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Florida man shoots himself while showing off gun in bar

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
New York Post
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 23:34 UTC

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An unidentified Florida man shot himself while showing off his gun at O'Riley's Uptown Tavern in Pensacola.

A man showing off his new gun to patrons in a Florida bar ended up shooting himself with the weapon instead, according to reports.

The unidentified knucklehead was inside O'Riley's Uptown Tavern in Pensacola at 11 p.m. Thursday when he pulled out the gun to show it to a man and a woman at the bar, the Pensacola News Journal reported Friday.

The man then made a quick motion to put the gun into an imaginary holster under his shoulder when the gun went off and a bullet struck his torso, the outlet reported.

"I don't know if he was pretending to be a badass or something," bar manager Warren Sonnen told the News Journal. "But from what I can tell it was completely by accident."

Cops on routine patrol were flagged down outside the bar after the shooting.

However, the wounded man left the bar and checked himself into a local hospital before cops got to the scene, the newspaper said.

Police said Friday they were still trying to determine if charges would be filed.

The man's condition was not immediately known.

Comment: Future Darwin Award winner?

Reader Comments

TheImperialYeomanry · 2021-07-25T16:44:33Z

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loaded firearm and a bar

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hoax and their media

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Chester Goode · 2021-07-25T16:44:58Z

What charges? Charge him with shooting himself? At his "trial," he could act as his own lawyer and cross-examine himself.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-07-25T16:49:39Z

Chester Goode I'd guess it would be for reckless display of a firearm. (And I bet they're reviewing an interesting aspect of the CCW law, as you're not allowed to carry a gun in a bar with one. I could go on and on, but I think that they'll probably not charge the fool.) I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it was a striker fired pistol. I know a cop who shot off his own finger with one. When you have one in the chamber, it's always precocked or at least half-cocked. A classic DA/SA such as a P226 is the best way to go, IMHO.

He was smart to get the hell out before the cops got there.

If the guy's a SOTType (which I seriously doubt) they would happily use the opportunity to overcharge the idiot.

Lesson for SOTT folk: Don't shoot yourself, in a bar, or anywhere. More simply said, never violate the basic rules of firearm usage.

RC

Rhansen · 2021-07-25T19:20:55Z

Rowan Cocoan IIRC here there is a misdemeanor charge for discharging a weapon inside city limits (maybe something similar in our hero's jurisdiction).

He'd have been smarter to drop the mag & clear it (also assuming a striker pistol) before show & tell.....

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-07-25T19:27:42Z

Rhansen That's where I said about violating laws of firearms. If you obey them (it ain't hard, I learned them by age 6) there's simply NO danger. (As I recall, in some versions, drinking/drugs around guns is another violation, though I ain't in favor of such for it takes away individual sovereignty, AND responsibility! Aka, "It wasn't my fault, I was drunk." etc. )

I HATE striker fired pistols!

RC

Chester Goode · 2021-07-25T19:56:13Z

Rowan Cocoan The rule is to never, ever put your finger on the trigger unless you're ready to shoot at the range (or in a dangerous situation.) He apparently didn't follow that ironclad rule. Also, if he was trying to carry concealed it doesn't make sense that he would take the pistol out and show it around in a bar. I agree they will probably not charge him, however since only he was hurt.

Rhansen · 2021-07-26T01:39:21Z

Rowan Cocoan right on, just referring to your comment "He was smart to..." (and maybe some dead horse beating)

Heosphorus · 2021-07-26T05:54:10Z

Has everyone noticed the tremendous increase in stories about people randomly pulling and shooting guns? A traffic accident. An encounter in a grocery store. Of course, our old favorite--road rage. Since the Floyd George riots--everything has gone bonkers--but no progressive or Democrat wants to admit so. That time period also coincides with Covid spreading and possibly "infecting" people who present no symptoms. Remember what the Cs said? The virus was to control people but did the opposite?

Defunding and disempowering the police has resulted in dramatic increases of simple beatings and attempted rapes. All these people. Three women accosted in a NYC park in the middle of the afternoon with someone attempting to rape them. With people all around. I think the frequencies, I suspect, they're beaming at these people who are on medications and/or prior vaccines are amping up schizo-time. The teenagers out of control. Just hangin' out in NYC and decided to attack and fight a fire fighter walking his dog at night who had no interaction with them at all . For the fun of it.

We of the Clockwork Orange time.

Rowan Cocoan · 2021-07-26T09:49:54Z

Heosphorus Yep. It's been bolshy bezoomny!

RC

I admit, I had to look that up: [Link]

rc

prehistoric · 2021-07-28T05:30:32Z

I thought this was a Babylon Bee skit and was waiting for the: "he checked in to the hospital before police arrived and later died of covid."

Javed · 2021-08-02T03:57:52Z

Astrology of the Florida bar shooting [Link]

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