Man taking trash to dumpster with gun slips, shoots and kills self accidentally, police say - eviltoast

A man taking his trash to an apartment dumpster was shot and killed after he slipped while walking and the gun he was carrying went off accidentally, according to San Antonio police.

  • 3ntranced@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This too. You’d be bafflef how many people think the shell casing is part of the bullet that’s fired. Like little rockets lol.

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      3 months ago

      It’s literally that xkcd geologist cartoon, where they think the average person knows the chemical formula for feltzbar and quartz. Everyone vastly overestimates the average person’s knowledge level for areas they themselves already understand.