shame, people. I'd also accept a zombie joke centering on "copywright".

The book was a bible. Apparently, he had no faith in the Holey Book.

 

[Sideroxylon]

Wouldn't the point about setting primary and secondary objectives be that meeting the primary is superior to meeting the secondary without the primary?

You are taking the piss.

 

[MRC_Hans]

Why is it a stupid action? There are plenty of things people do where they feel the risk is worth the reward. Free climbing comes to mind. The tweet even called it dangerous. Who are we to say what risk is unacceptable?

It is a stupid action because it could not go well. If they had tested it, found out that there had to be a steel plate in the book (as somebody suggested), there would still be the risk of the shooter missing the book and fatally wounding the target, but that might, to some, be a risk worth taking.

But to rely for your life on some object stopping a heavy gauge bullet without testing it first is stupid. There is no other word for it.

Hans

 

[MRC_Hans]

Simply dieing from something with an acceptable risk of death is not evidence it is unacceptable.

That is the point: Base jumping is dangerous, but may be worth the risk to some. Base jumping without your parachute is stupid.

What these people did was not just dangerous, it was certain death, and they could have found out easily and safely before they did it.

Hans

 

[MRC_Hans]

He called it dangerous. That certainly is true.

No. It was not just dangerous. It was certain death, unless the shooter were to actually happen to miss him (I understand the Desert Eagle is not the most accurate gun out there).

Hans