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Police: Fla. teen who bought gun illegally accidentally shot off his penis and testicle. Got regret?

Posted by GottaLaff

· Sunday, January 13th, 2013 at 1:56 pm

· 11 Comments

The following little, erm, mishap occurred last September, but I only just got wind of it today. Via 11alive.com, an NBC affiliate:

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.

Take these examples that my old pal @KagroX tweeted only minutes ago. The phrase “What could possibly go wrong?” comes to mind:

BRECKNRIDGE, MO (KCTV) – A 12-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself. bit.ly/WCHFUp #protectingthefamily

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

MANDAN, North Dakota — A 30-yo Bismarck man was accidentally shot by his friend during an altercation. #butwegrewuparoundguns

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Arcadia man accidentally shot himself in the finger Wednesday night during failed attempt to clean his gun bit.ly/WCJRv8 #responsible

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Family & friends say another teen & Mcelhinney were playing w a gun, when it went off, it shot Mcelhinney in the head. bit.ly/WCKsNt

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Unanswered questions about the Thurs. evening shooting in which a 5-year-old boy wounded his aunt bit.ly/WCLdX1 #protectingthefamily

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Police expect a 1-yo child to survive an apparent accidental shooting… in the Bessemer City area bit.ly/WCLHfL #protectingthefamily

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Beeville (TX) Boy Killed By Accidental Gunshot bit.ly/WCMtt7 #protectingthefamily #youdontunderstand #wegrewuparoundguns

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Carlsbad, CA: Off-duty sheriff’s deputy in the hospital after accidentally shooting himself w his service weapon. bit.ly/UJ7hzx

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

He accidentally shot himself in the leg while hog hunting on a hunting lease off Texas Hwy 149. bit.ly/UJ8pDe #AmericanTradition

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Police spokesman said it was an accidental self-inflicted wound by the gun owner, who is expected to recover. bit.ly/UJ8GWE

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

By unimaginable coincidence, his friend happened to be driving by the deer’s passage at the same time bit.ly/UJ9xXm

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Preparing to clean .380-cal handgun in his backyard when he accidentally discharged it. Struck in the upper right arm bit.ly/UJ9Scu

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

SC woman shoots self while fumbling through purse bit.ly/13sfWwA #selfprotection

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Fargo man facing charges after a teenager was accidentally shot in the foot. bit.ly/13sgCCf #youdontunderstand #wegrewuparoundguns

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

1 year ago: Even a “marksman” practicing on a range can screw up. Oops! I shot up a schoolyard! bit.ly/UJcl71

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Cody Mesaris, 16, was in his bedroom w 2 other teenage boys Friday night when his .38-caliber pistol discharged. Dead. bit.ly/UJcBTq

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

RT @slap_bet: @kagrox an old one, Man Uses Gun to Blow Hole in Wall for Satellite Dish, Kills Wife bit.ly/UJcOWA || #JustATool

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Gunplay in Jefferson County leaves one man shot in the face bit.ly/UJe3oE

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Teaneck, NJ A township resident reported he accidentally shot himself in the foot. bit.ly/UJegby Tea: neck. Bullet: foot.

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

1-year-old shot in arm in Bessemer City bit.ly/UJfzHA #protectingthefamily

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

44-year-old man’s shooting death was accidental, Sonoma County Coroner’s Office said.bit.ly/UJgqI7

— David Waldman (@KagroX) January 13, 2013

Second Amendment accidents.

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11 Comments

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Tags : florida, gun control, gun crazies, gun magazine, gun violence, guns, needless deaths, Seriously it's time to stop, tweet, twitter

Paul Browne

Your judgement is impeccable as always. You’re right it is the person who uses the gun, but if the US wasn’t awash with all these killing tools, then maybe more American kids would make it out of their teens?
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/ GottaLaff

Bose, you’ve been banned. Have fun with your guns, now! Don’t shoot anything off! I mean other than your mouth.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/ GottaLaff

Well now, bose, speaking of lists… you just got dumped from ours. Tsk, tsk, you should have read our guidelines.

By the way, knives can’t do what guns have done to all these people. Nice try, but your lack of logic matches your lack of class.

Bye now!
bose_sucks

As much as accidents with ladders have to do with ladders, or cars with car accidents. It’s the person using the tool that’s a TOOL. [EDITED BY ADMIN]
bose_sucks

These idiots would have hurt themselves with knives. It’s about being stupid, not the Gun. These same people do idiotic things with ladders, cars… you name it. You want to start banning those? [EDITED BY ADMIN]
Paul Browne

Lmao!!
You’re right, of course, accidents with guns have nothing to do with guns!!
And it would never happen to you, would it? Because you’re not stupid, and have never had, nor never will have an accident.
Good luck with that.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/ GottaLaff

It has everything to do with guns. Stupid people used guns and those things happened. If they hadn’t used a gun, then those things wouldn’t have happened. And not all of them were necessarily stupid. Carelessness and other factors enter into this. IQ, maybe.
bose_sucks

I read all of these. Each case had one thing in common (besides a gun) … A stupid person. These people are going to eventually hurt themselves because of a diminished intellectual capacity, it had nothing to to with guns.
drrichardpaul

All rifles were used in just 3.76325294186182% of all firearm related homicides. So, since we know that statistic, we can determine that Assault Rifles and high capacity Magazine clips make up a much smaller percentage of all firearm related deaths. While handguns were involved in 72.46883374111616% all firearm related homicides. Since we know this information, we can determine that the correlation between the rifles and handguns means there is a higher probability that a person will be shot with a handgun than a rifle. If we are to persist in the correlation talks, then we should regulate handguns far more than rifles. Further, since all known firearms, more than 300,000,000 are currently known, and the actual homicide rate of firearms is 8,583, then we can determine the chances of getting shot and killed by a known firearm is 0.002861%.Since we no this, we can say also say that correlation does not mean causation. When people are ready to start being grown up and having an adult conversation, then they will get more people to the table for serious talks about the real causes of our problems. Until then, we are stuck in the same illogical patterns of the past.
http://twitter.com/RockMollica Rock Mollica

Still think more guns are the answer NRA? Can’t fathom how you clean a gun while it’s loaded. Are these the people who will protect us from harm at the movie theater, or the 1st Grade class of 2013? If you believe this then you’re just as insane as those who commit these crimes thinking it will make them heroes or famous or whatever is flying around in their pathetic sick minds.
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