I was at my buddies apartment when I was a teen.... he was rebuilding a 350 chevy motor in the living room (seriously)
.... and the idiot next door fired a rifle through the wall, went between us and shot the TV

Ahhhh, the good ol' days...
Memories.... Mem'ries light the corners of my mind  

JOG wrote on 11/22/24 at 17:25:13:

Pretty much
We went next door to see if he suicided but he said it just went off
Idiot in action

There plenty of gun going off on its own videos out there.  None are verified true.

 My opinion is that there plenty of gun going off on its own videos out there based off the number of videos available.  My opinion is that none are verified true since many admit faking it, and others will not allow reproduction of events.

I remember the first time I got drunk, I was still in my early teens it was at a party of a friend of mine on his father's birthday.
We were playing pinball on a pinball machine and I really didn't know what was up or down or what I was doing but I was having a lot of fun.

Suddenly I was lying next to the pinball machine and saw that there was a carbine stuck under the bottom.
I had never seen such a thing because weapons are prohibited in the Netherlands.
I take that thing out and start aiming it for fun.
Then everyone starts running and I thought it was very funny. I run after my buddy with that gun and he runs to his room and locks the door, then I pull the trigger and shoot two holes in his door.

Then I am overpowered by almost everyone who was still inside and they take that gun away and I am kicked out of the house.

I go home with the idea that I am having the time of my life.

However, in bed I gradually become very sick and dizzy and have to throw up
The next afternoon I go to that friend again with a big hangover and I ring the doorbell. His mother opens the door. I have never seen his mother so angry and was told in great detail what I had done. I was dragged to that door by his father and my nose was pushed into those holes and I was kicked out of the house again.

From that day on I decided that alcohol was not really my thing.

I grew up in what you could say is one of the most "challenging" neighborhoods in the Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAJnx5uwUU

I can tell from your language that you are converted on the outside, but not on the inside.

If you are a member of a shooting club here, you can apply for a gun permit and you are allowed to have guns at home.
If you walk around with a gun, you are either police, criminal or you have a mental challenge.
In any case, it is never seen as cool or impressive here.
We see it the other way around.

Our country is almost the smallest country in the world, but the Netherlands has the tallest inhabitants in the world on average and our martial arts culture has produced many world champions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqpeOWPy-U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNeIpOtScGQ

When I see how much trouble guns cause for you, I am glad we don't have them in our culture.
I do understand that you can't just abolish guns in the US. It would take too long for you to find a healthy balance.
So I am against banning guns in your country.
But maybe there will come a time when you don't need to defend your home and family that way.

We don't attach so much value to being tuff, here people are much more concerned with who you are as a person.

I,m not converted at al.