25 Oct, 2009
California Darwin Award Winners
Posted by: Beach Reporter In: beaches| california| events
Darwin Awards are determined when nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. Visit darwinawards.com to see the entries throughout the years.
Darwin Award winners must meet the following criteria:
Reproduction: Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence: Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection: Cause one’s own demise.
Maturity: Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity: The event must be true.
Here are several from California:
1. Robert, 37, shot himself while explaining gun safety to his wife in Glendale, California, when he placed a .45-caliber pistol he thought was unloaded under his chin and pulled the trigger. Shovestall’s wife told police that the incident occurred after her complaints about her husband’s 70 guns prompted him to demonstrate their safety.
2. In San Jose, California, Herman, an avid hunter, used the butt of his shotgun to bash his girlfriend’s windshield during an argument. But his loaded gun accidentally discharged into his stomach, killing him and ending the argument.
