(June 10, 2015 at 1:33 am)Minimalist Wrote:(June 9, 2015 at 9:11 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It is very disturbing, how stupid so many people are who have guns. When I was a child, and first learned a bit about guns, I would not have made the mistake this idiot made.
On the plus side, the moron shot himself, instead of someone else, so we should all be happy about that.
Pure accident. The bullet could have gone anywhere. In fact, the only cases we ever hear about are the ones where someone gets hit. How many more times does it happen?
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Yes, it is a pure accident. I am just saying that, in this instance, it is a happy accident. It is better when idiots with guns shoot themselves rather than others. Of course, it is only happy accidents, not intentional. But it is still a better outcome.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.