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Teen charged with killing her boyfriend during a failed YouTube stunt
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The Hamburglar
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Looks like Cabellas has them. If course, they're also $1600+.
BreezyLimbo
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This is horribly sad. I feel for that little girl, and the unborn child never knowing it's father.
Why must people be so stupid?
Oh fuck me, the children were probably watching weren't they? Looking through their youtube, they usually feature their kids in the video.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
A desert eagle wtf
finalflame
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Such a sad and unfortunate tragedy. It was stupid, but nobody deserved to die over this. 
Nydius
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My dad was a gun nut so I grew up around guns, learned how to shoot everything from rifles to high end handguns. The one gun I walked away scared as shit of after firing one magazine was his DE .50AE. Seeing one in photos is nothing compared to holding one with a full magazine. IIRC, fully loaded the damn thing is nearly 10 pounds. That, alone, should have made them realize that the book had NO chance.
That and the GIGANTIC FUCKING BULLET.
That and the GIGANTIC FUCKING BULLET.
Testing would have required some sort of scientific thought process between these two people, which they obviously lacked. They wanted to be famous on YouTube and this was a part of thier plan. The killing is more straight up negligent than stupid, everyone is taught in schools in the US now not to play with guns.
Yeah, the daughter is usually featured pretty prominently in them.
whitemex88
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Better thought, test it out on the book itself first
I don't think you need to put that much thought into seeing if any gun can shoot through a book before you decide to entrust your life with it.
I'm not American - but a Desert E is heavy ordinance fire-arm. Not exactly standard issue or hunting weapon. But if it's something you pick up off the shelf, then your country is ......damn
Right? I wonder if they shoot something with that gun before, because it is obvious that a book can't stop that caliber from that short distance.
DreadfulOmen
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Sorry but i just don't feel bad for them at all. Just plain stupid people doing dumb things for youtube fame.
Fallout-NL
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Yeah, that's not a gun, it's a fucking hand cannon.
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Also, Darwin award does not apply cause this dude already got his girl pregnant.
"Heavy ordinance weapon" lol. It's a novelty gun with no real practical purpose other than maybe hunting if using certain versions of it. It's not available in most gun stores and generally only shows up at gun shows or online retailers. It's also incredibly expensive and generally just owned by collectors.
Something like the $350 compact, concealable Smith & Wesson M&P is a lot more likely to be used in a crime.
Just checked, damn a couple of grand for one. And they only had 180 subscribers
Nydius
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Yep, pretty much all of this. Although here in VA you can get them in gun shops, at least the 44 Mag variety (and then all you have to do is buy the 50 AE conversion kit). But the one my father owned he couldn't even fire it at most ranges. If he wanted to use it he had to go to private rural grounds, an open air licensed range, or a military or police run range.
It's impractical to the extreme. 5 pounds empty, 10 pounds full, and too big to be carried regularly. Most (non-gaming) people wouldn't even know what a Desert Eagle is if not for Hollywood.
Earthbound64
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This is true.
Zeus The Dino
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God damn bruh
Jack Scofield
Member
I don't understand how someone this stupid survived to the age of 22 in the first place.
Johnlenham
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The Simpsons really does have it all
I am not sure how she was charged, assuming they believe her story (which, since its on video she probably has some pretty compelling evidence to back up). If he asked her to shoot him, and they both agreed it would be fine, and both believed that, wouldn't this be accidental?
If a magician was killed in the performance of a trick, would his or her assistant be culpable, assuming the magician accepted the risk?
Not saying this guy was David Copperfield, but wouldn't the same principal apply?
Or is this more a William Burroughs type situation?
If a magician was killed in the performance of a trick, would his or her assistant be culpable, assuming the magician accepted the risk?
Not saying this guy was David Copperfield, but wouldn't the same principal apply?
Or is this more a William Burroughs type situation?
Darkspiret
Neo Member
As said its a novelty handgun and really serves no purpose other than collecting and hunting. Their very heavy, very large, expensive, recoil like a motherfucker, ammo is about $2 a shot (versus about 16cents for a 9mm bullet) and because their a semi-auto large caliber handgun they tend to jam more. Their not practical in almost any sense and no one uses these things other than a range gun or for moderate hunting (i know a friends uncle uses his for boar hunting).
Which kinda makes this whole story even more perplexing. You dont buy a .50AE DE without knowing what its about. Its entire reputation is based on POWER.
Agreed, just saying what I said because a lot of people were saying "how didn't they test this". It's obvious why you shouldn't and clearly these folks had no clue what the fuck they were doing.
killamajig
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A shot of 44 Magnum and my first thought was "no thanks".
Trying to hold that thing steady to get off a decent shot was next to Impossible for me.
The one advantage those big guns have, once you run out of bullets you could pistol-whip the fuck out of somebody. So God damn heavy.
Trying to hold that thing steady to get off a decent shot was next to Impossible for me.
The one advantage those big guns have, once you run out of bullets you could pistol-whip the fuck out of somebody. So God damn heavy.
Nydius
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She was charged with second degree manslaughter, which makes sense as manslaughter is usually the "accidental" death charge when the accident was caused by a reckless act or reckless endangerment of life. According to the story, she was reluctant before and he kept goading her until she agreed. That reluctance will probably come back to bite her as it's clear she understood the gravity of the situation but finally decided to go ahead with it anyway.
It'll be hard for the defense to argue that she didn't understand the reckless nature of what she was doing.
PyroPaperPlanes
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It's arguable one at that age could be reluctant for thinking it's a bad idea without realizing how bad that idea it really is.
Linkstrikesback
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Holy shit
PyroPaperPlanes
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Yes. A Desert Eagle will destroy you.
That was the first video I checked out, hand-cannon indeed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuRLztDljY
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King Tubby
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Also, pregnant. Plaxico Burress got two years for shooting himself in the dick.
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