"of July 2010 was blood and pain for Sean McMahon.
On Independence Day, five years ago, US Army Specialist McMahon was appointed to test a new M2 .50 caliber machine gun recently delivered to his unit a couple hundred yards outside Forward Operating Base Kunduz, Afghanistan, at the firing range. After McMahon fired his original weapon, his staff sergeant had him swap it out for the new one.
As McMahon pressed the trigger, the turret-mounted weapon wouldn't fire. He removed the ammunition and inspected the gun, preparing it once more for firing. He squeezed the trigger. Again, nothing. Switching from full-automatic to semi-automatic mode, McMahon fired one last time. That's when the weapon exploded. Shell casing tore through his right leg.
"I looked down and it was just my knee and just a pool of blood," McMahon remembers. "And the first thing that came to my mind was, ‘Holy crap, I blew my leg off.'"
McMahon was rushed to a nearby hospital before returning to the US for additional treatment. After the incident, McMahon told me his unit refused to use the new M2 machine guns sent over by the Pentagon. His injuries didn't heal properly, and soon blood clots formed in his veins. He would not be able to run or jump anymore. Diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, McMahon retired from the Army in March 2012…"
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was going to do the rifle teams next, but he forgot something… 
