Further investigation revealed the 53-year-old man had been cleaning a shotgun when he set it down on the bed before the dog jumped up and caused the gun to fire. [More]
How this guy made it to 53 is beyond me.
[Via Steve T]
Tag: Negligent Discharge
All By Its Own Self
…died from severe blood loss after a friend’s rifle accidentally discharged… friend pulled a rifle from its case in their vehicle, and it accidentally discharged. [More]
At least they got the headline partially right:
…killed by hunting partner
He packed it loaded,
He activated the trigger.
He had it pointed at his friend.
“Inexcusably negligent” is not the same as “accidental.”
[Via Keith B]
We’re the Only Ones Meanwhile Across the Pond Enough
About Those Four Rules
David only stuck his arm into the room and kept his head outside the doorway to avoid a possible ricochet. The bullet struck the buzzard, passed through the bird, exited a window, and struck Emma, who was outside. [More]
How would his every moment thereafter not be a nightmare hell?
Is it too soon to talk about becoming a Train SMART lecturer?
[Via bondmen]
Ignoring All the Rules
Not By Design
Accidental Shooting Statistics: A Review of Unintentional Firearm Deaths from 1979-2024 [More]
I’d use “negligent,” but we know is meant.
I read how “the first six months of 2025 had 608 accidental shootings, which is lower than previous years (2015-2024)” and wondered if we ought to get David Hogg to credit more Democrats.
We’re the Only Ones Unelectrifying Enough
And The Dick Cheney Award Goes To…
The Human Condition
Can negligent discharges be prevented? [More]
Most of them can, the stupid kind where someone is cleaning the gun, or leaves it for a kid to find…
When split seconds count and the adrenaline is flooding the system, training for such eventualities is the best minimizer.
I’ve never had an ND, but I did have a carelessness mishap, just yesterday.
I was going to make a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch and grabbed the toaster and the crumb tray latch caught on the shelving rack we keep it on, opening it and spilling the unemptied contents. I started to bitterly blame the objects and my wife just looked at me and instantly shut me down by saying “The gun went off.”
[Via bondmen]
We’re the Only Ones Fully Owning Enough
Texas sheriff won’t be charged after leaving gun in Covington Wendy’s bathroom… Shortly after the sheriff left the restroom, a 15-year-old went in, found the unsecured weapon, and fired it when handling it. [More]
So he hasn’t really “owned it fully,” has he?
I wonder if you or I would.
An Offensive Gun Use, Part Two
Defense for Colorado man accused of shooting teenager says gun to blame [More]
I don’t care if it was a Sig P320, this was unwarranted, cowardly, idiotic, and negligent.
[Via Jess]
If Only They’d Disarm You and Me…
Teens hung out in a room with a gun. Now a Maryland father mourns. [More]
How many Maryland “gun law” violations can you count?
And there’s the obligatory Kris Brown quote, claiming “guns are ‘the number one killer’ of children and teens…”
It’s almost like “real reporter” Jasmine Hilton writes editorials instead of news…
[Via bondmen]
An Aspiring Rapper
12-year-old shot dead by teenager while filming music video with loaded guns, cops say [More]
And just so we know what to place the blame on:
“There were some guns present, and one of them went off, shooting the 12-year-old, ultimately killing him,” the inspector said.
What kind of gun fanatic wouldn’t want all the laws it would take to stop that, and why?
We’re the Only Ones Personal Enough
An investigation is underway after a Los Angeles police officer’s personal rifle “accidentally fired a round” in a parking garage earlier this week, officials announced. [More]
All by it’s own self…
“Personal rifle.” That’s even a more transparent attempt to distance from what would they call it if it had belonged to a non-Only One than “patrol rifle.” And don’t you just love “Non-Tactical Unintentional Discharge” copspeak?
If it’s personal, why does he need a “weapon of war designed to kill as many as possible, as quickly as possible,” huh?
And do we have this moron’s name, because we’d damn sure know if itwas a “civilian,” or didn’t the “real reporter” think it was relevant to ask?
‘It’s the Guns’
Police searched the home and a vehicle parked outside and found 12 guns. Many of the firearms were loaded and unsecured, and easily accessible to children. All of the guns were owned by Marshaun Jr.’s father, Marshaun Futrell Sr. [More]
Do you need a better reason to impose “lock up your safety” laws on you and me?
[Via bondmen]
Amateur Hour
“The gun went off—he fell. My phone did too, so I picked it up, thought about what had just happened and panicked and left,” Collins said. [More]
See, if he’d had professional training, he’d have just kept going like he had everything under control.
[Via bondmen]
Stupid SHOULD Hurt
The Kansas Supreme Court agreed Friday with a district court decision tossing a lawsuit filed by a former Emporia State University football player shot by a teammate who mistakenly believed that disassembling his newly purchased handgun required pulling the trigger. [More]
What a moron.
Jonathan Lowy. Figures.
At what point are gunmakers going to file bar complaints and sue him for deliberately filing nuisance lawsuits, and courts slap him down for wasting their time with unethical lawfare harassment?
[Via Michael G]
We’re the Only Ones Inflicted Enough
We’re the Only Ones Thankful Enough
When asked to explain what happened, the officer said, “I mistakenly thought the trigger was a release for the revolver’s cylinder. Thankfully no one was injured.” [More]
From Colorado, of course. Now deflect by talking ab0ut a stellar career and awards to keep from giving us this absolute moron’s name…
[Via WiscoDave]
We’re the Only Ones Self-Directed Enough
Deputy accidentally shoots herself in her leg during dog attack, PCSO says [More]
To her credit, she didn’t shoot the dogs’ owner.
[Via Edmund M]
