Warning: Don’t stick a gun in your pants waistband

by David Safier

I suppose they teach this is gun safety school, along with “Always have the safety on” and “Don’t point your gun at anything you don’t plan to shoot.”

According to the Republic, a Chandler man stuck his fiancée’s pink handgun into the waistband of his pants.

The gun fired, striking Seto’s penis and continuing through his left thigh. The bleeding started immediately and was heavy, according to police dispatch recordings released Sunday.

“He is still conscious, there is just a lot of blood,” Christopher , 26, told 9-1-1 operators and dispatchers.

One operator told Christopher to apply direct pressure to the wound with a dry towel or T-shirt, but to avoid looking at the wound.

“I did look at it,” Christopher said. “It’s pretty bad.”

I’m trying to remember: when did I hear about a lady’s pink handgun that didn’t have a safety being pointed at someone? Hmm.

OK, now I’ve got it. AZ Senator Lori Klein. Here’s the passage from the Republic article:

“Oh, it’s so cute,” Klein said, as she unzipped the loaded Ruger from its carrying case to show a reporter and photographer. She was sitting on a leather couch in a lounge, just outside the Senate chamber.

She showed off the laser sighting by pointing the red beam at the reporter’s chest. The gun has no safety, she said, but there was no need to worry.

“I just didn’t have my hand on the trigger,” she said.

Klein’s gun didn’t go off, fortunately.

A message to tough guys who watch too much TV. Real people put their guns in holsters, not in their pants. According to the man-shoots-his-own-penis article,

The cops and robbers of the silver screen [who stick their guns in their waistbands] most likely use rubber weapons, which weigh far less than the real things.

Not only do rubber weapons weigh less, but they don’t tend to go off unexpectedly.