The Best Gun Fail Accidents - video

[Electric Monk]

I especially liked the ones where they break their own nose with the recoil, and the one where the man hands his gun to a little boy who then shoots him in the stomach.

[Duckhunter935]

1. shows why proper safety

needs to be enforced at all times when handling weapons

[rrneck]

2. All I've seen in one handy location.

Some are hilarious. The ones when people get hurt, not so much. Expressing joy in the pain of others, especially when they are seriously hurt is a pretty shitty attitude to take.

But the sound track was fun.

[Electric Monk]

7. It's like TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, but with a gun specific theme.

[rrneck]

21. Gut shots aren't funny.

This is the sort of callousness that some others use to condemn people to hell for their ideological differences. There is no excuse for it.

[Warpy]

3. They need to show this video to all first time buyers.

The demand for the Big Ugly Gun would likely plummet.

Maxillofacial surgeons might see a corresponding drop in business.

[Lizzie Poppet]

27. Not sure what you mean by "Big Ugly Gun."

You're not referring to paramilitary semi-automatic rifles like AR-15s, are you? Those have extremely light recoil (they're gas-operated and fire a rather small, light bullet, both of which reduce recoil). They don't kick much harder than a .22.

[Skeeter Barnes]

4. Around the 6:00 - 8:00 point, they are shooting an extremely powerful custom caliber in those rifles

I wouldn't call those "fails" or accidents. Pretty much anybody would drop the thing, including you. In fact, I'd pay good money to see you try to shoot it. Now that would be funny, especially if you shot yourself! The guy at 8:10 makes it look easy though.

[Duckhunter935]

5. that has some kick

My Mosin has kick and that steel butt can hurt after a while

[Skeeter Barnes]

6. I saw the original video for it a few years ago. Can't remember the caliber but I wouldn't try it.

Full power 12ga 2 3/4 shells and full house .357 mag are about my limit. Not sure I'd enjoy shooting a Mosin but I wouldn't mind giving one a try.

[Duckhunter935]

9. Yes I remember it when it came out

[Skeeter Barnes]

11. The Mosin?

[oneshooter]

15. 577 T Rex.

Bullet weight/type Velocity Energy
750 gr (49 g) Monolithic Solid 2,480 ft/s (760 m/s) 10,240 ft·lbf (13,880 J)

[Skeeter Barnes]

16. Sounds like fun.

[oneshooter]

44. No thank you.

I have a 45/70/400 bolt gun that is painful to shoot off the bench. Off hand I can control the recoil. Makes a great hog rifle.

[Eleanors38]

22. Yeah, I saw at least a couple of Ruger African big-game rifles.

Unless you are taking some really long shots at big animals, why do you need a magnum?

Some folks could learn about eye-relief, and how to step into your shot. Hope most if these folks used one round only.

Raccoon Eye City.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Whoever alerted on this needs to find something else to be bothered by. n/t

[Duckhunter935]

10. someone alerted?

that's nuts, did it say why?

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. .....

At Sun Dec 15, 2013, 08:24 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

The Best Gun Fail Accidents - video
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172134381

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Video (around 5:00) shows somebody seriously injured. That's borderline shock content and if so a TOS violation. Expressing joy at the injury of others is over the top.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun Dec 15, 2013, 08:35 PM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: I'm no fan of gun nuts, but making fun of people injured in accidents is a pretty shitty thing to do. HIDE this.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Skeeter Barnes]

13. Somebody here told me he'd like to see me die soon and then described the violent manner

in which he'd like to see it happen. Jury voted 6-0 to leave it alone so I guess stuff like that is OK.

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Obviously I was on the jury above, and obviously I didn't comment...

because ...well...for one, I rarely comment when I'm on a jury because there is a tendency among certain alerters to complain when a comment is made they don't like on a jury decision they don't like.

It would have been different if, for example, the OP had made the video himself and done so with the intent of shocking. I know he didn't, but if he had, I might have felt a little differently. But the fact is, posting a video on this board DOES NOT REQUIRE the viewer to click the play button.

Alerting on something that one has to essentially go out of their way to see and then be offended is, in my opinion, ridiculous.

Regular posters here will know that I rarely, if ever post in this forum. I am a gun owner myself but posting about the subject just doesn't interest me. I own a car too, but I don't post in that relevant forum either.

Having said that, the shit fights that happen over this subject are tedious to me, but I don't begrudge anyone having a discussion on a subject they are passionate about or enjoy. It's none of my damned business.

I find videos like the one in the OP funny, because I have shot high powered rifles and pistols in the past and to see people do stupid stuff when handling them makes me shake my head.

The fact that it was alerted on makes me shake my head as well.

Edit; I got off in my rant and didn't address what you wrote! What happened to you was disgraceful, frankly. But, that is the jury system, for all its flaws and attributes. I'm betting that another jury, 10 seconds later would have voted differently.

[Skeeter Barnes]

17. I understand.

And I didn't alert on this, BTW. I never alert on stuff whether I disagree with it or not. Just a few times shortly after I joined here when people here were really hateful to me and it was unprovoked.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. That is unfortunately a BIG problem with many on this site...

in that they are reluctant to give any bit of a break to new posters.

I admit that I am skeptical of new members myself, but I try as hard as I can to give the benefit of the doubt.

Hang in there. If you are truly a progressive thinker, this board can be fun.

It can also be tiresome, infuriating, aggravating, boring and laugh out loud funny.

All of the above are entertaining, regardless!

[Skeeter Barnes]

19. Good talking to you. Take care AHIA.

[Eleanors38]

23. I take it you saw the monumental "gun exception" in GD. Sheesh.

As if the raw hatred was not enough, someone wanted the death penalty for gun law violators. There is a point where hyperbole bleeds over into other topics and degrades the whole site.

[sarisataka]

20. For those who intentionally set themselves up

for injury by deliberately being unsafe, I have no sympathy.

I view having 'fun' by letting a novice shoot something they are unprepared for to be criminal.

IIRC the man shot by the boy later died of the injury. funny

[Eleanors38]

24. It is peculiar how some -- in the name of less gun violence, if course --

don't mind a little lurid death porn. In service of a noble and peaceful cause, of course. It's all good.

[sarisataka]

25. Certain gun porn is good apparently

shouldn't be a surprise since we have seen posts celebrating that one "gun nutter" is dead now and a suggestion that all gun owners be executed- which is defended by other posters.
Death penalty for people who have committed no crime but are "potential murders". I am on DEMOCRATIC underground am I not?

[Electric Monk]

30. A suggestion that all gun owners be executed? Got a link? nt

[sarisataka]

33. The most recent...

.Such laws won't stop gun nutters with axes to grind.

Last edited Sat Dec 14, 2013, 06:56 PM - Edit history (1)

Banning guns will.

Especially if we have the death penalty for gun possession. It's SOOOO tempting now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4178456

[oneshooter]

36. Why, would you enjoy it as much as watching a man die? n/t

[Electric Monk]

39. The video I posted doesn't show the guy die. It shows him get shot with his own gun, then cuts away.

Stop twisting what I actually posted, m'kay? Thanks.

[oneshooter]

47. So you enjoy watching people get shot. Got it. n/t

[Electric Monk]

49. I enjoy making gun idolaters uncomfortable about their belief system.

Guns are inherently dangerous. It's what they're designed to be.

[oneshooter]

53. As are knives, automobiles, airplanes, and pools.

[Jenoch]

26. "IIRC the man shot by the boy later died of the injury. funny"

That part of the video was the OP's favorite.

[Electric Monk]

29. I hadn't seen that video clip before, so I didn't know the long term outcome.

It was monumentally stupid of him to hand the kid his gun, though. I think we can agree on that.

[Jenoch]

34. Your first reaction to seeing that

video clip was that you "especially liked" it. How humane of you.

[Electric Monk]

35. I have no sympathy for someone who would hand a loaded pistol to a toddler. None.

He got exactly what he deserved. Good thing it wasn't someone else that got shot instead.

[Jenoch]

37. Not having sympathy is not the same as

taking delight in the death of somebody, which you seemed to do when you said you "especially liked" it when the man was shot in the abdomen.

[Electric Monk]

38. I liked it as an example of what not to do with guns. It is an Epic Gun Fail. nt

[Jenoch]

40. The bouncing green smilie

suggests you "especially liked" that particular deadly gun mishap in an amusing sort of way. I am not particularly amused at seeing videos of the deaths of others, even if I do not know them.

[Electric Monk]

41. The bouncing smilie was to piss off our resident gun idolaters, and I see that it succeeded. nt

[Jenoch]

42. You certainly did not piss me off in any way.

It's more that I pity you for you being amused by tragedy.

The people in those videos (I did not waych the entire thing) are mistly setting poor examples. A few who got 'scoped' does not really show any dangerous use of a gun, just misjudgement.

[Lizzie Poppet]

46. Ah, so you're a self-admitted troll. Good to know.

Looks like you did a pretty good job of it in this thread. I'll bet you're so proud!

[Electric Monk]

48. It all depends on perspective. To me, the gun idolaters posting on DU are the real trolls here.

I want you to be uncomfortable and feel unwelcome here. You would be much more at home talking about your preciouses on ar-15.com or thehighroad.

<-- You

[Straw Man]

50. No, it really doesn't.

It all depends on perspective. To me, the gun idolaters posting on DU are the real trolls here.

I want you to be uncomfortable and feel unwelcome here. You would be much more at home talking about your preciouses on ar-15.com or thehighroad.

Posting to deliberately annoy and antagonize is the definition of trolldom. Wear your mantle proudly, troll.

[Electric Monk]

51. I've seen so many of you banned over the years, when you venture into other forums....

some notable examples:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=218832&sub=trans gun troll

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=124430&sub=trans troll

I bet they're back, though. Was one of those yours?

[Straw Man]

64. Nope.

I'm not either one of those people. What are you trying to say?

[Lizzie Poppet]

63. No, it really doesn't.

Trolling on them there interwebz has a pretty specific definition, and perspective changes fuck-all about the fact that you very specifically admitted you were trolling.

Happy to clear that up for you, troll.

[rrneck]

66. I feel quite at home.

You, on the other hand, seem to be uncomfortable.

[Kaleva]

43. Certainly is a candidate for the Darwin Award.

One would be hard pressed to feel any sympathy for an adult who hands a small child a loaded gun and ends up being shot himself.

[Jenoch]

45. The important thing is that you

and Electric Monk are amused by that death.

[Kaleva]

52. The important thing is that fool died instead of the child or someone else.

[oneshooter]

54. So you don't mind gun deaths, as long as the right people die.

How very progressive of you.

[Kaleva]

55. As is the same for you.

I doubt you care too much of all the Germans, Italians and Japanese who died of gun deaths in WWII. Or how about Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, Charles Whitman and the like?

The man in the video was a fool and clearly, as shown by his behaviour, a threat to the safety and well being of all those around him. I feel no sympathy for him what-so-ever.

[Jenoch]

56. What is important is not sympathy for that idiot,

it is that you are amused.

[Kaleva]

57. When someone who is a threat to others takes himself out like that...

then, yes, one can be amused.

[Jenoch]

58. That's what I've been saying, you're amused by it.

[Electric Monk]

59. and you feel a special connection with him, because gunz. nt

[Jenoch]

60. Naw...as far an I know,

this is the first exchange I've had on DU with Kaleva.

[Electric Monk]

61. The 'him' I was referring to was the guy in the video who handed the pistol to the toddler. nt

[Jenoch]

62. Wow....are you sure? I was positive you meant Kaleva.

[oneshooter]

65. And he is a"threat to others" because he is a gun owner? n/t

[Kaleva]

67. I didn't say that did I?

There is no way to know if he actually owned the gun he handed to the child. It could have belonged to someone else.

[Common Sense Party]

28. Here are some other great epic fails, by idiots who don't know how to use

their mechanical devices properly.

Hilarious, aren't they?

[Electric Monk]

31. The clip where the driver tried to pass on the median and then rear-ended the semi was pretty funny.

It being entirely his own fault, and nobody else got hurt, is what makes it funny. I suppose schadenfreude has something to do with it. The clips where innocents become involved because of some other idiot behind the wheel, not so funny.

This just shows that there are people out there who drive that shouldn't be driving. Just like there are people out there who own guns that, in an ideal world, wouldn't have access to them.

I didn't watch the whole thing, but is the entire video Russian?

[Common Sense Party]

32. I believe so. There are scores of Russian dashboard cam videos on YouTube

because just about everyone in Russia has a dashboard cam, because drivers are often awful there. I thin insurance companies encourage people to have them, to prove who is at fault.