Graphic video is circling on social media after a relatively stupid boy decided that he’d play with a gun. Clearly trying to make himself out to be some kind of a badass, he decided to point it at his head with his finger on the trigger — and he quickly realized just how big of a mistake he’d made.

A young man recently got his hands on a revolver and decided to take it out for a test run with what is presumed to be a friend. Unfortunately for the two idiots, this consisted of one holding a camera while the other pointed it at his head – but things only got worse from there.

Deciding to play it on the dangerous side, the moron thought it would be funny to carelessly wave the gun around. Making for quite the dangerous scenario, the boy’s finger was on the trigger, but it’s unclear if he realized that the gun was actually loaded.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, the wannabe badass topped it all off by pointing the gun near his skull and pulling the trigger. With the first chamber apparently empty, the hammer dropped and resulted in a “click.” Thinking it was rather funny, the smile wearing clown then did the same thing again – except things went a bit different this time.

The gun went off while it was aimed at his head, resulting in the bullet striking him. As can be seen in the clip, his blood spatters onto the wall behind him. Making matters worse, it looks like he was actually playing Russian roulette, but he clearly didn’t think anything would happen.

GRAPHIC: Wannabe Badass Plays With Gun, Points It At Head… BIG MISTAKE pic.twitter.com/zVsrn5DDNa — bobby (@robertlrich1) November 23, 2017

Although the idiot would survive, his grin would quickly fade as he realized that the gun had discharged, sending a bullet in the direction of his head. Pictures would later show that this boy was actually rather lucky as the bullet merely grazed his skull, resulting in two sets of stitches for the entry and exit wounds.

This is why I always urge people to follow the four simple rules of gun safety to ensure nothing like this ever happens:

Never point a gun at something you’re not willing to destroy.

Always handle a gun as if it is loaded.

Never place your finger on the trigger until you’re ready to shoot.

Always be aware of what’s in front of and beyond your target.

Had this moron followed any of these rules, things wouldn’t have turned out the way they did. Hopefully, he learned a valuable lesson. Next time, his big mistake could cost him a bit more than a trip to the hospital for a few stitches.

The Second Amendment is an incredible right that we have in order to protect ourselves from those who would wish to do us harm – government or otherwise. However, it’s people like this that ruin it for law-abiding citizens who haven’t hurt anyone in their lives and never will.

This is exactly why gun safety is so important and why some need to start paying more attention to it. Unfortunately, the world is full of morons like this who inevitably give ammunition to gun grabbers. With that being said, be smart – don’t point a gun at your head.