Whoops> Fla. teen who bought gun illegally accidentally shot off his penis and testicle. Got regret

[sasha031]

A teenager is recovering after police say he shot himself in the penis and testicle while cleaning a gun he just bought…. Smeriglio told police he bought the gun last month at a party.

In light of all the gun talk these days, it seems appropriate to point out how very badly things can go when a firearm falls into the wrong hands.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2013/01/13/police-fla-teen-who-bought-gun-illegally-accidentally-shot-off-his-penis-and-testicle-got-regret/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[jpak]

1. He'll need a bigger gun now

yup

[sasha031]

3. Yup, he sure will jpak

[Control-Z]

19. Well, crap. That made me laugh

out loud (inappropriately, I might add, for where I happen to be at the moment).

[roguevalley]

58. this is totally sad. I can't find amusement. we are a sad nation and our kids

are mimicking the greater stupid. I hope he gets better. This is a very terrible bit of news.

[RKP5637]

2. The problem isn't the guns, the problem is the stupid is sooo great! n/t

[Initech]

8. Forget background checks - we need sanity checks and IQ tests.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

11. People with high IQs have nothing to do with guns. Sounds good to me. nt

[bvar22]

146. That statement eliminates you from the subset of people...

...that you identify as those who "have nothing to do with guns".


Senator John Kerry

[RKP5637]

21. Exactly!!! We need to start at the root cause, which is stupid! n/t

[Initech]

24. "Stupid" is kind of the root cause of a lot of our problems.

[RKP5637]

26. It is, isn't it ... which is why I did this poll the other night ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022165061

[NCTraveler]

136. You should do a follow up poll.

"Do you think you are stupid"

See how the results vary.

[RKP5637]

139. It crossed my mind ... generally it's always the other guy that's the stupid one ... I bet

would be the response.

[defacto7]

82. Then as long as stupid exists,

guns should not exist.

I don't think your logic works for either side of the gun control issue.

[RKP5637]

90. Probably not ... n/t

[Zoeisright]

118. Completely fucking wrong.

The problem is the guns PLUS stupid. Or carelessness. Or having your attention distracted for just a second. Or being drunk. Or not knowing what you're doing.

There's a reason there are 30,000 Americans killed by guns every year. It's the FUCKING GUNS.

[RKP5637]

137. Yep!!! Agree!!! n/t

[graham4anything]

4. If only the victim had a gun

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. If his penis had a gun, it could have defended itself!

[RKP5637]

22. Every man needs a cocked penis armed and ready for self defense! n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

94. In the cocked and armed penis club, he's already a member!

I'm going to hell...

[RKP5637]

95. LOL - The highway to hell is gonna have lots of lanes! We're all going! n/t

[waddirum]

112. I guess it could put out an eye

or maybe distract an attacking dog.

[napoleon_in_rags]

127. Fine, so long as you keep guns away from the nuts. ;) nt

[freshwest]

31. The deceased victim was only an unarmed (no hand) symbol.

Something like that. Sad, anyway.

[NYC_SKP]

5. Prolly blew Smeriglio all over the place.

If you have a name like Smeriglio it's almost certain to become a mess on the wall.

ewww.

sry.

[rateyes]

6. Ouch! Bet he doesn't

have the balls to do that again.

Seriously, though...why was this kid cleaning a loaded weapon?

[ToxMarz]

12. He was cleaning the bullets out of it.

[Historic NY]

7. Well he now has a couple extra holes to go with the empty space

between his ears OUCH!!

[meow2u3]

9. Talk about a do-it-yourself neuter job

OUCH! There's one guy who won't be able to father kids.

[PatrynXX]

84. he's got one nut left

if sarah palin supposedly can uncut her tubes ( I guess you really can now) anythings possible... (thats pure rumor)

[meow2u3]

86. If that's the case, he screwed up

[Bonobo]

10. And let the jokes begin!

Because it is entirely okay to joke if a man gets his penis blown off.

I'm going to go on an exhaustive google search of all the jokes that people make when a woman gets shot in the uterus, vagina, etc. I'll get back to you when I find one.

[ToxMarz]

13. If the woman shoots herself in the vagina, they will be plenty.

Got a couple rolling around in my head right now.

[jerseyjack]

25. Sweetheart, the joke is the circumstances in which he lost his dick. Not that he lost it.

[Bonobo]

29. Sure, sweetie. I'll remember that. nt

[mythology]

30. If somebody had cut his penis off

I'd agree with you.

But if somebody does something stupid, and they are the one to pay for it, I've got no problems with that or with jokes being made about it. I personally love the Darwin Awards for the same reason.

[Ed Suspicious]

107. Yeah, I fucking hate the darwin awards. One of the douchiest things ever. n/t

[yardwork]

33. Personally I think it's horrible. I agree with you.

I keep thinking about how I'd feel if this were my child, and then I see some of the posts in this thread and it makes me literally feel sick.

I don't know what's wrong with some people. Truly.

[Bonobo]

36. Thanks, Yardwork, This poor teenager's life is ruined.

He will never enjoy what the rest of us take for granted.
Most women (and men) will look upon him with disgust.
He will never be whole again.

He deserves it because he bought a gun? That makes it funny?

Or is it because men who buy guns are (famously) said to do so to overcome a feeling of inadequacy with their penis size?

Or is it funny because mangled male genitals are funny?

[Ilsa]

44. He's a kid. A poor kid who made a horrible

Mistake and will pay for it for the rest of his life. I would be worried about him committing suicide.

Damn macho gun culture.

[Ed Suspicious]

105. Indeed. I keep seeing the sneering "stupid" comments. It certainly wasn't smart, but kids entering

early adulthood make mistakes. This is one he paid for dearly. I wish we wouldn't have to strut around proclaiming our superiority over children. It reminds me of the whole "darwin awards" thing that was once really popular around here. Thank god it died out. We've found a new replacement cruel meme. The "stupid" meme. I guess if the guy was an asshole who waterboarded innocent people for fun I'd find some redemption in him blowing off his jimmy. This just seems cruel.

[leftynyc]

132. He's lucky his carelessness

only wound up hurting himself. I'm not making jokes about it, I just have zero sympathy.

[KitSileya]

147. I agree.

It is tragical. Not as tragical as if he'd killed himself, or worse, someone else, but those of us who want gun control want it because we're sick and tired of people getting hurt and killed by guns, no matter how it happens.

And the jokes about his privates are in vety bad taste, I think. That kind of injury will have much more far-reaching consequences than if he'd shot off some of his fingers, for example.

[MADem]

56. In order for your comparison to be valid, the woman would have had to inflict the injury on herself.

I don't think anyone would be snarking if this gun cleaner's block-n-tackle was the victim of another shooter. It's the fact that he did it to himself is what some are finding ironic.

It's all down to context.

[Bonobo]

57. So if a woman injured her genitals

while douching or masturbating, I could make a joke about it and expect lots of people would laugh and it would not be hidden and me excoriated for misogyny?

[MADem]

61. No--with a gun. While cleaning it. Stop moving the goalposts.

You "could" make a joke about anything you'd like. You take your chances, as I am sure you realize.

[Bonobo]

89. You said: "to be valid, the woman would have had to inflict the injury on herself" nt

[bettyellen]

144. C'mon now, Bo... you know the context is irresponsible gun ownership. and right now, people are not

incredibly sympathetic over people who fuck up and misfire their guns. People were laughing about a woman who screwed up going through her purse while driving and fired her gun too. Because they were both fools who didn't take precautions when handling their guns. Better they learn by hurting themselves rather than innocents. Not great, but better.

[MADem]

148. Obviously, in the same manner as the hapless male.

Otherwise, it's not an apt comparison. The topic here IS guns, after all, not wayward hands.

[JI7]

68. it would be funny if they did it themselves like in the OP, not if somebody else

did it to them.

[PatrynXX]

88. don't look up ouch gif

if you look up ouch gif on google and have the safe search off you'll find a few vagina's sewn shut etc....

only way you'll be seeing this is on the fake snuff folks like chokechamber. which isn't quite my forte..

[Bonobo]

131. I'm not giving any men a pass and I didn't attack any women.

What I said was that no one would make such a joke about a women shooting themselves.

[leftynyc]

133. Did you not read

about that soccer mom who was made famous by wearing a sidearm to her child's soccer game? Her husband shot her and them himself. Now their kid has my sympathy but the mom who thought parading around with a gun at a soccer game was peachy and wounds up getting shot? No sympathy for her at all.

[Bonobo]

134. No I didn't read about that and I don't know the details.

But I think I would still have sympathy for anyone as long as they weren't trying to hurt someone.

[leftynyc]

135. I have no sympathy for gun nuts

I have absolutely no problem with those who want shotguns for hunting or a handgun to protect themselves and their homes. It's the ones who worship at the feet of the NRA and think there should be NO LIMITS to the second amendment. They're dangerous and their lunacy gets people hurt and killed.

Here's the story if you want to read it:

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-10-08/justice/gun.soccer.mom.dead_1_deleo-neighbor-second-amendment?_s=PM:CRIME

[yardwork]

142. I'm certain that they would.

[frylock]

14. i'm sure it was worth it..

FREEDOM!!1

[libdem4life]

15. If I'm the parent, and apparently he is underage, that's one gun party that's going learn of product

liability and won't likely be happening again. If it was sold in a home...if it was sold by someone who has a home...if it was illegally obtained in order to sell ... etc. Worked in a retail convenience story in college decades ago, and we were highly trained as to how to ID and the consequences of selling alcohol or tobacco to minors ... serious consequences for the owner...could be shut down.

These days I see signs that if you look to be under 40, you are going to be asked for your ID. It's time to put teeth into the weaponry industry.

[MrSlayer]

16. Better to have shot yourself in the other head.

Really no point in going on now.

[apocalypsehow]

17. His Phallic Replacement Device - which is all a handgun is in civilian hands - is now gonna have

to fill in for real to replace his missing member. Hope he gets to feeling better, and doesn't play with guns any more.

[Pilotguy]

18. The only way to stop a bad guy

with no testicles is a good guy with no testicles.

[Nevernose]

23. The NRA opposes the safety feature

That indicates if a bullet is in the chamber. It wouldn't have helped this kid, but there's no good reason not to add it to all future gun sales, since literally thousands of Americans are killed or injured every single year because they were sure it wasn't loaded.

[polly7]

110. Why on earth would they oppose something like that?

I don't know much about guns (and hate them, really) but, it just seems like it would be a selling point for anyone interested in buying a gun to keep in the home ... the more safety features the better?

That poor boy. This is horrible and beyond sad.

[NickB79]

116. Provide a link for that claim, please

There are plenty of things the NRA sucks at, but as far as I've read, they've never opposed the use of mechanical safeties or loaded-chamber indicators.

[jerseyjack]

27. Darwin Award Winner of the Year.

[RC]

108. Sorry, no. He survived.

[leftyohiolib]

28. if only his penis had a gun

[TheCowsCameHome]

32. It doesn't pay to go off half-cocked.

Safety first, you know.

[Turborama]

39. And now he's walking around half cocked

Was the thought that 1st popped into my mind when reading the title.

[BVictor1]

34. This gives 'Blow Job' a whole new meaning.

[Protalker]

70. Or busting a nut

[bluestateguy]

35. I could make a really saucy joke right here

But of course I'm not going to do that.

[pinto]

37. This is supposed to be funny? Some of the comments here are beyond tacky. As is the blog source.

Geez.

[Lucinda]

103. Yep.

[Katashi_itto]

38. Well hopefully it will make it harder for him to breed more low IQ twits.

[Bonobo]

45. I wonder if you think your screen name actually means something in Japanese.

It doesn't.

[Katashi_itto]

46. If it's any consolation. Neither does yours.

But I do enjoy the arrogance of your statement... It almost has a zen-like self-aggrandizement.

[Bonobo]

48. sore ha mae kara shitteiru yo.

[Katashi_itto]

62. Really poorly worded, barely makes, if any, sense.

[Bonobo]

81. LOL.

I've been a professional translator of J>E for over 20 years. Your assessment of my Japanese proficiency is a riot.

[Katashi_itto]

85. Oh Gosh !! How convenient!

Snicker

[MADem]

59. The kids say it's a character in the anime Bleach. Does that make sense? nt

[Bonobo]

60. I don't think it is though.

But yeah, it is likely to be some kind of otaku-ish thing like that.

[MADem]

63. With picture!

http://bleachedhorizons.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=profiles&action=display&thread=282

[Katashi_itto]

66. Bizarre, never even heard of the character. I was just using the family name on my mothers side. :P

[Bonobo]

73. Not a character from Bleach

What you found was a made-up fan profile of a character they imagined. Probably from our very same DU'er right here.

[MADem]

77. Well, I have no idea--I'm a bit old for that shit! nt

[Katashi_itto]

64. ok if it's anime makes it sort of ok..."yo" is used on songs and such, so some sort of Anime

character might use that.

[MADem]

72. I think you mean to speak to Bonobo re: the "yo" business--he was the one that wrote that

Roman alphabet Japanese-ish phrase, not me.

I just asked the kids and they said "Anime character on Bleach?" so I typed that ...!!!! Then I googled and up came the pic.

[Bonobo]

76. Not "Japanese-ish", Japanese. nt

[MADem]

80. Well, it's "soundex" Japanese. You're using the wrong alphabet. nt

[Bonobo]

83. それは前から知っているよ

それは前から知っているよ　-you see it turns to "moji bake" in the heading but works in the body, I think.

[MADem]

91. It is a slew of numbers in the subject line--I feel like I'm at Bletchley Park! nt

[Katashi_itto]

79. yep, your right, I was trying to figure out what Bonobo was

babbling about and mixed up the posts, sorry

[Bonobo]

87. Kimi mitai na hito ni iwareru no ha meccha omoroi. nt

[Katashi_itto]

96. Someone is really trying hard to prove themselves...think I struck a nerve :)

Even tries to insult me in Japanese.


Gosh I am so broken up!

[joshcryer]

97. WTF?

Bad day?

[Bonobo]

98. No, but it's kinda like this to me.

[joshcryer]

99. Eh, just seemed like a name to me.

Katashi Ishizuka + Ogami Ittō or something.

If it bothers you that much, sorry. Just seemed over the top and random to me. Nicknames aren't exactly like tattoos. I'd be just as perplexed if someone tried to randomly educate you on bonobos for your nickname or something.

[Bonobo]

101. If you speak a language, when a name seems wrong, it is a bit grating.

It sounded a bit like Japanese, but not quite right. I wasn't sure if the poster was trying to say a word in Japanese or not. It could have been a learning opportunity that someone actually interested in Japanese might seize on in order to not appear foolish.

[MADem]

149. Bruce Lee--Be Water, My Friend.

That's kind of a lousy example, that particular word!

[delrem]

40. I don't think it's funny. nt

[markmac]

41. Illegal guns

Buying illegal guns?!?! The ball on this kid!!!

[ReRe]

42. Teenager...

... neuters himself. With a fucking gun. In Florida. Accidentally. Sick sick people who glorifies guns.

[markmac]

43. Yikes

Oops. I posted before going to the source-silly and childish, much like my post.

[Takket]

47. that's what you get for dicking around with things you don't understand. nt

[99Forever]

49. If only his...

... penis had been armed so it could protect itself!

[Kurovski]

50. He bought it at a party? Like a Tupperware party?

Only, for guns?

I'm a very boring host.

[catchnrelease]

51. I wonder

if he was really cleaning it, or stuffing it in his waistband 'gangsta' style, trying to be a tough guy. The original article said that he first lied to police, saying someone on the street had shot him. So I am kinda suspicious of the cleaning story.

[Bigmack]

52. Two things...

What caliber was the weapon.... .22? .44?

Why did this moran allow his picture in the paper?

[SDjack]

53. He should have worn his kevlar jockey shorts -- for gun nuts who clean loaded guns. nt

[Beacool]

54. Poor kid.

High price to pay for his stupidity.

[Kurovski]

102. Really. it's pretty awful.

It's why a good parent is always frazzled.

Always pointing out how stupid so many things are to careless kids.

"THINK!" Is the best daily nag a parent can scream.

[Cynicus Emeritus]

55. How long now has Hollywood been glorifying killing and firearms?

It has been proven that the masses are most susceptible to being brainwashed by things like celebrity, trends, coolness and hype, especially teenagers.


Progressive, Populist, Cynic, and Libertarian for the people.

[Adsos Letter]

65. He won't have the balls to do THAT again.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

67. "Bought a gun illegally." No sympathy. Also: LOL! nt

[PatrynXX]

69. ahem Your move creep

I guess he never watched robocop..

ouch??

[LiberalElite]

71. There's never a dearth of entries for the Darwin Awards eom

[struggle4progress]

74. ouch

[arthritisR_US]

119. That is the only thing that came to my mind too

[cer7711]

75. And One In the Chamber . . .

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For those of you who aren't familiar with semi-automatics I'd like to point out that this is an all-too-common--and tragic--firearm error.

Here's how it can happen: A novice gun owner loads a magazine full of rounds into the gun, shoots off a couple of rounds--or simply chambers a round by working the action of the firearm, loading a round into the chamber--and then decides to remove the magazine.

Since the novice and/or untrained gun owner "knows" he has just removed all the bullets from the firearm, he may then decide it's safe to handle, point the gun somewhere he shouldn't and pull the trigger. BLAM!!! He's forgotten about that unseen bullet still sitting in the chamber ready to be fired out the barrel of his gun.

PS. I learned how to handle firearms in the Marine Corps. The M-16A1 assault rifle and .45 Colt automatic were standard-issue at the time I was serving. Both weapons can hold a bullet in the chamber, ready to be fired, once the magazine has been removed.

[davesliberal1977_gg]

78. What a moron!

This kid is certainly a perfect candidate for this year's Darwin Awards, and makes a perfect argument for stricter gun control. On the bright side, at least he can't reproduce.

[AndyTiedye]

92. Legal Handgun Owners Do It Too

Michigan man shoots himself through the penis while adjusting gun

A Michigan man is recovering after shooting himself through the crotch while adjusting his .40-caliber Glock, reports The Detroit Free Press.

According to police in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, it could have been worse.

“You think about it — your femoral artery runs down there,” Deputy Chief Mark Clemence said. “He could have shot it off. It could have been a lot worse. It’s a big bullet; you’re not talking a small bullet.”


The victim was starting a job with his an air-conditioning company when the incident ocurred. He was taken to a nearby hospital and, according to WDIV-TV, underwent surgery.

But there still might be injury to add to the insult: though the man does have a permit to carry the gun, Clemence said local prosecutors will decide whether to charge the man with reckless discharge of a firearm.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/16/michigan-man-shoots-himself-through-the-crotch-while-adjusting-gun/

[Orrex]

93. Guns don't castrate people

Um.

[Blue Palasky]

100. Good

A tough way to learn a lesson, but hopefully a lesson was taught...by a gun...with a dip-shit owner

[SEMOVoter]

104. Oh, Florida

You so cray.

[sakabatou]

106. Almost got a Darwin Award (you don't have to die to get it)

[kestrel91316]

109. If only the kid had had a gun to defend himself,

this NEVER would have happened.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

111. Kick & recommend - amazing

[cecilfirefox]

113. Good heavens. >_<

[Mojorabbit]

114. How sad for this young boy. nt

[donheld]

115. If this were your kid I wonder if you'd be making the same jokes

I'm deeply ashamed of many of you.

[flvegan]

117. Thank the Gods that a 4 month old article could fire up the gun haters!!!!

Penis and testicle, shot off? Damn, you got a front page story.

For idiots. Rejoicing the injury of some kid? Priceless...for some, I guess.

[mokawanis]

120. There's so many guns out there

all the talk about gun-safety and education and responsible ownership doesn't fairly or fully address the fact that guns are too plentiful and easy to get, with the predictable result that a lot people accidentally shoot themselves and others.

[Whisp]

121. That's horrible. I hope no one is laughing at this.

I can't look, but I suspect people are laughing at this horrible accident.

This place has changed soooooo much, and not for the better.

[Spirochete]

122. Poor kid

But why was he cleaning a gun with his dick? Don't they teach youj not to do that in gun safety classes?

[nyquil_man]

123. I've never owned a gun in my life

and even I know you don't aim the damn things at your junk.

On edit: Unless, of course, you hate your junk.

[name not needed]

124. It wasn't an accident, that's just how they circumcise people in Florida.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

125. People have made the same lame jokes three or four times in this thread

:yawn:

[Whisp]

143. when I need my daily dose of disgust, I come to DU and posts

like the ones you are talking about - people laughing at suffering and pain. These people make me sick sick sick.

yeh, we're so much better than the teabaggers, sure.

[Ken Burch]

126. Er...was there enough left of Mr. Happy to sew back on?

[Oilwellian]

128. Wow

Degenerates R Us

[cantbeserious]

129. Well That's One Way To Give Up A Nut

eom

[NCTraveler]

138. I hate stories where kids...

make mistakes that will hurt them for the rest of their lives. Such a bad way for a "leering experience" to occur.

[Odin2005]

140. Karma.

[Jennicut]

141. I can't laugh at this.

And it's just plain sad. An 18 year old should know better but really if you aren't taught gun safety are you going to use it yourself?

[gollygee]

145. All teenager are stupid to some extent or another

in that all of them make stupid mistakes. Most of them outgrow that age without having paid too much of a price. But this one will be paying for his mistake forever. It's a very sad story and I feel horrible for him. Not funny.