Darwin Award? Hardly.
I have no idea why The Reg picked this as a ha-ha funny Darwin Award nominee. Stupid gun accidents happen all the time. This isn't exactly like strapping a jet pack to a car and flying into a mountain or something.
Perhaps the author was trying to Prove A Point. Indeed, he ended up proving a point different from the point he was trying to prove.
Pointless.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
