I don't think this was posted yet. At least I don't see it. This is on Fox29's site today.

 

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpps/news/police-navy-seal-accidentally-shoots-self-dpgapx-km-20120105_16840631

I am sorry to hear this, and hope he is able to recover, however we all know how to always treat guns as if they are loaded at all times. This isn't an AD its a ND and a bad one at that.

WHAT!?

 

He must have been really drunk or something. I find it very difficult that a Navy Seal, one of our top-notch trained military branches, would do something so stupid.

 

But hey, at the same time, with military aside, people will be people...and that means doing things that they don't priorly think out.

sounds like a suicide attempt to me, probably over that same girl..

It's too early in the year for people trying to get the 2012 Darwin Award.

Booze and guns are never a good mix.

WHAT!?

 

He must have been really drunk or something. I find it very difficult that a Navy Seal, one of our top-notch trained military branches, would do something so stupid.

 

the M9 pistol has an AD and NG discharge rate more than double any other weapon in the US military.

 

 

the M9 pistol has an AD and NG discharge rate more than double any other weapon in the US military.

 

As far as I know the Seals don't use M9s

 

Secondly pistols will probably be involved in more accidents since they are more portable and easier to "play" with.

Geez, how many of the 4 rules did this guy break? At least 3...

need to see pic of girl to determine if it was worth this foolish need to impress her with a gun to his own head... and if this was his carry gun why would it of been unloaded?

need to see pic of girl to determine if it was worth this foolish need to impress her with a gun to his own head... and if this was his carry gun why would it of been unloaded?

 

Thee ain't a woman alive thats worth that..

 

Like they say, it doesn't matter how good she looks some one some place is sick of her sh_t..

As far as I know the Seals don't use M9s

 

Not the point

 

Secondly pistols will probably be involved in more accidents since they are more portable and easier to "play" with.

 

Exaclty the point.

Not to sound like a dyck, but anyone that puts ANY gun to their head is a moron, whether they are pulling the trigger or not. I can't feel sorry for him, he knew better.

 

I never, ever point a gun in the direction of something that I don't want to shoot, even when moving things around in the house.

Not to sound like a dyck, but anyone that puts ANY gun to their head is a moron, whether they are pulling the trigger or not. I can't feel sorry for him, he knew better.

 

 

I agree.

I wonder if anyone thinks that the woman might have done it and came up with the story that he did it himself?

In pilot speak there is something called the 200th hour, which statistics have shown that around the 200th hour of flight experience pilots have gained enough knowledge and experience that they get over-confident and thus make a mistake. If they're lucky it's nothing major and then they are vigilant again. Wonder if this was this guy's "200th hour"...

In pilot speak there is something called the 200th hour, which statistics have shown that around the 200th hour of flight experience pilots have gained enough knowledge and experience that they get over-confident and thus make a mistake. If they're lucky it's nothing major and then they are vigilant again. Wonder if this was this guy's "200th hour"...

 

He's lucky it wasnt his final hour.

I wonder if anyone thinks that the woman might have done it and came up with the story that he did it himself?

 

I thaught that..

In pilot speak there is something called the 200th hour, which statistics have shown that around the 200th hour of flight experience pilots have gained enough knowledge and experience that they get over-confident and thus make a mistake. If they're lucky it's nothing major and then they are vigilant again. Wonder if this was this guy's "200th hour"...

 

But... putting a gun to your head and pulling the trigger isn't a mistake borne from overconfidence. Hell maybe it is, he must have some huge balls to be that confident.

Seems that all the training in the world isn't enough to cure a bad case of dumbass.

This sounds like the popular police cover... In law enforcment classes my teacher admitted that many suicides are labled as "gun accidents" when it comes to police/military community.

Plus one. either attempted suicide.... or this guy is just darwin.

This sounds like the popular police cover... In law enforcment classes my teacher admitted that many suicides are labled as "gun accidents" when it comes to police/military community.

 

That sounds a hell of a lot more plausible than the actual story.

I wonder if anyone thinks that the woman might have done it and came up with the story that he did it himself?

He's a SEAL, he probably knows how to kill someone with his bare hands in more ways than you can imagine. I highly doubt an untrained woman could manage that. Then again.....I didn't think a SEAL would be foolish enough to point a gun at his own head. That's why I also believe this may be some kind of suicide attempt. Regardless....it's really unfortunate that someone who's made more sacrifices for our country than most can imagine could potentially die like this.

This sounds like the popular police cover... In law enforcment classes my teacher admitted that many suicides are labled as "gun accidents" when it comes to police/military community.

 

This.

He's a SEAL, he probably knows how to kill someone with his bare hands in more ways than you can imagine. I highly doubt an untrained woman could manage that. Then again.....I didn't think a SEAL would be foolish enough to point a gun at his own head. That's why I also believe this may be some kind of suicide attempt. Regardless....it's really unfortunate that someone who's made more sacrifices for our country than most can imagine could potentially die like this.

 

This is not to pick on you, so it's not directed at you. I see this phrase bandied about often, and I understand that it's used to convey something large or expansive. The issue I have is that it's A:Over used B: Insulting to the reader C: not true.

 

"That's more money than you can imagine". I can imagine buried up to my neck in a stack of 500 Euro notes in a pile filling the pacific ocean. A few billion dollars is not "more than I can imagine".

 

"It's more dangerous than you can comprehend". Really? I can comprehend a siituation where you're floating around inside the atmosphere of Jupiter in a bathysphere made of Chinese steel painted with pressure sensitive paint. Or where you're replacing nuclear pellets inside of a Fukashima nuclear reactor wearing a T-shirt and Bermuda shorts.

 

"This is bigger than you can imagine". I can imagine a universe where our galaxy is but a grain of sand on a beach that would take 14 billion years to cross if you were traveling at 186,282 miles per second.

 

 

I wish the best for this man and end with, he was dumber than I can imagine. er wait.

He died on Saturday.

I wish the best for this man and end with, he was dumber than I can imagine. er wait.

 

You're 100% correct. I read every word in it's literal meaning, and I'm normally much more careful with how I phrase what I say. You're right, it's an unnecessary exaggeration. You understood the message I was trying to convey, so I won't even both explaining what I meant to say

at the end of the day, we are all humans and humans make mistakes

I think they took him off life support. Real sad but hopefully this teaches others that guns are not meant to play with.