Navy SEAL negligent discharge

Just stumbled across this news article in which a young Navy SEAL, in order to demonstrate that his weapon was not loaded, pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger.

Wow. So tragic and so hopelessly stupid.

Sad loss for his friends and family. America lost a huge investment. Hard to believe someone with that amount of trigger time would do that. One reason I get so mad when someone sweeps me with their weapon even when I know it's unloaded.

thats only about a million or so of our tax dollars gone = (

So sad to put yourself through the most intensive military program we have and PASS and to be killed by your own weapon on ACCIDENT = (

I'll bet his lady friend won't be able to sleep for a while - and will probably become an antigunner.

Alcohol and guns never works.

Stupid unloaded guns will get you every time! Alcohol and guns are not a good combination for sure. Waste of what was sure to be a bright future serving his country

Can I say what everyone else is thinking?





DUMB AS$.

Sorry, don't know any other way to say it. What a waste.

Methos wrote:Alcohol and guns never works.

Someone that has gun handling safety embedded in their mind doesn't pull that stunt drunk or sober. Appears he was seriously lacking in that area.

What a waste.

#1 Rule of gun handling- The gun is always loaded until YOU make sure it's not.

I don't think I could check to see if my gun was unloaded and put it to my head and pull the trigger. Just the thought of it makes me feel ill even if I knew it was unloaded. There are some things you just do not do.

Trained stupid is still stupid

Doug

Its really hard to believe a trained seal would do this...

but as you read down a bit you find where He and girlfriend had been doing a lot of drinking at a bar.

Bad combination...booze and guns

and Bel - That's probably a couple mil down the drain in reality

msredneck wrote:Its really hard to believe a trained seal would do this...

but as you read down a bit you find where He and girlfriend had been doing a lot of drinking at a bar.

Bad combination...booze and guns

and Bel - That's probably a couple mil down the drain in reality

Not hard for me to believe. I used to work with couple of retired Seals, both of them were dumber than doorknobs. Doug's right trained stupid is still stupid.

Doug Bowser wrote:Trained stupid is still stupid

Doug

+1

You can teach a man to shoot but teaching him not to be a moron is a tricky thing.

msredneck wrote:Its really hard to believe a trained seal would do this...

but as you read down a bit you find where He and girlfriend had been doing a lot of drinking at a bar.

Bad combination...booze and guns

and Bel - That's probably a couple mil down the drain in reality

The serviceman, who had been drinking with a woman at a bar

Read more: http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/region-navy-seal-accidentally-shoots-self-in-head/article_99947986-9e53-5204-8453-ac9954e2656f.html#ixzz1igo9tTa0

It doesn't say how much or how little he drank or how intoxicated he was. I can't imagine being drunk enough to point a gun at my head and pull the trigger.

sand_man wrote:What a waste.

#1 Rule of gun handling- The gun is always loaded until YOU make sure it's not.

+1. And then continue to treat it like it is loaded!!!

Sorry guys but I feel if this is what we are turning out as supposedly our "best of the best", then something is wrong! Any idiot with proper gun training knows to never do this. Maybe the person who trained this guy should be addressed. It is truly a sad day for America, and a waste of tax dollars. I will agree with BUBBAT, I too know some green berets that are dumber than bricks.
scott

sidroski wrote:.....I get so mad when someone sweeps me with their weapon ...

And then, if you mention it, they argue with you that they didn't sweep you!!!!! That makes my blood boil!



One thousand one, one thousand two, .... deep breath...

#1 all guns are always loaded.

mascott wrote:Sorry guys but I feel if this is what we are turning out as supposedly our "best of the best", then something is wrong! Any idiot with proper gun training knows to never do this. Maybe the person who trained this guy should be addressed. It is truly a sad day for America, and a waste of tax dollars. I will agree with BUBBAT, I too know some green berets that are dumber than bricks.
scott

Trained or not, this is why we don't mix alcohol and guns, period

To build off what others have said, trained as stupid is still stupid; trained, stupid and drunk is way worse.

Perhaps it was meant to be. Maybe a higher power knew he would get a lot of others killed or botch a critical mission sometime in the future.