Russian Roulette prank gone wrong during wedding toast that leaves man brain dead

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

(the video can be found on the internetz)

In what may be the worst wedding toast of all time, a guest was severely wounded after shooting himself in the head while playing Russian Roulette with a supposedly unloaded gun during a speech honoring the bride and groom, the Daily Mail reports.

A friend of the groom can be seen producing the gun and asking for volunteers to play Russian Roulette in a home video making the rounds on YouTube.

When another guest took the offered gun and pulled the trigger, however, he can be seen collapsing after firing a rubber bullet into his head. Stunned guests can then be seen scrambling as the camera jerks away.

The toast-maker, identified by London's Telegraph as a 33-year-old Chechian man, was arrested despite his claims that it was a prank gone wrong. He says he thought he had emptied the gun of bullets.

Local police have opened a criminal investigation.

Doctors managed to remove the rubber bullet from the victim's skull, but he suffered brain damage and paralysis, the Daily Mail reports, quoting Russian media accounts.

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[Ban Hammer 13,621]

[Kevin and 10]

(the video can be found on the internetz)

In what may be the worst wedding toast of all time, a guest was severely wounded after shooting himself in the head while playing Russian Roulette with a supposedly unloaded gun during a speech honoring the bride and groom, the Daily Mail reports.

A friend of the groom can be seen producing the gun and asking for volunteers to play Russian Roulette in a home video making the rounds on YouTube.

When another guest took the offered gun and pulled the trigger, however, he can be seen collapsing after firing a rubber bullet into his head. Stunned guests can then be seen scrambling as the camera jerks away.

The toast-maker, identified by London's Telegraph as a 33-year-old Chechian man, was arrested despite his claims that it was a prank gone wrong. He says he thought he had emptied the gun of bullets.

Local police have opened a criminal investigation.

Doctors managed to remove the rubber bullet from the victim's skull, but he suffered brain damage and paralysis, the Daily Mail reports, quoting Russian media accounts.

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Removing the magazine does not empty the chamber.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Here is the actual video Gun Idiot (kinda graphic - no blood - you have been warned)

Strange, in the video, you can see he racked the slide back first, does not pull the trigger (there is a clicking sound, appears he drops the "safety" and the trigger appears to move forward, then racks it again, handed it off to another guy, and bang.

Something looks fishy here - like he setup the second guy.

[Angel and Gendy 1]

Thinning the gene pool.... I'm all for it

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Here is the actual video Gun Idiot (kinda graphic - no blood - you have been warned)

Strange, in the video, you can see he racked the slide back first, does not pull the trigger (there is a clicking sound, appears he drops the "safety" and the trigger appears to move forward, then racks it again, handed it off to another guy, and bang.

Something looks fishy here - like he setup the second guy.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Even better "tip": never play Russian roulette, period.

[lostinblue 1,989]

When I was 8 years old my father made a point to me.....treat every gun as loaded. Yes thin the gene pool.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I betcha that if we want to thin the gene pool, everyone on VJ would be dead.

It's a sad story. This is just like the case where everyone who neglect to look both ways when crossing a two way street. It's the stupidest way to die.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Playing Russian Roulette with an automatic pistol is, well, really stupid. I write this one off to natural selection. If it hadn't been a .32 KelTec he would be completely dead, not just "brain dead". He was brain-dead BEFORE he shot himself.

[Scott & Lai 12]

I betcha that if we want to thin the gene pool, everyone on VJ would be dead.

How do you figure that?

Playing Russian Roulette with an automatic pistol is, well, really stupid. I write this one off to natural selection. If it hadn't been a .32 KelTec he would be completely dead, not just "brain dead". He was brain-dead BEFORE he shot himself.

So, it is less stupid to play Russian Roulette with a revolver??

[Niels Bohr 72]

I'm just saying, everyone has their fault in stupidity. Not just VJ.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

How do you figure that?

So, it is less stupid to play Russian Roulette with a revolver??

Yes, actually it is only 1/6th as stupid to play Russian Roulette with a revolver, but it is still up there in the stratosphere of stupid things, admittedly

[Kar_98 10]

Playing Russian Roulette with an automatic pistol is, well, really stupid. I write this one off to natural selection. If it hadn't been a .32 KelTec he would be completely dead, not just "brain dead". He was brain-dead BEFORE he shot himself.

That's not a KelTec. Those don't have exposed hammers nor safety levers. Looks like a Makarov to me.

[Kar_98 10]

How do you figure that?

So, it is less stupid to play Russian Roulette with a revolver??

Well, yes. In an automatic, there's ALWAYS a round on top of the magazine, even if the magazine is only partially loaded. In a revolver, depending on the model, could be none, could be one, could be six or sometimes more rounds.