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I Didn't Know it was Loaded
2023-10-15


[Bearing Arms]
A carjacker died after he accidentally blasted himself in the chest while trying to smash a window with the butt of his shotgun, an inquest has heard.
DOH!
Officers investigating the death of Reece Ramsey-Johnson said they were satisfied there was ’no third party involvement’ as they closed the probe into his killing.
He's dead, Jim.
Witnesses who saw the 22-year-old dying from gunshot wounds in the street outside a Lloyds bank in Sydenham on Sunday, September 8, said his own gun may have gone off when he used to to hit a car window.
To some people everything is a hammer.
Now, this was a UK carjacker and not the American variety of the breed, but it’s still the feel-good story of the day, that’s for sure.

It also suggests that British gun control laws aren’t nearly as effective as some want to claim them to be. After all, if someone like this snotnosed punk could get a shotgun, they can’t be all that hard to obtain on the black market that I’ve been assured doesn’t really exist in the UK.

To be sure, Ramsey-Johnson got precisely what he deserved, regardless of where he was located. Such criminals should always meet such ends. At least here in the United States, we can arrange for them to meet those ends. In the UK, you have to hope and pray it’s someone of Ramsey-Johnson’s...intellect. That’s what it takes to make sure predatory jackwagons get precisely what they deserve.

Honestly, though, I’m actually a bit baffled at just how stupid you have to be to shoot yourself in the chest while trying to bust a car window. I get that they don’t have the gun culture we do, but it shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that you don’t point your gun at yourself while you smash the firearm against a window. This is especially true if there’s something like a finger on the trigger.
Dumber than a bucket of hair.
Opening the inquest at Southwark Coroner’s Court on Thursday September 26, Dr Andrew Harris confirmed the police investigation had now ended.

He said: ’The investigating officer is satisfied there is no third party involvement.

At this point, Ramsey-Johnson’s death isn’t just a feel-good story, but a prime example of nature adding a little chlorine into the gene pool. My only hope is that this jackwagon hadn’t already reproduced and thus spread his idiocy to a whole new generation.

Posted by:Deacon Blues

#9  His fam should sue the shooter. Hilarity ensues
Posted by: Frank G   2023-10-15 17:19  

#8  He called shotgun
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-10-15 14:21  

#7  I've gone back and checked the source and I'm still trying to work this out. He was trying to break a window. With the butt of a shotgun. Either he was swinging it like a sledgehammer, or it was a real shortie.
Note that he was willing to break the window, but he didn't want to shoot the window.
I am confused. Frequently, these days.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-10-15 13:39  

#6  Heart warming story.
Maybe it's the 4 mugs of coffee.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-10-15 10:25  

#5  Public Service Suicide (PSS).
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-10-15 09:08  

#4  Around here that would listed as NHI (no human involement).
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-10-15 08:58  

#3  In theory, companies are shielded from liability in instances where their product was used incorrectly. Of course, every lawsuit is a cr@psh00t...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-10-15 07:42  

#2  Move along, Darwin at work.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-10-15 07:04  

#1  What manufacturer?
Can't say, lawsuit pending?
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-10-15 01:09  

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