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TEXAN CELEBRATING 21ST BIRTHDAY ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIRTHDAY_CELEBRATION_MAN_KILLED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ^ | 7/18/15 | AP

Posted on 07/18/2015 3:00:19 PM PDT by smartyaz

DALLAS (AP) -- Authorities say a Dallas man accidentally killed himself while firing his gun in celebration at his 21st birthday party.

Joseph Perez was pronounced dead early Saturday after being taken to Methodist Hospital.

Police say Perez was celebrating having turned 21 years old on Thursday when he grabbed a gun and began shooting. His family took the gun from him, but Perez later retrieved it and accidentally shot himself.

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1 posted on 07/18/2015 3:00:19 PM PDT by smartyaz
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To: smartyaz

Any tequila involved?


2 posted on 07/18/2015 3:01:26 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: smartyaz

I smell a Darwing Award here...


3 posted on 07/18/2015 3:01:37 PM PDT by ToxicMich ((If you are reading this, you are wasting your time. There is nothing here...))
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To: smartyaz

Buried in the article is the obligatory alcohol is believed to be involved statement.


4 posted on 07/18/2015 3:02:01 PM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: ToxicMich

Grrrr.... Darwin... Doh!


5 posted on 07/18/2015 3:02:33 PM PDT by ToxicMich ((If you are reading this, you are wasting your time. There is nothing here...))
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To: smartyaz

Police spokeswoman Melinda Gutierrez says alcohol is believed to have factored into the shooting


Really?


6 posted on 07/18/2015 3:04:48 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: smartyaz

How is it that the moments in my youth, where I was drunk, not one time did I think about shooting a weapon and killing myself or blowing my head off with fireworks?


7 posted on 07/18/2015 3:05:47 PM PDT by DallasGal (Firecat I am)
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To: smartyaz

I think the world is better off without him.


8 posted on 07/18/2015 3:06:28 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: smartyaz

Darwin Award


9 posted on 07/18/2015 3:07:03 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: smartyaz

He won’t do it again.


10 posted on 07/18/2015 3:10:52 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: smartyaz

That’s a difference between yeehaw and being a jackass... RIP Joe


11 posted on 07/18/2015 3:11:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Promise?


12 posted on 07/18/2015 3:11:19 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Wheat from the chaff


13 posted on 07/18/2015 3:11:59 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: smartyaz
His family took the gun from him, but Perez later retrieved it and accidentally shot himself.

He sounded determined...

14 posted on 07/18/2015 3:14:48 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: smartyaz

It’s not really an accident when Mr. Bang-Bang works as designed, is it?


15 posted on 07/18/2015 3:14:50 PM PDT by RichInOC (...R.I.P.)
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To: smartyaz
Here, hold muh beer.........


16 posted on 07/18/2015 3:17:04 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: smartyaz

So where are the liberals with their “we need more gun control” rant?


17 posted on 07/18/2015 3:17:15 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: ToxicMich
I smell a Darwing Award here...

I thought the Darwing Award was only for airborne removal from the gene pool. Since he was on the ground, it's just a Darwin Award.

18 posted on 07/18/2015 3:18:40 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: rktman

Any tequila involved?
***************

My guess, a few bottles.....


19 posted on 07/18/2015 3:20:26 PM PDT by deport
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To: smartyaz

Obama to the microphones and TV in 3...2...1


20 posted on 07/18/2015 3:25:02 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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