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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 03:49 PM Jan 2013

Fox News host shoots self with confetti gun

In a seemingly appropriate New Year’s send off aired Monday, Fox News host Eric Bolling accidentally shot himself in the torso with the cap of a confetti gun just after pledging that his program would be “number one in 2013.”

“Here’s to making my prediction a reality,” Bolling said. “‘The Five,’ number one in 2013. You know what? Let’s do it, everybody. And of course, to our troops, whose commitment to freedom keeps us safe, sound and secure. Thank you all, good night everybody, and be careful out there tonight.”

The look of pain that followed was memorable, to say the least.

This video is from Fox News’s “The Five,” aired Monday, December 31, 2012. Embed courtesy of Mediaite.

Raw Story (http://s.tt/1xQ7t)

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Fox News host shoots self with confetti gun (Original Post) Playinghardball Jan 2013 OP
Wow! Sometimes karma works really quickly! Fawke Em Jan 2013 #1
Another responsible gun owner. Squinch Jan 2013 #2
It's not a gun. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #4
Yes. And he hurt himself with it. Control-Z Jan 2013 #7
Time to ban Party stores... NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #10
What an ignorant thing to say Control-Z Jan 2013 #11
... NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #12
And yet another example Control-Z Jan 2013 #16
I learned it from people just like you. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #17
Ugh. W_HAMILTON Jan 2013 #3
Yeah, I had to roll my eyes at that. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #5
Seriously. Control-Z Jan 2013 #8
I really didn't have to look this up. Eric Bolling, no way to control stupid... wandy Jan 2013 #6
If only there had been someone there with a CCW ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #9
FOX News Host has something backward? This is news? Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #13
that was it??? brettdale Jan 2013 #14
Be careful out there tonight *POP* frylock Jan 2013 #15
He deserves any self inflicted pain he commits on himself obamamyprez Jan 2013 #18
What a Republican wimp! Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2013 #19

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
4. It's not a gun.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:03 PM
Jan 2013

It's a party prop actually called a confetti cannon and uses compressed air to launch the confetti out.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
7. Yes. And he hurt himself with it.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:24 PM
Jan 2013

It's not too hard to figure out why most of us don't want people walking around with the real thing.

W_HAMILTON

(7,867 posts)
3. Ugh.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:03 PM
Jan 2013

I went to the thread to watch the video. The first part of the clip is some airhead saying:


"...and they're willing to stay sober, charge your friends ten bucks, pick 'em up, drop 'em off all night long, you can make some good cash..."


I find myself hating this world more often than not nowadays...

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)
5. Yeah, I had to roll my eyes at that.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:05 PM
Jan 2013

But then, it's Fox news. I guess people who watch that crap would ripoff friends.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
8. Seriously.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:29 PM
Jan 2013

I had to think for a moment about my gut reaction - which was how disgusted I felt about the "airhead' who said it. But who charges their friends to keep them safe? A lousy person, I guess. So, yeah. My gut reaction was correct.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
6. I really didn't have to look this up. Eric Bolling, no way to control stupid...
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:19 PM
Jan 2013
"I don’t want to do this gun control discussion right now"
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/fox-eric-bolling-yells-bob-beckel-bring#sthash.ebf9goeG.dpbs
Eric, in you're case maybe we should think about controlling butter knives and such.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
9. If only there had been someone there with a CCW ...
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:33 PM
Jan 2013

this could have been prevented, or at least compounded, in a hail of panicky random gunfire.

 

obamamyprez

(33 posts)
18. He deserves any self inflicted pain he commits on himself
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 05:50 PM
Jan 2013

I hope it hurt and then afterwards in the green room I hope he was wondering if he looked like a jackass.

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