Monday, April 17: Still around, Googlers? Lee Paige appeared on “The Today Show” to explain what happened. He’s still funny. 
Saturday, April 15: Hello, googlers! Lee Paige, the DEA guy who shot himself in the foot, appeared on NBC’s “The Today Show” last week. I’ll try to find the video. In the meantime, read this recent story about Paige.
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Last year I stumbled across a video recording of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who accidentally shoots himself in the foot while demonstrating gun safety before a group of students and parents.
I didn’t blog about the tape before now because it appeared on a site I didn’t want to link to. Now it’s part of the public record. Lee Paige, the DEA agent, has filed suit against the government over the tape’s release. He’s claiming, among other things, improper release of the video and public ridicule.
Follow the link to The Smoking Gun (of recent James Frey fame) and click on the image to watch the video.
When I first saw it, I laughed. I laughed not at his injury but at the irony of his preaching gun safety, then accidentally shooting himself! I laughed because he tried to play it off by continuing the presentation! He limps over to an even bigger gun to demonstrate more “safety,” and the adults in the room are going, “No, no, put it down!” 
It’s not funny. 
The video will probably be one of the most surreal sights you’ll see this year.
