People (evidently) really do it, but I recall one memorable instance where, no, it did not work. I grew up in Arlington, TX (a nice place to be from) and remember reading the news about a guy who tried to rob a supermarket. He had a pistol tucked into his waist and it went off. As the newspaper put it, it discharged through his “member.” I wish I could find this on the web, it was early 1988…