A Deadly Combination
A loaded gun in the hands of a moron!
Ruiz wanted to make a YouTube video of her shooting into a book held to his chest, and he believed the book would stop the bullet. Ruiz convinced Perez to participate in the stunt by showing her a different book he had shot, and the bullet did not go all the way through...
Perez told investigators she fired a 50 caliber [sic] handgun from about one foot away while Ruiz held the book to his chest. The book did not stop the bullet, and Ruiz was killed...
Youtube seems to have become a gathering place for patent stupidity; a 21st century version of the Roman Coliseum.
Strangely enough, nobody like this has ever shown up in an NRA Firearms Safety class. Why do you suppose that is?
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