One for the Darwin Awards: "US man dies in 'Russian roulette' incident"

[HopeHoops]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14116722

US man dies in 'Russian roulette' incident

A man in the US state of Colorado has died after shooting himself in the head during a game of Russian roulette, police said.

Anthony Martin, 21, and other men were drinking and playing with a gun before the incident, Pueblo Police Sgt Eric Bravo told the Pueblo Chieftain.

(more at link)

[hobbit709]

1. The only cure for stupid and he found it.

[struggle4progress]

2. ... "They are fooling around with it and someone fires a couple of shots in the air," Bravo said.

"At one point, the victim gets the gun and says, ‘Let's play Russian roulette.’ He puts the gun to his head, pulls the trigger and it fires" ...
CRIME BEAT: No one charged in Russian roulette death
Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:00 am
By GAYLE PEREZ | [e-mail]
http://www.chieftain.com/news/crime_beat/crime-beat-no-one-charged-in-russian-roulette-death/article_2eb4feb2-ac50-11e0-9237-001cc4c002e0.html

Watch this! Here, hold my beer ...

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. A couple of shots were fired in the air?

Doesn't that indicate more than one bullet was in the chamber?

I believe that is contrary to the rules of Russian Roulette. :shrug:

[Lance_Boyle]

4. well, after a couple of shots went into the air there were at least a couple of empty chambers...

of course I'd wager these yahoos tried to play Russian Roulette with a semi-auto.

[Pool Hall Ace]

11. Oh, that's right. I need to brush up on my rules.

[Bucky]

5. Technically, doens't that mean he WON the game of Russian Roulette?

So it's not all bad.

[Bucky]

6. doesn't

Life is too short to fix typos

[Kaleva]

8. According to the rules found in Wikipedia, he lost.

"Variation 1: Two players take turns spinning and firing the revolver so that each successive turn has an equal probability of failure. Assuming a common 6 round cylinder, the probability of getting shot after spinning is approximately 1/6. (This is affected by weight of the bullet, direction spin and angle the gun is held at while spinning the cylinder.) The game could continue indefinitely and gamblers could presumably only wager on which players will survive and how many turns the game will last.

Variation 2: If playing without respinning, the initial probability of the first player being shot is 1/6, but the probability of being shot changes every time the trigger is pulled. The second player has a 1/5 (20%) probability of being shot, and the probability of the player on the third attempt is 1/4 (25%). If the gun has not fired after five turns the chance of being shot on the sixth turn with a 6 chambered gun is 1/1 (100%) (assuming the cartridge works). With an 8 chambered gun, the chances are about 1/8 (with the weight of the bullet), then 1/7, and then 1/6, until the eighth person has a 1/1 (100%) chance of being shot."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette

[rurallib]

12. does he get his life back for failure to follow the rules?

I thought not.

[freshwest]

7. Myth of invincibility vs physics. Sounds like the death of Jon-Erik Hexum, at the age of 26.

[mikeytherat]

9. ..."were drinking and playing with a gun before the incident,"...

'nuf said.

mikey_the_rat

[freshwest]

10. I feel bad for his family, though. One night's drunken frolic cost them a son.