bride and groom shoot wedding photographer

[lynnb]

moral of the story - never suggest the bride and groom pose with a firearm without first checking that it's unloaded!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ccidentally-kill-photographer-at-wedding.html

 

[Roger Hicks]

Darwin...

Cheers,

R.

 

[RayPA]

fatal twist in camera/gun relationship! 🙂

 

[cmdrzed]

From the headline, one would think the photographer was already dead.

Bride and groom accidentally shot dead photographer while posing with gun

 

[Nikkor AIS]

Bad headline, sad tale.

 

[oftheherd]

From the headline, one would think the photographer was already dead.

My thought when I read it as well. Still, a tragedy. Omerta works in a lot of places in the world. Some times it is called a desire not to be involved and have to testify.

JSU has a point as well. When I was young, and where I grew up, that is what everyone was taught, from kids on up. There were few accidents with a gun.

 

[KenR]

Isn't there a rule about not pointing guns at anything but the floor unless you're prepared to use it?

 

[charjohncarter]

My mother said,'Never play with guns.'

 

[Nigel Meaby]

Shotgun wedding? Seriously, though that's a real tragedy. 45yr old married with children.

 

[John Lawrence]

What a tragedy.


John

 

[anu L ogy]

I think its worth considering that the bride and groom were probably wrapped up in happiness over the fact that this was their wedding day. Find me a couple who has the presence of mind to check that a gun that is handed to them isn't loaded on their wedding day - I know I would have overlooked this. Tragic accident.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Still mopping my coffee up. Appears common sense in handling firearms is not always so common. Still, a tragedy for the photogs family.

Bob

 

[anu L ogy]

JSU - I see your point. I too wouldnt pose with a gun on my wedding day - the idea is just stupidity to me. Furthermore, I agree it was foolish to have your finger anywhere near the trigger. However, I think if someone handed me a gun during my wedding pics I may forget to check if its loaded, esoecially if the gun came from my parents who had a lot of experience handling guns. I do disagree with the statement about the knife. Throwing the knife at the photographer would have been intentional as knifes arent projectile weapons (normally), where a gun is a projectile weapon, and thus firing it at someone could be accidental.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Definitely Darwin. Definitely a tragedy too, but HE should have checked, never mind the couple. You never rely on anyone else if there's a choice. If someone is pointing a gun at me, I want to be SURE it's not loaded.

Cheers,

R.

 

[johannielscom]

Another reason not to shoot weddings (with camera, that is).

Roger, I completely agree!

 

[tlitody]

I think its worth considering that the bride and groom were probably wrapped up in happiness over the fact that this was their wedding day. Find me a couple who has the presence of mind to check that a gun that is handed to them isn't loaded on their wedding day - I know I would have overlooked this. Tragic accident.

Oh well that's all right then. They are absolved of all resposibility for pointing the gun at him and pulling the trigger because it's their wedding day. It's just his bad luck. I'll suggest the european parliament intoduces a law stating that everyone is absolved of all responsibility for killing on their wedding day providing they claim that they were in la la land due to the excitement. I guess its like being paralytic drunk and claiming diminished responsibility for what you do. Unfortunately that doesn't work because you made the choice to get drunk just like they made the choice to get married and made the choice to point the gun and made the choice to pull the trigger. Sure it would have been better if they had pointed it at the idiot who gave it to them but if you pick up a gun you are responsible regardless and everyone knows that.

Why the hell does anyone need to have a gun at their wedding day let alone photographing the bride and groom with one. I guess I just know nothing about Italian culture and frankly I'm not sure I want to either.

 

[oftheherd]

Definitely Darwin. Definitely a tragedy too, but HE should have checked, never mind the couple. You never rely on anyone else if there's a choice. If someone is pointing a gun at me, I want to be SURE it's not loaded.

Cheers,

R.

Kind of have to agree. I don't feel comfortable having guns pointed anywhere in my general direction, even if I know they aren't loaded. Accidents happen. People make mistakes. I don't want weapons pointed my way if an accident is going to happen. Of course I understand this was a culteral thing to have the rifle at the wedding. All the more reason to be careful IMHO.

 

[swoop]

Apparently the photographer was asking for the image of them posing with the gun. They were probably loaded to be fired after the ceremony, he saw hem laying there and thought it would be a fun picture, and things went wrong. I know a lot of wedding photographers ask for ridiculous uncomfortable things out of their clients. And more often than not they're just stupid pictures. This one just happened to end in tragedy.

 

[Michael Da Re]

Stupid and unfortunate tragedy, but who hunts wild boar with a .22?

 

[coelacanth]

When I saw the thread title, I thought "the couple were good photographers and their photos of the photographer shooting the wedding came out better than the wedding photo" kind of thing. Oh no, no, sir! Don't know how the rifle went off, but no matter you think it's loaded or not, never aim at people or pull trigger unless you intend to kill the person.