Watch: Vice Reporter Points Gun at Cameraman, Pulls Trigger

It's obvious the reporter was relying completely on the gun owner to have handed him the Thompson in an unloaded state, and he was willing to bet his camera mans life on it.

WOWZA.

The fact is he didn't have any idea how to even cycle the gun , remove the magazine , or clear the chamber. He should not have been holding it unless he did.

Oh the irony...

I know it is not particularly good on a center fire action to be dry fired, but IMO a good idea before handing the gun over to an inexperienced noob to handle is to point the weapon at the ground and pull the trigger after removing the magazine and clearing, which is one of my own techniques. You can then put the empty magazine back in it and be fairly certain he wont shoot someone or himself, don't even trust your eyes because sometimes rounds get by people.

I have heard so many stories of guns going off while being cleaned or handled where the persons doing the holding swear up and down they "cleared" the weapon.

This you Cletus????

All Vice reporters are soy drinking beta males who don't belong around firearms.

lol, not me but yes that's almost exactly what happened. Mine was at Ft. Benning, GA. The blast wall already had a crack in it & when the grenade went off bits of concrete went flying everywhere. The drill sgt saved dude's life. I don't even remember the guy's name. All I remember about him is he was the most ignorant SOB ever let in & after getting "scuffed" a few dozen times because of him, he got a late night "soap party" if you catch my drift.

Did someone say soap party?