Man Shoots Off His Own Penis, Becomes Unintentional Anti-Gun Violence Icon (to Me)

Even the staunchest NRA defender wouldn’t argue that a man has the right to shoot himself in the penis. (Or would he?) But that’s what one man did in Trinidad and Tobago.

Police in the town of Rio Claro received a call around 8:00 a.m. on Sunday from witnesses who had heard a shot coming from a parked car. The responding officers found a driver slumped at the wheel bleeding from his… private parts.

The unnamed 33-year-old victim is a security guard who had been carrying a .38 caliber handgun in his pocket when it went off, hitting his penis! He was taken to the hospital where it was ascertained that he didn’t have a license for the gun he was carrying. As if he didn’t already learn his lesson, the hard way, he now faces charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Read more at Jezebel

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