Ben Owen

I don't remember. phone conversations at all i was blackout drunk but i mean dad obviously knew i had no acl and also knew i was insane for enlisting and saying i wasn't on any medication and all the other things so i think he probably figured that was going to happen right um

And so they, you know, when they discharged me because it was due to a pre-existing, what do they call it, EPTS, existing prior to service, I had to wait two years and have proof that I fixed it before I could re-enlist. And so my plan, and obviously this got back to ROTC too, that this had happened. So now they're pissed at me too. My plan was to do,

And so they, you know, when they discharged me because it was due to a pre-existing, what do they call it, EPTS, existing prior to service, I had to wait two years and have proof that I fixed it before I could re-enlist. And so my plan, and obviously this got back to ROTC too, that this had happened. So now they're pissed at me too. My plan was to do,

And so they, you know, when they discharged me because it was due to a pre-existing, what do they call it, EPTS, existing prior to service, I had to wait two years and have proof that I fixed it before I could re-enlist. And so my plan, and obviously this got back to ROTC too, that this had happened. So now they're pissed at me too. My plan was to do,

do the two years of college that I had left or whatever, and then go back in, which was ridiculous to think about because none of my actions lined up with that being my plan following this. I went back to the apartment my parents had stopped paying for in Auburn and holed up alone with a ton of alcohol and firearms. You a football fan? No, I'm not. I'm not either.

do the two years of college that I had left or whatever, and then go back in, which was ridiculous to think about because none of my actions lined up with that being my plan following this. I went back to the apartment my parents had stopped paying for in Auburn and holed up alone with a ton of alcohol and firearms. You a football fan? No, I'm not. I'm not either.

do the two years of college that I had left or whatever, and then go back in, which was ridiculous to think about because none of my actions lined up with that being my plan following this. I went back to the apartment my parents had stopped paying for in Auburn and holed up alone with a ton of alcohol and firearms. You a football fan? No, I'm not. I'm not either.

The reason I was asked is there's an Auburn player that lived diagonally above me who went to the NFL and was actually a pretty big deal now. I'm not going to name him, but I almost killed him by accident, drunk, with a pistol in my apartment. So Auburn Police Department came out and took all of my guns. That was my first interaction with the police since California.

The reason I was asked is there's an Auburn player that lived diagonally above me who went to the NFL and was actually a pretty big deal now. I'm not going to name him, but I almost killed him by accident, drunk, with a pistol in my apartment. So Auburn Police Department came out and took all of my guns. That was my first interaction with the police since California.

The reason I was asked is there's an Auburn player that lived diagonally above me who went to the NFL and was actually a pretty big deal now. I'm not going to name him, but I almost killed him by accident, drunk, with a pistol in my apartment. So Auburn Police Department came out and took all of my guns. That was my first interaction with the police since California.

They didn't charge me with anything, but they put all my guns in a box and... What were you doing with the gun? So I had a party at my apartment. I had a whole bunch of people over, drunk as shit, and I had this little Glock 26 that was unloaded, and I was sitting on the island in my kitchen.

They didn't charge me with anything, but they put all my guns in a box and... What were you doing with the gun? So I had a party at my apartment. I had a whole bunch of people over, drunk as shit, and I had this little Glock 26 that was unloaded, and I was sitting on the island in my kitchen.

They didn't charge me with anything, but they put all my guns in a box and... What were you doing with the gun? So I had a party at my apartment. I had a whole bunch of people over, drunk as shit, and I had this little Glock 26 that was unloaded, and I was sitting on the island in my kitchen.

And I went to the bathroom to get a beer or something, and I come back and I look at it, and the trigger's out. And you know on a Glock, when it's cocked, the trigger's out. So I thought somebody had just cocked my gun, and I went to decock it. Somebody had put a fucking mag in it and chambered it around. So, yes, it was absolutely negligent discharge.

And I went to the bathroom to get a beer or something, and I come back and I look at it, and the trigger's out. And you know on a Glock, when it's cocked, the trigger's out. So I thought somebody had just cocked my gun, and I went to decock it. Somebody had put a fucking mag in it and chambered it around. So, yes, it was absolutely negligent discharge.

And I went to the bathroom to get a beer or something, and I come back and I look at it, and the trigger's out. And you know on a Glock, when it's cocked, the trigger's out. So I thought somebody had just cocked my gun, and I went to decock it. Somebody had put a fucking mag in it and chambered it around. So, yes, it was absolutely negligent discharge.

I never should have pulled that trigger without checking the chamber. But I wasn't, like, just drunk playing with a gun. Except I was drunk playing with a gun, you know. It's a miracle I didn't kill anybody. The bullet went through my roof, through his wall, and exited right next to his head on the couch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was... It's a miracle that nobody died.

I never should have pulled that trigger without checking the chamber. But I wasn't, like, just drunk playing with a gun. Except I was drunk playing with a gun, you know. It's a miracle I didn't kill anybody. The bullet went through my roof, through his wall, and exited right next to his head on the couch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was... It's a miracle that nobody died.

I never should have pulled that trigger without checking the chamber. But I wasn't, like, just drunk playing with a gun. Except I was drunk playing with a gun, you know. It's a miracle I didn't kill anybody. The bullet went through my roof, through his wall, and exited right next to his head on the couch. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was... It's a miracle that nobody died.

I mean, I could have gone to prison right then. I remember doing a lot of LSD in shrooms over the next month or two. And basically had a psychotic break, I guess. I don't know. I ended up going back home to my parents, that girl Rachel that I met at MEPS. What do you mean a psychotic break? It was like a constant state of panic. If you've ever had a panic attack, they last a few minutes usually.