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marmar

(77,080 posts)
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:16 PM Nov 2013

Man Accidentally Fires Gun In GNC Store While Discussing 2nd Amendment Rights

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Go Vols (a host of the General Discussion forum).


Shooting your mouth off about the rights of gun owners is one thing.

Shooting the actual gun is something else entirely.

Police in Wilkesboro, N.C., are currently looking for a man who accidentally fired his handgun during a Tuesday night discussion about 2nd Amendment rights in a GNC vitamin store, UPI.com reported.

The unknown suspect took out his gun to show it to an employee. At some point, he accidentally fired a round into the store printer, according to Dumb As A Blog. ..........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/15/gun-in-gnc-store_n_4282940.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news



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Man Accidentally Fires Gun In GNC Store While Discussing 2nd Amendment Rights (Original Post) marmar Nov 2013 OP
What, he wasn't in there looking for a natural cure for an itchy trigger finger? MADem Nov 2013 #1
Just keeping it in his butt would've been safer for everyone TheCowsCameHome Nov 2013 #2
Kill two birds, pardon the expression, with one stone! nt MADem Nov 2013 #12
getting his human growth hormone and mega mass builder powder, no doubt NightWatcher Nov 2013 #3
Yet another responsible gun owner etherealtruth Nov 2013 #4
Is this another one of those alleged "good guys with guns" who are supposed to proliferate all over calimary Nov 2013 #5
Exactly ... etherealtruth Nov 2013 #6
So based on your logic... eqfan592 Nov 2013 #7
Have you visited any GNCs lately? etherealtruth Nov 2013 #9
No not the whole constitution MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #21
Just exercising my rights, ma'am. nt longship Nov 2013 #8
And in his defense, he hasn't been exercising very long: he totally petronius Nov 2013 #10
I like how he's wearing a Casio calculator watch. Initech Nov 2013 #14
Clean up in aisle 5... Historic NY Nov 2013 #11
Epic fail!!! Initech Nov 2013 #13
Just another "Responsible Gun Owner" Blue Idaho Nov 2013 #15
fucking gundamentalist! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #16
I'm assuming he's one of those "law abiding citizens"? Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #17
Our culture is sick Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #18
The Scheisskopf family is large, and ancient. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #19
It was self defense. Haven't you heard about 3d printers? Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #20
I am very tired of the brain damaged being allowed guns. lonestarnot Nov 2013 #22
No gun stories in GD plz Go Vols Nov 2013 #23

MADem

(135,425 posts)
1. What, he wasn't in there looking for a natural cure for an itchy trigger finger?
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:18 PM
Nov 2013


What a stupid putz.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
2. Just keeping it in his butt would've been safer for everyone
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:19 PM
Nov 2013

MADem

(135,425 posts)
12. Kill two birds, pardon the expression, with one stone! nt
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:23 PM
Nov 2013

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
3. getting his human growth hormone and mega mass builder powder, no doubt
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:22 PM
Nov 2013

Wouldn't a penis enlargement surgery be cheaper?

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
4. Yet another responsible gun owner
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:22 PM
Nov 2013

responsible ... until he wasn't.

calimary

(81,238 posts)
5. Is this another one of those alleged "good guys with guns" who are supposed to proliferate all over
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:28 PM
Nov 2013

the U.S. to keep us safe from the alleged "bad guys with guns"?

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
6. Exactly ...
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:34 PM
Nov 2013

Just one problem ... they're all good guys with guns until that moment when they become a psycho with a gun.

Thank all that is good and right in the world that this moron with a gun killed a copier and not a person.

eqfan592

(5,963 posts)
7. So based on your logic...
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:36 PM
Nov 2013

...we might as well toss the constitution out, because we're all potential criminals anyway.

No, lets just put all our trust in the police. They never abuse their authority. Oh, wait...

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
9. Have you visited any GNCs lately?
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:40 PM
Nov 2013
 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
21. No not the whole constitution
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 12:05 AM
Nov 2013

only the part that says stupid people can own guns. Oh wait it doesn't say that.

longship

(40,416 posts)
8. Just exercising my rights, ma'am. nt
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:37 PM
Nov 2013

petronius

(26,602 posts)
10. And in his defense, he hasn't been exercising very long: he totally
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:54 PM
Nov 2013

misunderstood about the 'gun show'...

Initech

(100,068 posts)
14. I like how he's wearing a Casio calculator watch.
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:34 PM
Nov 2013

That doesn't scream "Hey look at how tough I am!". It screams "I live in the 1980's!"

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
11. Clean up in aisle 5...
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:11 PM
Nov 2013

Tom don't sell any more laxatives.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
13. Epic fail!!!
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:32 PM
Nov 2013

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
15. Just another "Responsible Gun Owner"
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:38 PM
Nov 2013

Showing us there is no reason to worry about responsible gun owners by killing the store printer...

Yeah - that makes perfect sense.

gopiscrap

(23,758 posts)
16. fucking gundamentalist!
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:00 PM
Nov 2013
 

Vashta Nerada

(3,922 posts)
17. I'm assuming he's one of those "law abiding citizens"?
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:02 PM
Nov 2013
 

Pretzel_Warrior

(8,361 posts)
18. Our culture is sick
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:03 PM
Nov 2013
 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
19. The Scheisskopf family is large, and ancient. nt
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:10 PM
Nov 2013
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
20. It was self defense. Haven't you heard about 3d printers?
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:59 PM
Nov 2013
 

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)
22. I am very tired of the brain damaged being allowed guns.
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 12:12 AM
Nov 2013

Go Vols

(5,902 posts)
23. No gun stories in GD plz
Tue Nov 19, 2013, 02:28 PM
Nov 2013
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