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Gun safety lesson turns deadly for man in Sierra Vista
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 05.17.2009

A 26-year-old Phoenix man accidentally killed himself early Sunday morning while explaining gun safety to two Sierra Vista residents.
Samuel Benally Jr. was at an apartment on West Tacoma Street when he said people should keep their guns unloaded because someone could point it at their heads, said Sierra Vista police Sgt. Brett Mitchell.
Benally then demonstrated by putting his own .9 mm Rueger, which he believed to be unloaded, to his head and firing it, Mitchell said.
Benally was flown to University Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased, Mitchell said.
An investigation is ongoing; police do not believe alcohol or drugs were involved, Mitchell said.

Wow. And yes, the article spelled "Ruger" incorrectly.
 
.9 millimeter? Wow, that's really small.

I bet everyone who witnessed that demostration will never forget it.
 
Well, that's a lesson these students aren't likely to forget. But that's a tough lesson plan for teachers.

".9 mm" :rolleyes: Arizona newspaper reporters should know better than this.
 
sounds like a darwin award to me. he might of hurt someone else one day. I won't miss him. :barf:
I wonder if it was an SR9...cause it has a loaded chamber indicator. that would be the darwin award of the year
 
I will never understand how such things happen...

I can see how under certain circumstances one can accidentally pull a trigger without having meant to do so.. but I will never understand how people can purposely pull a trigger and shoot themselves.... I accept that the likelyhood that I will accidentally discharge a gun some day is pretty high, but meaning to pull a trigger because you assume something isnt loaded... HOW CAN ONE REALLY BE THAT CARELESS...It is a tragedy, no doubt, but why would one even go through that sequence of events.... that is bad even with an TRULY UNLOADED gun.
 
I feel horrible for this guy and his family and find no humor whatsoever!

It just reinforces --no matter whether you know it's unloaded--treat it like it is loaded!

And for God's sake never put a gun to your head and pull the trigger..
 
Wow really? He explains gun safety by pointing his own gun at his head and pulling the trigger? This would be a great Darwin Award story if it wasn't so damn sad and pathetic.

Honestly I am really amazed that that guy lived 26 years before finally managing to kill himself, it sounds like he was just an accident waiting to happen. If it wasn't guns it would have been drugs or alcohol maybe even a car or motorcycle.
 
Stunning.

I can't believe anyone would put a gun to their head and pull the trigger as a demonstration.

I get a "you're doing something wrong" feeling every time I pull the trigger to field strip to clean my XD even though I have just cleared and double checked and am pointing in a save direction.

What a terrible story.
 
Yeah, he made a big mistake. And it cost him dearly. But a man died. And the best some of you can do is speak ill of a complete stranger?
You all mean to tell me you've never screwed up? Anything? Ever? Or held someone in high regard that made a big mistake? Maybe a respected teacher/colleague/co-worker/friend?
What's the difference if it's an acquaintance or someone you never met?
If anything I'd respect the guy I'd never met a little more, having known NOTHING else about him.
All the same, maybe I'm way out of line here, thinking it's wrong to talk crap about an innocent person who lost their life.
An above poster remarked that the people who witnessed this lesson in firearm safety will not forget anytime soon -- you're right, they won't. And maybe that's for the best. It's good to learn from your mistakes. Better to learn from others'. So let's all learn from this one, eh?
 
I know I have.

The other day my T-shirt bunched up in front of my trigger guard while holstering the gun before leaving.
I nearly crapped my pants, but noticed that the bunched material wasn't inside the trigger guard, but under it.
 
You all mean to tell me you've never screwed up? Anything? Ever? Or held someone in high regard that made a big mistake? Maybe a respected teacher/colleague/co-worker/friend?
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Deliberately putting a gun to your head and pulling the trigger goes far beyond what I would call a "big mistake." I don't think it's possible to be that careless, without other extenuating factors. Granted this guy might have been a novice gun owner himself, who was never taught proper safety procedure. Even so, pointing a gun at your own head is never, EVER a good idea.
 
Yeah, he made a big mistake. And it cost him dearly. But a man died. And the best some of you can do is speak ill of a complete stranger?
All the same, maybe I'm way out of line here, thinking it's wrong to talk crap about an innocent person who lost their life.
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Well, I am sorry if I offended you, but that guy obviously was not picked by natural selection. I am not making fun of him, but I was serious about what I said. He could have in fact shot someone else. I mean, this looks bad enough for the gun community, what if he pointed it at one of the people he was showing the gun to?
It might be harsh but I mean it when I say that he should get a darwin award. There are other ones that have to do with guns.
One specifically I remember is a guy trying to play russian roulette with a semi-auto gun. Shot himself and died. Am I glad that guy has been removed from the gene pool? Yes, I really am.
I treat the gun like it is as important as my life. Because it is. Its the tool that can preserve it and take it all at the same time. If you are irresponsible with it that is your own fault, and that is my personal standard on it. A gun to the head is NOT a mistake. It is idiocity
 
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