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TEXAN CELEBRATING 21ST BIRTHDAY ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIMSELF
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| 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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; holdmybeer
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posted on
07/18/2015 3:00:19 PM PDT
by
smartyaz
To: smartyaz
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?)
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...))
To: smartyaz
Buried in the article is the obligatory alcohol is believed to be involved statement.
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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)
To: ToxicMich
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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...))
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)
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)
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?)
To: smartyaz
9
posted on
07/18/2015 3:07:03 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: smartyaz
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.)
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.)
To: Vaquero
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.)
To: Cowboy Bob
13
posted on
07/18/2015 3:11:59 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
To: smartyaz
His family took the gun from him, but Perez later retrieved it and accidentally shot himself. He sounded determined...
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posted on
07/18/2015 3:14:48 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
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.)
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.)
To: smartyaz
So where are the liberals with their “we need more gun control” rant?
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.)
To: rktman
Any tequila involved?
***************
My guess, a few bottles.....
19
posted on
07/18/2015 3:20:26 PM PDT
by
deport
To: smartyaz
Obama to the microphones and TV in 3...2...1
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posted on
07/18/2015 3:25:02 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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