Accident on "Doomsday Prepers"

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Well, no one will ever say that they've never heard of a "one shot stop" with a .22 before. :neener:
It did take a sizable nibble out of his thumb. Plenty of meat damage.
 
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oh not this again......

so you are saying he shot himself on purpose?.......no?.....then it was an accident.....QED.
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Oh, not this again...

An accident would be the gun firing without his finger on the trigger.

It's pure negligence (stupidity, really) to place your thumb over the muzzle and then pulling the trigger. The gun functioned as designed. It did not "misfire."

I thought the "expert assessment" was going to suggest he take a gun safety course.
 
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He needs to train his son, so that they know what to next time he
see's his own blood and passes out.
 
I watched about ten minutes of one episode. I changed stations. IMHO, I hope the people on this show do not have any offspring. Talk about most serious genetic deficiencies. Please do not sire any children.

Were on earth do the producers find such folks?:cuss:
 
Hahahahahahaha. He shot himself in the thumb. How dumb.
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So it is funny to you that someone shot themselves? Perhaps it is also funny that it was in front of his children? Maybe the fact that it adds to the stigma that gun toters are all irresponsible t-a-r-d-s is funny as well.

Personally, I don't think anyone shooting themselves is funny.
 
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If I was into doing all they are. I would never advertise and show off all my goods and locations. IF the baloon goes up, all the zombies will know what they have and where they are.:evil:
 
I can only assume it's intended to intentionally make a certain group of people look like ignorant buffoons.
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Bingo. The clear thrust of the show is that gun owners in general, and anyone who believes BHO's "fundamental transformation" just may lead us off a cliff, are "obviously a bunch of knuckledraggers".

Took me all of ten minutes exposure to change the channel and write it off for what it is.

Sarah Brady and the DNC are, no doubt, delighted.
 
I think Red's favorite comment....."dumb ass", from "that 70s show" fits this guy to a T. I always thought that a misfire was the cartridge not going off? chris3
 
It's pure negligence (stupidity, really) to place your thumb over the muzzle and then pulling the trigger.
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Sweet Betsy Ross, people. It was an ACCIDENT that resulted from negligence. His fault? Certainly. But treating ND and AD as anything but interchangeable is pure wasted effort. Negligent drivers cause traffic accidents every day. I never heard of a "traffic negligence" on the evening news. This is about as fruitful as a 3 hour shouting match with a Sailor over "porthole" vs. "window."
 
It was an ACCIDENT that resulted from negligence... I never heard of a "traffic negligence" on the evening news...
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That's because the "evening news" uses common, but imprecise language, by habit.


Almost everything called "an accident" is a predictable event caused directly and precisely by someone screwing-up.

My kids can recite this line, also by habit. They are words to live by.
 
That's because the "evening news" uses common, but imprecise language, by habit.
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It's my experience that demanding "precise language" is the fastest way to make yourself the least popular person in the world. As a former grammar nazi, I know what I'm talkin' about here. :'D
 
Wow. A .22 round in the thumb and he passed out!! Kind of throws a monkey wrench into the whole "shot placement" / "stopping power" debate. :)
 
Wow. A .22 round in the thumb and he passed out!! Kind of throws a monkey wrench into the whole "shot placement" / "stopping power" debate.
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I hear psychological shock is a big part of "stopping power." Ya know, "I'VE BEEN SHOT! {faint}"
 
Kind of reminds me of the "New Darwin Awards" that a friend had sent. The top prize this year goes to a bank robber who fires his revolver....... and "click" is heard, so, he looks down the barrel and tries again. BOOM, this time it worked. DUH !
 
It's my experience that demanding "precise language" is the fastest way to make yourself the least popular person in the world.
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So you are trying to be unpopular by incorrectly trying to correct precise language?

LOL, precise language may make you less popular, but it gets the job done properly.

Unless the gun fired due to some mechanical flaw not directly associated with the behavior of the handler, it is a negligent discharge. If he pulled the trigger or allowed the trigger to be depressed while he was handling it, then he was mishandling the gun and hence acting negligently. The only thing accidental was that he was surprised by the gun going off.

That this gun had an ND that resulted in him shooting himself means that he had to have violated at least three of the gun safety rules. It is hard to call something an accident when you break multiple safety rules.


Wow. A .22 round in the thumb and he passed out!! Kind of throws a monkey wrench into the whole "shot placement" / "stopping power" debate.
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I hear psychological shock is a big part of "stopping power." Ya know, "I'VE BEEN SHOT! {faint}"
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Given his response to a fairly minor injury, I would have to give him a thumbs down as to being Doomday Prepper capable.

Yes, I realize that his injury could have turned septic and that he might have died without medical treatment or surgery. That is long term. His finger was shot and he passed out. Maybe he isn't the guy that should be providing armed protection. Maybe he should be the guy that maintains the pantry.
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I was concerned this show would put us in a bad light, that's TWO instances in one episode, plus the guy who lost his 2a rights.
 
I've seen the show, and foremost, I highly question the wisdom of telling everyone you know (by putting yourself on TV ) that you are prepared for survival if the standard social mechanisms are disabled. :confused:
I watched the episode of the self inflicted wound and from the footage couldn't figure out how he did it or what he shot himself with, however, after the show my only real conundrum was "How did you shoot yourself in the THUMB?" :scrutiny:
Well, you do it by PUTTING YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF THE MUZZLE!
"MISFIRE"? Bull Hockey! :rolleyes:
Talked about it with some people at work who also saw it, and we felt that the nine was the firearm of choice, hand on the butt, finger on the trigger, thumb in front of the slide, Bang! :what:
The father was clearly hopeless from the start, No formal training, .22 LR for protection?
Out in the desert so his dangerous/negligent practices wouldn't be impeded by interference of a qualified person at a range,,,, the list of things they were doing wrong is very long.... and now, his left thumb is not. :uhoh:
The kids are young, they may still have a chance to come out OK, Dad's a goner. :banghead:
 
I remember when I was eight: I was at the rock quarry with Uncle Ralph and he had handed me my dad's H&R revolver to fire it. I turned the gun sideways to check the heigth of the front and rear sights relative to the barrel and got a lesson on safe gun handling I won't ever forget.

On the NG on "Doomsday Preppers": Parts breakage or mechanical failure might be an accidental discharge, but any discharge or unintended damage through violation of safety rules is negligence.

You treat all guns with the respect due a deadly weapon (especially those "unloaded" ones). You never let the muzzle cover anything you would not want destroyed (like yer thumb!!!). Finger off the trigger until your eyes and sights are on an intended target (not yer thumb!!!!). Before pulling the trigger, clearly identify your target and what the bullet might hit if you miss or the bullet over-penetrates.

(Aside on the show: the gal practicing her bug out walk reminded me of some of the characters in Stephen King's "The Stand". Or dozens of other doomsday stories starting with "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" or Ray Milland's movie "Panic in Year Zero" ).
 
Moreso than putting gun owners in a bad light, this show also puts preppers in a terrible light. We aren't all ready to hike out of the city with our backpack stuffed with firelighting equipment and granola bars.

I've made it a priority for my house to have some provisions in the event we lost power (ice storm, tornado nearby, other power failure). I find this to actually be a responsible thing to do. Think of what you'd do without power for 3 days or more...in the heat of the summer or the middle of winter. Some of you might have already experienced that, but I haven't thankfully - and I'm trying to get things set up so that if something occurs, we've got some things on hand to make the situation better until the situation improves.

I think it's sad they obviously found the craziest, most irresponsible people to interview. But I guess it makes for "good television" for people who love watching crazy people.
 
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