Man said he fired bullet into neighbor's home because it was his only way to unload gun

[Skully]

Man said he fired bullet into neighbor's home because it was his only way to unload gun (FOX news article)

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Police in Pennsylvania say a man accused of shooting a bullet through a neighbor's window told a judge he fired the gun because it was the only way he knew how to unload it.

Middletown Detective Patrick Nicastro tells the Bucks County Courier Times (http://bit.ly/1CwbE81) that 31-year-old George Byrd IV of Penndel at first denied being behind the shooting but then acknowledged during his arraignment that he fired the weapon to clear the chamber because he was unfamiliar with guns.
Authorities say Byrd fired the gun early Friday afternoon in the suburban Philadelphia community. No one was injured.
Byrd is being held in the Bucks County jail on $20,000 bond. No attorney is listed on court papers.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8

(CLick on the weird highlighted link in the copy of the FOX article take you to the original)

Special kind of stupid there.

Just curious if anyone has ever personally met someone like this and how do you survive being around them?

I have met many people that I could describe as "2 cans shy of a 6 pack" before, but this just baffles me.

[cstone]

I recall a negligent discharge from an Uzi by an employee. When asked what happened, the employee said they were clearing the weapon in the manner they had been taught. Incredulous, the investigators asked the employee to walk them through exactly how they were taught to clear the Uzi. Once confirmed that the employee failed to follow proper clearing procedure and was unable to identify the instructors involved in the employee's training, the entire training staff was interviewed to insure that no one involved in training employees was that incredibly incompetent.

Later, that same employee who launched one into the deck, was terminated for a hot UA. That is a completely different story for a different thread.

Be safe.

[lex137]

There are a lot of people in the trade I work with that I say are to stupid to die!

[Irving]

Sounds like a blackpowder pistol.

[Skully]

Sounds like a blackpowder pistol.

If you clicked on the link in the article there is a lot more. The "Fire to unload" incident allowed police to find a lot more.

He was also;

A 31-year-old convicted felon accused of firing a bullet that broke a neighbor’s window allegedly claimed he fired the gun because it was the only way he knew how to unload it.
During that sweep, police allegedly found several rounds of handgun ammunition on the basement floor.
A search warrant was obtained and executed and police confiscated various handgun ammunition of varying calibers, a .357 revolver, 12-gauge double barrel shotgun an a M77 long rifle, the affidavit said.
Police also found two bullet holes entering and exiting the back of a shed in the rear of the property. Similar bullet holes were seen entering and exiting a fence at the rear of a shed on the Jefferson Avenue property.

Sounded like he was "unloading" a lot of his arms, but surprised no one heard him unloading the previous times before.

A special SPECIAL kind of stupid.

Glad he was not my neighbor...................

[Artema]

Holy crap. Why doesn't he "unload" into the ground at the very least, being as insanely stupid as he is, he could at least go that far.

[Wulf202]

Just curious if anyone has ever personally met someone like this and how do you survive being around them?

I had a guy who did this with a 12ga slug.

[buffalobo]

Darwin must be rolling in his grave at the number who have escaped.

[Aloha_Shooter]

So this kind of incident is where I part company with those who are absolutist about "shall not be infringed". This guy is clearly too freaking stupid to be allowed unsupervised access to firearms. Even without the prior felony conviction(s), he's a menace to society if that's his procedure for clearing a weapon.

[Artema]

So this kind of incident is where I part company with those who are absolutist about "shall not be infringed". This guy is clearly too freaking stupid to be allowed unsupervised access to firearms. Even without the prior felony conviction(s), he's a menace to society if that's his procedure for clearing a weapon.

I can understand what you're saying, however it is the antis' goal to eliminate firearms training from the country to show that guns are dangerous. It's an evil and sadistic method, but things like this are the result. Children used to get basic function and safety in school.