It looks like we have a Darwin Award here...

[Archae]

Man fatally shot in accident during class at Ohio gun shop

AMELIA, Ohio (AP) — Officials say a man has been fatally shot in an apparent accident during a concealed carry class at a gun shop in Ohio.

The Clermont County sheriff says the unidentified man was shot in the neck around 1 p.m. Saturday and died at the scene. There were about 10 people in the concealed carry class when the shooting occurred at KayJay Gun Shop in Amelia, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati.

According to the gun shop’s website, the class taught basic pistol safety, gave attendees range time and reviewed Ohio’s gun laws.

http://wbay.com/ap/man-fatally-shot-in-accident-during-class-at-ohio-gun-shop/

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. I think they have a problem with the curriculum in their gun safety class. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. What's KayJay's refund policy?

Someone should have a credit coming.........

[rurallib]

3. checking to see if the gun was empty?

[ManiacJoe]

4. Am I now "old" because

I can remember when news articles actually covered the who, what, when, where, and why?

Why is it that publishing a "empty" article quickly is more important than publishing a full and accurate article?

[arcane1]

5. Indeed. In the Internet Age, it's all about getting the most clicks n/t

[edgineered]

6. Obviously the shooter misunderstood the concealed portion of the class. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

7. I haven't got a problem with it when they off themselves.

It keeps them from offing other people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Darwin award only applies if man shot himself. . nt

[Iggo]

23. ...and did himself in without having reproduced. (n/t)

[jtuck004]

9. "Ok, we need a volunteer to play the bad guy, so we can practice being good". n/t

[Geronimoe]

10. Lesson #1

Never point a gun at someone or some animal you don't intend to kill.

[L. Coyote]

11. Lesson #1, don't go to a gun class with 9 people who need a gun class.

Really, think about it for a minute. " I'll just load up and go hang with all these other loaded up guns in the hands of people who need a class in gun safety and how to shoot," thinks nobody.

[dickthegrouch]

12. Was the shooter a good guy with a gun?

Or a bad guy with a gun?

[sangfroid]

13. Lesson#2

Unload your pistols before class begins.

[IronLionZion]

17. They don't know if ISIS is going to attack the store

in a very rural part of Appalachian Ohio. So they must be loaded and ready just in case. After a gay nightclub, a gun store is obviously the next target of the caliphate.

[paleotn]

14. lesson 3....

....treat every firearm as though it is loaded, no matter what.

[pinboy3niner]

15. The victim was the owner of the gun shop, who was in another room

Clermont Co. gun shop owner killed in 'accidental' shooting
Patrick Brennan and Cameron Knight, 6:23 p.m. EDT June 18, 2016

The owner of a Monroe Township gun shop was fatally shot Saturday afternoon when a student in a concealed carry permit class accidentally discharged a weapon, the Clermont County Sheriff's Office said.

James Baker, 64, was shot in the neck and pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. at his KayJay Gun Shop at 3023 Lindale-Mt. Holly Road, the sheriff's office said in a news release. He was struck by a bullet that was fired by a class participant while practicing weapon malfunction drills.

The sheriff's office reported about 10 people were taking the class in a room adjacent to where Baker was sitting.

...

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/06/18/police-1-dead-accidental-clermont-co-gun-shop-shooting/86085726/

[eppur_se_muova]

20. "Malfunction drill" successfully completed, sir ! nt

[Logical]

16. Why do people find humor in this? sick fucks. nt

[sarisataka]

21. Simply examples

Of double standards and flexible ethics. Some people only need to know one thing about a person and it changes the death from tragic to jovial.

[Logical]

22. And on a liberal discussion board. Disgusting. nt

[Duckhunter935]

29. Yes it is

[Binkie The Clown]

35. The incident is a living reply to the false claim that having a gun makes you safer. n/t

[63splitwindow]

18. KayJay Gun Shop in Amelia...

You can call it Kay, or you can call it Jay, you can even call it KayJay, but don't ya call it Kay's and Jay's Gun Shop and Shooting Range.

[mindwalker_i]

19. Did he get a passing grade?

[sangfroid]

24. Depends on what you mean by passing.

nt

[Skittles]

25. idiots

[Fresh_Start]

26. curriculum enrichment...I wonder if they had to pay extra

they got
1) to see the damage from guns at first hand
2) to experience talking to police about the aftermath of a shooting
3) at least one of them, experienced murdering someone else

[struggle4progress]

27. How sad

[linuxman]

28. Man dies through no fault of his own, DU delights.

I wonder how many of the entertained in this thread railed on about how "Gun owners don't care about peoples' deaths!"

I guess it has to be the right death.

[Duckhunter935]

30. Yep

[REP]

33. He was in another room, not part of the class

Clermont Co. gun shop owner killed in 'accidental' shooting
Patrick Brennan and Cameron Knight, 6:23 p.m. EDT June 18, 2016

The owner of a Monroe Township gun shop was fatally shot Saturday afternoon when a student in a concealed carry permit class accidentally discharged a weapon, the Clermont County Sheriff's Office said.

James Baker, 64, was shot in the neck and pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. at his KayJay Gun Shop at 3023 Lindale-Mt. Holly Road, the sheriff's office said in a news release. He was struck by a bullet that was fired by a class participant while practicing weapon malfunction drills.

The sheriff's office reported about 10 people were taking the class in a room adjacent to where Baker was sitting.

...

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/06/18/police-1-dead-accidental-clermont-co-gun-shop-shooting/86085726/

[anigbrowl]

36. Ah, my bad. I mixed it up with a different story I read recently. Sorry.

[REP]

37. Easy enough to do

I'd possibly fault the range master but certainly not the victim. I say "possibly" in case the range master did check to make sure every gun was unloaded and the student reloaded surreptitiously; otherwise, FAULT.

[REP]

32. Because life is precious ... except when it's icky people who do things we don't approve of

Maybe this 64 year old shop owner was also an overweight smoker. Then he would've really been asking for it, in that other room away from the class.

[postatomic]

38. No fault of his own??!!!

I don't particularly like dancing on graves but I do appreciate a good irony now and then. And if we break it down, even under an apparent controlled situation guns kill. That's what I got out of this. Guns suck.

[REP]

39. He was in another room, not part of the class

Clermont Co. gun shop owner killed in 'accidental' shooting
Patrick Brennan and Cameron Knight, 6:23 p.m. EDT June 18, 2016

The owner of a Monroe Township gun shop was fatally shot Saturday afternoon when a student in a concealed carry permit class accidentally discharged a weapon, the Clermont County Sheriff's Office said.

James Baker, 64, was shot in the neck and pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. at his KayJay Gun Shop at 3023 Lindale-Mt. Holly Road, the sheriff's office said in a news release. He was struck by a bullet that was fired by a class participant while practicing weapon malfunction drills.

The sheriff's office reported about 10 people were taking the class in a room adjacent to where Baker was sitting.

...

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/06/18/police-1-dead-accidental-clermont-co-gun-shop-shooting/86085726/

[LongtimeAZDem]

41. "I don't particularly like dancing on graves"

That would certainly explain the waving smiley-face.

[sangfroid]

42. Hmm...

You might wish to return to the OP. The Darwin Prize is a faux award given to those who die in a spectacularly stupid or foolish manner. Anyone who sees the words "Darwin Prize" should expect to see some gallows humor.

[linuxman]

43. The man wasn't even in the same room

And was killed by someone else.

Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk, hyuk...

Disgusting.

[Matrosov]

40. Sorry to be a party pooper..

..and I know there is a certain amount of irony in me defending this man, seeing how much I usually rage against firearms.

The reality is, he wasn't shot and killed through his own negligence. In fact, he wasn't even shot and killed through the negligence of someone in the same room.

He was sitting in an adjacent room, and one of the students forgot to clear his weapon before engaging in the lessons. That student pulled the trigger, and the bullet passed through the wall and hit the owner in the neck.

[Gabi Hayes]

44. add today's shooter in Germany to the list