An Unsexy Gunshot to the Eye

Just wait 'til you see that mugger's face when you blow your boob off!

Woman fatally shoots herself while adjusting her bra holster.

Without a doubt, this is the worst wardrobe malfunction since Janet Jackson invented them. In fact, it sets a record.

What a way to market guns to women! Nope, the clothing industry can't put pockets on women's clothes. That would be practical. That would take away a the gun industry's golden marketing opportunity. "Hey, miss. Put a gun between your breasts. That way you can be as dangerous a Clint Eastwood and as sexy as Kat Dennings." How liberating!

Yes, I shouldn't snark off about tragedies like this. Except yes I should, if the snark prevents other people from doing something dumb.

There are certain contraptions that just don't combine well. Like a combined serving tray/ashtray. Or a toilet/bathtub. Or lingerie/flypaper. I mean, the purpose of both items are canceled or degraded when you combine them, either as one item, or as an accessory to an accessory. This bra holster is a good example. 

The woman here killed herself adjusting the holster because she couldn't get it to fit right. Perhaps because a gun is a heavy piece of metal. A gun would be somewhat beyond the weight specs of the average brazier. Of course it would pull the bra down, make it uncomfortable, and it would need constant readjustment, which puts the wearer/bearer at risk of an accident. It's not practical to draw a pistol from that area of the body. Also, from the picture, I'd say one tiny flirtatious shimmy would point the gun right into the breast. This violates the first rule of gun-handling: don't point the gun at anybody, including yourself.    

It's confounding. She apparently knew this about guns (I mean, she seems to have been a veteran packer) but still bought this bra holster. She lived fifty-five years, so she didn't constantly do things this dumb. No I believe she thought gun manufacturers would never sell her anything that wouldn't work. The trust gunrighters put in the industry is tragic. But every for profit corporation will lie, and we all have our pet industries that bite us. If anything, this should be a lesson in how marketing could make people do stupid things.  

Guns are a risk. They are not every day appliances or accessories. Just having a gun your home increases your chance of being shot (and dying of a gunshot) by 500%. There's only one good reason to carry a gun: if somebody is out to kill you. For just general defense when nobody's after you, they raise the risk too much. Any actuary will say that.