Granite State Darwinism

Not much to add here. Stop me if you've heard this one before.

Police say man thought gun wasn't loaded

DERRY, N.H. --Police say a man who fatally shot himself in the head with a .45-caliber handgun did not think the gun was loaded.

Scratch the last four words there for a more accurate assessment of the life and times of the above-mentioned former MENSA chapter president.

David Mazzaglia Jr. was handling the gun with friends at an apartment when he accidentally shot himself Sunday night.

Yeah, right. He accidentally started playing with a loaded, accidentally pointed said gun at his head, without a clue in the world as to whether there was a round in the chamber or not, and accidentally pulled the trigger.

Police Capt. Vernon Thomas said the semiautomatic gun belonged to a friend whom Thomas declined to identify. He said the men were handling guns, but "nothing devious" was going on.

Devious? Perhaps not. Ass-flamingly retarded? Yup.

"It appears firearms were a hobby," he said.

Maybe, but I don't think that has any bearing here. Someone this stupid would have been just as likely to off himself with a friggin' Beanie Baby collection.

Oh, he'd have found a way.

On Monday, a relative who declined to have his name published told the New Hampshire Union Leader that Mazzaglia knew guns well.

Um...

No.

He.

Didn't.

He said the family was still trying to understand how the accident could have happened.

And, I'm still trying to understand how the media can continue to portray these acts of unbridled idiocy as "accidents".

The friends called for help shortly before 9 p.m., but police said Mazzaglia was already dead. The investigation is continuing.

Let me help.

A) He was an idiot who had no fucking business even looking at a loaded gun, never mind jerking around with one.

or

B) He knew what he was doing and decided the time was right to kill himself, intentionally.

Flip a coin. Case closed.