Today, and for years, we've had an old rifle on the wall in my dad's office that his grandad brought back from WW2. Purely on a whim because I was bored I took it down, aimed it at random things making "bang bang" noises. It was still loaded and now my dad's university diploma has a big big hole in it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I saw a gun on my dad's bedside table. I knew it wasn't real, so I picked it up and posed like a badass. Then I shot a hole in their bedroom TV, blew out my eardrums, and my mom flew in and started screaming at me. FML
Today, I went shooting with my dad and he brought his grandfather's rifle with him. I’ve never shot it before and he told me to be careful with it. The bullet exploded, ruptured the barrel, cut my face, and made me deaf in one ear. Dad still blamed me for “not shooting it properly.” FML
Today, I was at my friend's house. We were looking at her dad's guns, and I was explaining gun safety and how you should never put your finger on the trigger. I then shot a hole in the floor of her house. FML
Today, while I was pulling weeds, my dad thought it would be absolutely hilarious to yell "Hey, son!" then unload his gun at me when I turned around. After I'd screamed like a bitch and pissed myself, he broke down into hysterical laughter and said he'd loaded the gun with blanks. Fuck you, dad. FML
Today, I was dragged by my dad to the gun range for his pipe dream of a competitive shooting team. Apparently, plinking away on .22s while he and his ex-military buddies compare guns and trade sci-fi war stories until 7 PM is more important than the two research papers I'd set aside to write. FML
Today, I dropped a box from my dad's attic and blew a hole in my foot. I now have 3 toes missing because dad forgot he once wrestled a gun away from some kid trying to steal his wallet, meant to give it to the police, but kept forgetting, and it wound up in the attic for 11 years until today. FML
Today, my neighbor brought a ruined napkin holder over and claimed that we drilled a hole through his wall and ruined it. I apologized, not telling him that it was actually a bullet that my boyfriend shot through the wall. FML
Today, I was at a shooting range with my father. The target was a creepy poster of a man. My father said, "This one is for your boyfriend." Perfect groin shot. FML
Today, I was showing my friend's dad an airsoft gun I was hoping he would be interested in buying. It's a pistol worth about 90 bucks. In the midst of showing him, I thought it would be funny to do a fake, upwards "pistol whip". The mag ended up flying out full speed and hitting him in the eye. FML
Today, my 14 year-old son asked to join my buddies and me at the gun range. The second I finished the safety lecture and handed him a pistol, he started twirling it on his finger (thankfully, it was unloaded). I smacked him in the head and took him home. Now he's moping and sulking like a bitch. FML
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Top comments
Christina Winden 22
So….. common sense then. Guess you don’t have it.
ODBeefalo 10
never aim a firearm at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy...
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Comments (15)
Gubbon 17
Haven't seen s greater YDI in a while.
Christina Winden 22
So….. common sense then. Guess you don’t have it.
Hangryko 32
I'd ask "What were you thinking?," but you weren't!
ODBeefalo 10
never aim a firearm at anything you are not willing to kill or destroy...
wtafisgoah54 4
First rule of firearm safety: treat every gun as if it were loaded! Now you’ve learned the lesson the hard way.
mike3775 39
I see someone never learned basic firearm safety. Your lucky the diploma is only thing the bullet hit.
Justkidding100 41
guns aren't toys but loaded guns are also not decorations. Tbh he deserved it for not following gun safety
Thaylok 17
I don't care if you have a fully disassembled firearm on front of you. It IS still LOADED. That is the only mindset to have.
RichardPencil 32
Why are you pulling the trigger? You're lucky you didn't put a big hole in your dad!
Iamthebanzai22 21
Well, I'd say the person who hung it there without making it safe is at fault. While it is not clever to point guns and pull the trigger, unfortunately not everyone grew up with guns and not everyone has had gun safety training. If you didn't pull that trigger, maybe someone else would have and possibly killed someone. Or the gun would have fallen off the wall and killed someone. It really was just a matter of time. You were just the unlucky guy, but at least now the gun is safe. The diploma can be repaired or become a conversation piece.