The 36-year-old man, from Independence Township in Michigan, was showing his girlfriend how to use his three handguns and demonstrating how safe they were when they were unloaded.
So he placed a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. After doing this twice, he demonstrated the third handgun, but the gun fired a bullet. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The girlfriend told officials the victim had been drinking most of the day, 'The Oakland Press' reported.
"(The situation) is pretty unique, as I have never heard of anyone testing out the safety of a gun by pointing at their head and pulling the trigger," Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe said.
The children are not the biological kids of the victim.
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