#449 Loaded Guns are NOT Photo Props

Houston teen kills himself while taking a selfie with a gun and that should be all you really need to know. But let's break it down anyway.

1. Treating a loaded and deadly weapon like a photo prop? Check.
2. Keep finger on trigger for authentic "gangsta gangsta" photo? Check.
3. Accidentally shoot self in throat and die? Check.

There is no 4. Profit. because 19 year old Deleon Alonso Smith is dead by his own selfie snapping dumbass hand. And, unlike in Halo and Call of Duty, there is no reset button in real life.

Some takeaways:
* Treat guns like the deadly weapons they are. Even a .22 pop gun can kill, though there is no mention of the caliber of the weapon in this story.
* Exercise trigger discipline and keep your finger off of it until you are ready to fire.
* Do not ever, ever, EVER point a gun, loaded or not, at anything you don't want a hole in, that includes oneself.

The only good part of this story is that he didn't accidentally kill his little brother or sister, only himself.

Rule #449 is Loaded Guns are NOT Photo Props

#442 Shooting At Someone For Not Doing Enough Chores Is Going To End Badly

Let's lay the scene out. A man has been recently discharged from the hospital because of a hepatitis infection (no mention of the type). His wife is tired of having to carry the whole load and wants him to help out more. He tries but is still recovering from a serious illness. His wife gets tired of his "bullshit" and throws a glass vase at him, misses, makes a mess, a BBQ gets shoved over a few times and then she runs and gets her gun.

And, by that time she was too worked up to not take a shot.

"Police spoke to Roth and she admitted that she “blew up” at her husband, and that her anger was “too far gone to resist” using the gun. She said that she “wanted him to pay.”
Court documents said that Roth “doesn’t think she did anything wrong and she was well within her rights because of how (her husband) was reacting and she was so pissed off.”

Not just within her rights, Well Within Her Rights! That's right, she felt perfectly justified in using lethal force against her recovering husband because her anger was to such a degree that it was alright. Which is, of course, to say, crazy people should NOT be allowed to possess firearms and anyone stupid enough to justify attempted murder over lack of help with chores is clearly too stupid/reactionary to own a weapon.

So, what's happened since? Starlene Roth, the angry shooter wife, has been arrested and charged with attempted second degree murder and is being held on $250,000 bail. Here's a guess that maybe she now wishes she'd been a little more forgiving to her husband as he recovered from his illness, she's got years and years to think about that one.

Rule #442 is Shooting At Someone For Not Doing Enough Chores Is Going To End Badly

#438 If You Go Looking for Trouble, Trouble May Find You

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Mom shot dead in road rage attack hunted suspect with her armed son: cops

Now, I won't hold it against you if that headline leaves you wondering what the hell is going on. Let me break it down for you, Mom and daughter on a driving lesson in Las Vegas, get road raged at by someone, Mom and armed son go out looking for (the article says hunting) the road rager, they find someone, follow him for a while and then go home where the road rager shows up and shots are exchanged and Mom is dead.

Brilliant.

Dead mom's husband said she was a beautiful woman who hated bullies. Weird that she was behaving like one when she got shot in the head.

The thing with vigilante justice is that sometimes the "justice" goes wrong. In this instance, nobody innocent was harmed but a mom died for no reason.

Driving lessons are permanently over for Tammy Meyers.

Rule #438 is If You Go Looking for Trouble, Trouble May Find You