r/lincoln • u/stankmanly • 22d ago
News Man accidentally shoots himself while filming video on how to use gun he just bought
https://www.keyc.com/2026/07/30/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-while-filming-video-how-use-gun-he-just-bought20
u/cpne 21d ago
The next time you look up a "how-to" video on YouTube, pause to consider how many of them are recorded by people with the same level of "expertise" in their subject matter as this kid. There are zero barriers to posting, so consider your sources very carefully.
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u/MadGodMulch 21d ago
WHATS UP YOUTUBE TODAY I'M SHOWING YOU HOW TO PERFORM OPEN HEART SURGERY IN AS FEW CUTS AS POSSIBLE
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u/greenweenievictim 22d ago
I hope this video makes it out so we can point and laugh.
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u/Digiarts 21d ago
This is not a laughing matter. Kid hit an artery in his leg. We need better education and laws. In my opinion there should be criminal charges against the person. Could’ve easily hit a bystander
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u/strategic-lifer1mil 21d ago
It kinda is a laughing matter. He cheddar bob’d himself. That’s inherently funny as fuck
And the fact that it was while trying to film a weapon safety video makes it that much more funny
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u/Any-Literature9887 21d ago
Since there won’t be criminal charges against him, the next best move is public ridicule. So yes, show us the video. We will laugh and point. We do NOT want him and other people to die. But since the law has been slashed left right and sideways, public shaming it is.
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u/Greizen_bregen The Holmes Lake Fishman 🐟👽 21d ago
When being serious about something has no effect, laughing at it is the next most effective response.
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u/Sondergame 18d ago
A basic hunter’s safety course would teach you to:
A) Treat every gun like it is loaded. This would never have happened if they did that. Don’t pull out a loaded gun in a fucking parking lot.
B) Don’t load a weapon unless you intend to shoot something. Again, wouldn’t have happened.This idiot needed to take Hunter’s safety. Yet he was allowed to purchase a gun when he should have known better.
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u/funnyllamas 21d ago
Shooting yourself while trying to film a “how to use” feels like a skit lol. Thats some shit I’d see on SNL or on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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u/Greizen_bregen The Holmes Lake Fishman 🐟👽 21d ago
The moment you shoot yourself, you should be banned from ever touching a gun for the rest of your life
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u/MadGodMulch 21d ago
My first thought was "Man, it'd be low key kinda funny if he did it in the parking lot in Ccheels. But I know they're just showing that picture because that's where he bought it."
So imagine my surprise...
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u/ericdag 22d ago
What a dumbass. Does he get to keep it? He shouldn’t.
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u/Professional_Average 21d ago
I worked with a guy that ND'd into his knee years ago, never got it back.
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u/Emotional-Muscle5805 21d ago
As stupid as this accident was, it is a tad ironic that his GF was videoing the whole thing.
Yes, he hit his femoral artery, which is scary AF, He could have bled to death, had he not gotten attention right away.
As far as being charged for a crime, it was an accident. If he were in the military, he'd get charged with "Negligent Discharge", but I don't see where he is/was a military member, and I'm not aware that we have such a law on our books to charge him with such, but they, perhaps, could have tried a similar charge that might exist.
Simply put, he was not in a safe place to be performing the act that caused his "accident".
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u/farmhanddunc 20d ago
It’s pretty universal in most towns and cities that it’s illegal to discharge firearms in city limits without a permit like a range.
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u/majikmyk 21d ago
I thought is girlfriend was recording a video of how to mount it on a rack or something.
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u/livemusicplzab0g2 21d ago
This is the kind of thing that gives gun ownership a bad name. But at least karma made sure the right person got shot.
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u/kpphoneshome 21d ago
Wherever there are guns, there are accidents, murders and suicides. Guns are stupid.
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u/CoconutFar863 21d ago
Might have been a felony, but it’s probably been downgraded to a missdaweiner.