Teen poses with a gun, lands up in hospital with bullet wound in chest - report

[schumi]

. A Port Elizabeth teenager is lucky to be alive after he shot himself in the chest last Saturday while trying to take a selfie.

Netwerk24 reported that Grade 11 pupil Luke Claassen was at home with his parents when the incident happened. His mother, Lindy, was on the couch on her phone while his father, Deon, had fallen asleep in front of the TV. 19-year-old Luke was in his parent's room listening to music and smoking a hubbly bubbly pipe. He managed to access a safe where his father kept his pistol, after discovering the key, which was hidden away.

More at : https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...al-with-bullet-wound-in-chest-report-20191123

 

[R13...]

Well 19 and grade 11, obviously not the sharpest of knives in the drawer.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

what a dumbarse, the gene pool almost got cleansed a touch more

 

[Dan C]

Well 19 and grade 11, obviously not the sharpest of knives in the drawer.

Should've used a knife

 

[BBSA]

Natural selection almost worked.

 

[SAguy]

Horrible for the parents as well, questions will need to be asked as to whether reasonable measures were taken to ensure limited access to the safe.

 

[genetic]

Horrible for the parents as well, questions will need to be asked as to whether reasonable measures were taken to ensure limited access to the safe.

Gun was locked in safe, key was hidden away. There is no negligence on the parents part.

The teenager clearly has no brain cells.

 

[SAguy]

Gun was locked in safe, key was hidden away. There is no negligence on the parents part.

The teenager clearly has no brain cells.

That much is clear - natural selection hard at work it seems.

 

[Tokolotshe]

Lad has tattoos at 19? Smoking a bubbly in the parents room? He so wanted to be badass and it is what got him into trouble? Hmmm.

Gun was locked in safe, key was hidden away. There is no negligence on the parents part.

The teenager clearly has no brain cells.

I don't think he'll ever do that again! So a win. I suspect that count went up with one shot. Brain shot?

Thank goodness he's okay. Hopefully he'll grow up normal now.

 

[AfricanTech]

Jirre, how dumb can you be

 

[nightjar]

.... key was hidden away. ..part.

Fat lot of good "hidden away" was.
The key to a gun safe should be under the license holder's control at all times.

 

[Tokolotshe]

Jirre, how dumb can you be

Challenge accepted! Want a selfie with that?

 

[Tokolotshe]

Fat lot of good "hidden away" was.
The key to a gun safe should be under the license holder's control at all times.

Here we go again.

Please explain that? That would make it either illegal to own a gun, or illegal to sleep. If you sleep you can't control anything.

 

[Alton Turner Blackwood]

Well 19 and grade 11, obviously not the sharpest of knives in the drawer.

Lol, he's turning 20 on 30 November according to his Facebook profile

 

[MidnightWizard]

The key to the safe should be locked up at the nearest SAPS station where they will have it under 24 hr control
When perps decide to break in to steal guns they will have to hold up the SAPS station --perhaps after raping and killing the family and looting the household ...

 

[genetic]

The key to the safe should be locked up at the nearest SAPS station where they will have it under 24 hr control
When perps decide to break in to steal guns they will have to hold up the SAPS station --perhaps after raping and killing the family and looting the household ...

Dude, you really need help... Your posts are just getting worse.

 

[Tokolotshe]

The key to the safe should be locked up at the nearest SAPS station where they will have it under 24 hr control
When perps decide to break in to steal guns they will have to hold up the SAPS station --perhaps after raping and killing the family and looting the household ...

What has your poor keyboard ever done to you? Flagging @SPCKB*!!!

* Society for the Protection of Cruelty to KeyboaRds.

 

[ShaunSA]

Confused badass with dumbass

 

[SAguy]

Here we go again.

Please explain that? That would make it either illegal to own a gun, or illegal to sleep. If you sleep you can't control anything.

What Sollie is saying though isn't incorrect though - the fact that someone accessed a firearm means that the licensed owner is in contravention of the FCA. The licensed owner should then get an opportunity in court to prove that he put reasonable measures in place.

 

[Tokolotshe]

Here we go again.

I must be a clairvoyant!

What Sollie is saying though isn't incorrect though - the fact that someone accessed a firearm means that the licensed owner is in contravention of the FCA. The licensed owner should then get an opportunity in court to prove that he put reasonable measures in place.

Thank goodness most cops have brains, else we'd have to build more courts. Zuma & Cohorts are hogging the current lot

At the end of the day it comes down to reasonable: reasonable suspicion that the owner was negligent in his responsibilities. If so and the prosecutor agrees there was negligence, it goes to court. Then there the reasonableness test applies within the framework of the law. It's a balancing act.