Man Killed Testing ’21-Foot Rule’

By Tom Knighton

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From time to time, there come moments that make me want to reevaluate whether humanity even deserves to remain on this Earth.

Honestly, while I see so many great things come out of our species, I also see so much stupid too. I have to remind myself of the George Carlin bit, “Think of how stupid the average person is, then remember, half of the people are even dumber.”

That really applied when I read the story of a man killed while he and his buddy decided to test the 21-foot rule.

Spencer Warren told investigators he and Splichal has been debating the “21-foot rule” and were going to see how close Splichal could get to Warren before Warren could fire his gun. Warren says he emptied his .387 revolver but did not fully clear it. When Splichal lunged toward him to test the theory, Warren squeezed the trigger twice, firing 1 round into Splichal’s chest.

Warren was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

I’m going to assume they meant a .357 revolver instead of “.387”.

I’m also going to start off by saying that my thoughts are prayers …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms