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Man, 21, kills himself trying to take gun selfie
Metro [UK] ^
| 3 Aug 2014
| Ollie McAteer
Posted on 08/04/2014 12:33:36 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
A vet who posed with a gun for a selfie died shortly after shooting himself in the head by accident.
Oscar Aguilar showed off on Facebook by posting photos of himself in front of sports cars, sitting on motorbikes and hugging attractive women.
But the Mexican’s desire to impress proved his downfall when he borrowed the gun and snapped himself waving it about.
Neighbour Manfredo Paez, 57, said: ‘I heard a gunshot and then I heard somebody screaming.’
The 21-year-old died on the way to hospital in Mexico City.
He had failed to realise the gun was loaded, police said.
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To: Slings and Arrows
If only Stupidity were an Olympics event.
He’ll have to settle for a Darwin.
Last thing to go through his mind?
Ambient air.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:24:14 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: ScottinVA
The most useless statement in history: “I didn’t know it was loaded.”
It's not a statement he'll be making.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:24:56 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
To: Fresh Wind
The gun didn’t kill him, Facebook did.I'm pretty sure it was his own stupidity, but the gun was the tool.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:27:14 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
To: Titan Magroyne
If only Stupidity were an Olympics event.The DUmp would be national training ground.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:28:03 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Your Daddy Was Drunk and Your Mama Was Lonely" - http://youtu.be/4HYy62qiOwA)
To: DemforBush
-Where did he get a handgun in Mexico? (Legally, that is).I believe it is illegal to possess so much as a bullet in Mexico and that the country has one legal gun shop. Hence, there is no violent crime, of course.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:35:03 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: jalisco555
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:40:45 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(Whoever double-crosses me and leaves me alive, he understands nothing about Tuco.)
To: DemforBush
Something tells me that alcohol was involve. In which case, all training is out the window,
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:47:39 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
To: Slings and Arrows
His family should sneak his body into the US and bury him here. Then they could get SSI survivor benefits and he could vote democrat for eternity.
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posted on
08/04/2014 2:59:49 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Stop wishing for a perfect world. You may get it. Who will you talk to then?)
To: Slings and Arrows
Aren’t you supposed to use a camera?
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posted on
08/04/2014 3:04:37 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fiction)
To: Slings and Arrows
"Hey, hold muh tequila.....
Leni
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posted on
08/04/2014 3:05:30 AM PDT
by
MinuteGal
(Combined US Senate & House has completely lost its voice, its compass, its patriotism & its soul!)
To: Slings and Arrows
The species improves. If this were true then people would not be blowing their heads off while taking selfies.
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posted on
08/04/2014 3:59:04 AM PDT
by
Ethan Clive Osgoode
(<<== Click here to learn about Evolution!)
To: Slings and Arrows
I'm pretty sure it was his own stupidity, but the gun was the tool.I could be wrong, but I think he was the tool.
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posted on
08/04/2014 4:25:14 AM PDT
by
verga
(Conservative, leaning libertarian)
To: muir_redwoods; Slings and Arrows
“Smile and wait for flash.”
BANG!
Oops.
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posted on
08/04/2014 4:25:32 AM PDT
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Slings and Arrows
As a United States citizen and a member of the NRA I’m going to assume this will somehow be considered all my fault.
Even though it was in Mexico.
Where guns are illegal.
And there is, therefore, no gun crime.
To: Slings and Arrows
And this is a problem? Be thankful he was removed from the gene pool!
To: Slings and Arrows
Methinks maybe the victim was over-compensating in the phallic symbol department.
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posted on
08/04/2014 5:18:12 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: GeronL
“Died of stupid,” as my father would say, not without some sympathy, because we all do stupid things - we just don’t all die of it.
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posted on
08/04/2014 5:19:04 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Apparently violating three out of the four basic rules of firearms safety. Sorry folks, I have very little sympathy for that level of stupidity, especially when it could have injured or killed others around him.
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posted on
08/04/2014 5:45:29 AM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: Slings and Arrows
One less future obozo voter.
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posted on
08/04/2014 5:45:49 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: DemforBush
what kind of weapon was it? Jimenez Arms? I know the CZ52 is not drop safe...
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posted on
08/04/2014 6:58:55 AM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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