5 People Who Just Learned That Guns Aren’t Toys (The Hard Way)
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. These people just won the Stupid Jackpot.
One of the best things about the Internet in 2021 is that it’s united our world into one great big global village…which means that we no longer have to rely on our own Village Idiot to entertain us when there are millions of others out there just a few keystrokes away. Better yet, many of said Village Idiots seem to be more than happy to provide us with object lessons for what can happen when a user either loses (or never had) any respect for firearms safety. And best of all, we can point and laugh at them from the safety of our own homes. That’s why, today, I’ve curated a nice list of five people who just found out the hard way that guns aren’t toys…complete with animated gifs! Don’t worry, no Darwin Awards are on display–although if you can get through all of these without at least cringing and groaning, you’re a better man than I am.
1. If only there were a safe direction he could point that muzzle in…
(You’ll want to click on that image to get it to play.) What’s wonderful about this little clip is that it appears to be an instructor/student scenario, although it could certainly just be a couple of buddies who decided to stop by the range after a light lunch of Cocaine Salad drizzled in PCP. There’s no audio, so I’ve decided to write my own dialog for this clip:
BLACK EARMUFFS: Dude, I read that if you have something in front of the muzzle the gun won’t fire.
WHITE EARMUFFS: Nuh-uh.
BLACK EARMUFFS: Yeah, it was on the back of that can of spraypaint we were huffing in the parking lot. Try it! And use your hand, so I know you’re not a pansy.
WHITE EARMUFFS: Hokay…
2. You’re not supposed to take that “compensation” thing literally, dude.
Once upon a time, it was common for military firearms instructors to teach new recruits not to fear the recoil of their M16 by doing a demonstration very similar to this one (although most of them used their chins). I don’t know that I’d put one up against my meat and two veg, but I can see why someone might. At least, if it were in fact a low-recoiling semi-automatic chambered in something like a .223. Not so much if it were a 12-gauge shotgun, which is what this appears to be.
I guess I may have fibbed to you up there. To qualify for a Darwin Award, one must remove oneself from the gene pool…and I suspect that this man might have trouble fathering children in the future, although he’s still very much alive.
3. But Nic Cage did it in the Ghost Rider movie!
Now that we’ve established that shotguns generally offer considerable recoil, let’s compound that by sawing a few inches off the barrel to really cut down on any of that recoil-dampening weight. Then let’s hold it one-handed and pull the trigger. What could possibly go wrong? Well…quite a lot, really. This young man is luckier than he knows.
4. Homemade muzzleloader
I should probably cut this YouTuber some slack, seeing as how he’s clearly not very familiar with guns. But…this is why people who enjoy having all of their fingers still attached generally prefer to either use factory ammunition, or to carefully adhere to SAAMI standards. Even folks who know all about shooting with primitive or modern ammunition are fully aware that the main function of a gun is first to create and then precisely channel a small explosion. And now, this guy does too.
5. Sometimes, even toys aren’t toys.
It’s true; a paintball gun isn’t really a gun and it’s meant to be fired at human beings, that being the whole point of paintball. That said, paintballs definitely do hurt, and maybe shooting yourself in the face from cigarette-smoking distance isn’t really the best idea. Just ask this guy…
Do you have a favorite “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” moment from the media? Tell us in the comments!
I still wonder how I survived my youth. I played stupid games with hand grenades. Hell, I still play stupid games at 70, but not with things that go Boom!
Many moons ago when I was in high school the school genius wanted to find out what would happen if he hooked a car battery to his braces. The results were not good and he required some major dental and medical care.
these people might not qualify for a “Darwin Award”, but every one of them is at the top of the nominee list and deserves an honorable mention!
No, the person who shot their frickin’ hand deserves the Darwin Award
The Village Idiot, I mean gunMcGiverer I almost fell out of my chair laughing so hard. Yes, let’s use 1/2″ electrical conduit to make a gun, and then test fire it with 5 grams of fireworks gunpowder. Jackass is lucky he didn’t lose some fingers on that little project.
Oh and next time let’s use only 3 grams. Ya Think? What an idiot.
Thanks Trace, I needed a laugh as it’s been a rough day pain wise.
The gun making clown has no idea how little powder actually goes into a cartridge or black powder gun.
That first clip, they were trying to see if the laser sight was working. Deosn’t make them any less stupid just explains what they were up to.
That last guy with the paintball gun has Several Videos last one i saw he tased himself with TWO tasers at once
Stupid is as Stupid does.
Like shot yourself in the hand, like 2 examples of 12ga recoil, holding in front of your soon to be crushed man parts, and single handing a 12ga while holding it like a 22 pistol (this guy should have seen the first video), Like use thin wall aluminum conduit and load with enough powder to challenge steel pipe, and not one but a double barrel of it, and lastly how drunk do you have to be to shoot yourself with paintball at that distance, in the face at that. Wonder how he explained it to Dentist.
These hurt just watching them.
Many moons ago when I was in high school shop class I decided to make a small cannon on the lathe. They let us do stuff like that back in the 70’s. I was a bit of a pyromaniac back then and planned to shoot the thing. The only problem was it was made out of aluminum. I remember my shop teacher saying ” now you’re not planning on shooting this are you?” My buddy was next to me and knew what I had in mind and just cracked up. Needless to say it was never fired and is a nice art object to this day. The pyromania lead to a 40 year chemistry career so it all ended well.
Some years back when the California Highway Patrol transitioned from revolvers to S&W Model 4006 semi-autos, a patrolman learned that if the slide wasn’t fully in battery the pistol would not fire. He demonstrated that jewel of knowledge to his partner officer while on patrol by pressing the muzzle of his pistol to his belly and pulling the trigger. Ka-boom!
Tell me you’re kidding, You ARE kidding, aren’t you?
And a safety briefing was born on each of those days.
The scariest thing is that there are people, like this, who buy firearms, and then take them to a public range. Common sense is in short supply in today’s world. These, or similar, should be required viewing, either when the firearm is purchased, at the range before being allowed on the firing line or at a CCW class. Life…where the ‘experience’ comes…’before’ the lesson to be taught.
These should NOT be shown because people like the ones in the videos shown here would take them as a “how to do it” not as “what not to do”. unless the course is sponsored by at least one of the following – the local hospital emergency department, a local funeral home, or one of the “dumbest people you will ever see” video programs.
Yes they are. I had a fellow worker who shot his little finger off with a Springfield XD. He was unloading it.
Having trouble figuring out how to do that while racking the slide?
What was it Forest Gump said?
Stupid is as stupid does.
But people like this makes the whole gun community look bad, because this is all some anti-gunners ever see.
Are people really stupid enough to aim any kind of gun at their own body (hand, face) and shoot! Or just point it at them selves and not shoot?
People are dumb enough to vote for Joe Biden so unfortunately it’s not surprising.
Truly, anything is possible.
I watched a drunk idiot blow the end of his foot off with a 12 gauge that he swears wasn’t loaded….
That was pretty much the second dumbest thing I’ve ever witnessed.