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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhoops> Fla. teen who bought gun illegally accidentally shot off his penis and testicle. Got regret
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
(41,756 posts)yup
sasha031
(6,700 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)out loud (inappropriately, I might add, for where I happen to be at the moment).
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)are mimicking the greater stupid. I hope he gets better. This is a very terrible bit of news.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Initech
(100,041 posts)Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)...that you identify as those who "have nothing to do with guns".
Senator John Kerry
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Initech
(100,041 posts)RKP5637
(67,088 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)"Do you think you are stupid"
See how the results vary.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)would be the response.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)guns should not exist.
I don't think your logic works for either side of the gun control issue.
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)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
(67,088 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)RKP5637
(67,088 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)I'm going to hell...
RKP5637
(67,088 posts)waddirum
(979 posts)or maybe distract an attacking dog.
napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Something like that. Sad, anyway.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)If you have a name like Smeriglio it's almost certain to become a mess on the wall.
ewww.
sry.
rateyes
(17,438 posts)have the balls to do that again.
Seriously, though...why was this kid cleaning a loaded weapon?
ToxMarz
(2,162 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)between his ears OUCH!!
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)OUCH! There's one guy who won't be able to father kids.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)if sarah palin supposedly can uncut her tubes ( I guess you really can now) anythings possible... (thats pure rumor)
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)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
(2,162 posts)Got a couple rolling around in my head right now.
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)mythology
(9,527 posts)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
(8,879 posts)yardwork
(61,539 posts)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
(29,257 posts)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
(61,690 posts)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
(8,879 posts)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
(26,060 posts)only wound up hurting himself. I'm not making jokes about it, I just have zero sympathy.
KitSileya
(4,035 posts)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
(135,425 posts)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
(29,257 posts)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
(135,425 posts)You "could" make a joke about anything you'd like. You take your chances, as I am sure you realize.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)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
(135,425 posts)Otherwise, it's not an apt comparison. The topic here IS guns, after all, not wayward hands.
JI7
(89,241 posts)did it to them.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)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..
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Bonobo
(29,257 posts)What I said was that no one would make such a joke about a women shooting themselves.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)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
(29,257 posts)But I think I would still have sympathy for anyone as long as they weren't trying to hurt someone.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)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
(61,539 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)FREEDOM!!1
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)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
(22,143 posts)Really no point in going on now.
apocalypsehow
(12,751 posts)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
(438 posts)with no testicles is a good guy with no testicles.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)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
(20,582 posts)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
(19,224 posts)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
(1,361 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)Safety first, you know.
Turborama
(22,109 posts)Was the thought that 1st popped into my mind when reading the title.
BVictor1
(229 posts)Protalker
(418 posts)bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)But of course I'm not going to do that.
pinto
(106,886 posts)Geez.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)It doesn't.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)But I do enjoy the arrogance of your statement... It almost has a zen-like self-aggrandizement.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)I've been a professional translator of J>E for over 20 years. Your assessment of my Japanese proficiency is a riot.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Snicker
MADem
(135,425 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)But yeah, it is likely to be some kind of otaku-ish thing like that.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)What you found was a made-up fan profile of a character they imagined. Probably from our very same DU'er right here.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)character might use that.
MADem
(135,425 posts)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
(29,257 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)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
(135,425 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)babbling about and mixed up the posts, sorry
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Even tries to insult me in Japanese.
Gosh I am so broken up!
Bad day?
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)joshcryer
(62,269 posts)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
(29,257 posts)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
(135,425 posts)That's kind of a lousy example, that particular word!
delrem
(9,688 posts)markmac
(12 posts)Buying illegal guns?!?! The ball on this kid!!!
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... neuters himself. With a fucking gun. In Florida. Accidentally. Sick sick people who glorifies guns.
Oops. I posted before going to the source-silly and childish, much like my post.
Takket
(21,529 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)... penis had been armed so it could protect itself!
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Only, for guns?
I'm a very boring host.
catchnrelease
(1,944 posts)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
(8,020 posts)What caliber was the weapon.... .22? .44?
Why did this moran allow his picture in the paper?
SDjack
(1,448 posts)Beacool
(30,247 posts)High price to pay for his stupidity.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)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
(172 posts)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
(19,459 posts)Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)I guess he never watched robocop..
ouch??
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)struggle4progress
(118,236 posts)arthritisR_US
(7,283 posts)cer7711
(502 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 14, 2013, 10:12 AM - Edit history (2)
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
(22 posts)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
(23,500 posts)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. Its a big bullet; youre 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
(63,172 posts)Um.
Blue Palasky
(81 posts)A tough way to learn a lesson, but hopefully a lesson was taught...by a gun...with a dip-shit owner
SEMOVoter
(202 posts)You so cray.
sakabatou
(42,141 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)this NEVER would have happened.
SoCalDemGrrl
(839 posts)cecilfirefox
(784 posts)Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)donheld
(21,311 posts)I'm deeply ashamed of many of you.
flvegan
(64,406 posts)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
(4,435 posts)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
(24,096 posts)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
(5,264 posts)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
(1,443 posts)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
(11,660 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts):yawn:
Whisp
(24,096 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
(50,254 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Degenerates R Us
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)make mistakes that will hurt them for the rest of their lives. Such a bad way for a "leering experience" to occur.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)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
(22,336 posts)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.