Man Shoots Himself In The Head At NRA 500

[NFS4]

Damn hillbillies! 😉

Yesterday during the National Rifle Association-sponsored NRA 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway, it was reported that a man died in the infield. Today, the medical examiner has determined the cause of death to be suicide. Kirk Franklin, 42, of Saginaw, Texas, shot himself in the head. The Associated Press (via USA Today) with more:

Fort Worth police have said a man who was camping in the infield died of a "self-inflicted injury" after getting into an argument with other campers. The incident happened late in the Sprint Cup race.

Police spokeswoman Cpl. Tracey Knight has said alcohol may have been a factor. Knight said several people witnessed the incident, but nobody was in danger.

Track spokesman Mike Zizzo say the death occurred "in or around a pickup truck" in part of the infield near the middle of the backstretch.

The National Rifle Association has yet to issue a statement on the Franklin's death, though the incident will likely further stoke the country's already-contentious gun debate.

http://deadspin.com/man-shoots-himself-in-the-head-at-nra-500-472893824

 

[Mixolydian]

If you got into an argument with someone and you had a gun, wouldn't you shoot the other person and not yourself? :hmm:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Guns plus alcohol is a 'Merican rite! U can has mah gun wen u pry it frum mah cold dead... BLAM!!!

 

[Triumph]

Who cares?

 

[Rakehellion]

Damn hillbillies! 😉

Yeah, suicide is hilarious!



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[JulesMaximus]

Yeah, suicide is hilarious!



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For the record I also don't care.

 

[schneiderguy]

Man commits suicide: lol stupid hillbillies
Woman commits suicide: national tragedy

 

[irishScott]

though the incident will likely further stoke the country's already-contentious gun debate.

Yeah, you wish USA Today. If he was intoxicated it was an illegal gun anyway.

 

[IEC]

Yeah, you wish USA Today. If he was intoxicated it was an illegal gun anyway.

Took the words out of my mouth...

 

[Red Squirrel]

NRA 500... is that like Daydona 500, but with guns instead of race cars? :awe:

 

[Malak]

Yeah, you wish USA Today. If he was intoxicated it was an illegal gun anyway.

Because as the NRA wants you to believe, only bad people do bad things with guns.

 

[EliteRetard]

So a quick question.

It appears to be socially correct to laugh at a suicide, but not a murder...is this correct?

Since there are no written rules to this effect I have been getting a lot of shit lately and I am trying to figure it all out. Serious question.

Or is this funny because nobody here knows the guy?

 

[Mixolydian]

So a quick question.

It appears to be socially correct to laugh at a suicide, but not a murder...is this correct?

Since there are no written rules to this effect I have been getting a lot of shit lately and I am trying to figure it all out. Serious question.

Or is this funny because nobody here knows the guy?

It's all about the circumstances.

 

[IEC]

Because as the NRA wants you to believe, only bad people do bad things with guns.

The NRA is an organization made up of 5,000,000+ people like myself who elect our representatives within the organization, and is entirely funded by donations of people like myself.

Outside of negligence with a loaded firearm leading to an "accident" it is only bad people doing bad things with guns. 99.99% of firearms usage isn't the crime you see on TV.

 

[Malak]

The NRA is an organization made up of 5,000,000+ people like myself who elect our representatives within the organization, and is entirely funded by donations of people like myself.

Outside of negligence with a loaded firearm leading to an "accident" it is only bad people doing bad things with guns. 99.99% of firearms usage isn't the crime you see on TV.

Made up on the spot statistics and irrelevant information to the statement is the typical dogmatic jargon I expect. Keep your blinders on and keep moving.

 

[Greenman]

The anti gun crowd likes to mock the 2nd amendment crowd, and anyone they consider "rednecks".

In the 50's and early 60's it would have been blacks they mocked, but now they're to enlightened to ridicule someone over their race (other than white) so it becomes a cultural thing.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Yeah, you wish USA Today. If he was intoxicated it was an illegal gun anyway.

Seems like too easy a way to write this incident off.

Are you really saying that a gun becomes "illegal" any time the owner becomes intoxicated?

 

[grrl]

The anti gun crowd likes to mock the 2nd amendment crowd, and anyone they consider "rednecks".

In the 50's and early 60's it would have been blacks they mocked, but now they're to enlightened to ridicule someone over their race (other than white) so it becomes a cultural thing.

Not completely true. Rednecks have always been mocked, by blacks and whites. And in the 50s and 60s, pro- and anti-gun whites mocked blacks.

 

[EliteRetard]

It's all about the circumstances.

Well thanks for the info, I'll just keep observing then.

 

[brianmanahan]

anyone who makes a 😉 about a suicide is not a well adjusted individual

 

[OverVolt]

I don't even know why this made the news.

They had to dig up some kind of dirt on the NRA 500 I guess since they were pressuring Nascar to change the title of the race and tried super hard for something relating to guns.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I don't even know why this made the news.

They had to dig up some kind of dirt on the NRA 500 I guess since they were pressuring Nascar to change the title of the race and tried super hard for something relating to guns.

So you think they hired a guy to commit suicide in the infield during the race?

Or do you think people dying at a sporting event is not newsworthy and that the media should have not reported it? They only reported the news to get the NRA 😡

 

[zinfamous]

Man commits suicide: lol stupid hillbillies
Woman commits suicide: national tragedy

i think it was more the NASCAR + alcohol + NRA event + um, well..actually camping in the infield of a NASCAR event drunk off your ass and shooting yourself in the head that = hillbillies and lolhilarious part.

but, please. do go on.

 

[zinfamous]

I don't even know why this made the news.

They had to dig up some kind of dirt on the NRA 500 I guess since they were pressuring Nascar to change the title of the race and tried super hard for something relating to guns.

I'm curious how often this happens at NASCAR events?

Sure, if it's a monthly occurrence that a dude shoots himself in the head in the infield of a left-turning event and no one usually seems to care, then I would be inclined to agree with you that this is just "digging up dirt." Please, do go find some precedent.


...but however you want to interpret the reporting of it...this is obviously weird.

 

[zinfamous]

The NRA is an organization made up of 5,000,000+ people like myself who elect our representatives within the organization, and is entirely funded by donations of people like myself.

Outside of negligence with a loaded firearm leading to an "accident" it is only bad people doing bad things with guns. 99.99% of firearms usage isn't the crime you see on TV.

This is fascinating, these numbers.

I wonder if you have a source?