“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness sometimes requires adjustments.
As the victim altered the placement of his belt, he accidentally squeezed the trigger causing one round to exit the gun and enter into his leg,” police wrote in a press release.
When stupid meets gunnuttery, the results are seldom pretty, but always predictable. At least reports did not imply that this gun fired itself.
I grew up with guns. I have handled guns since my youth. No gun fires itself.
News stories that say, “the gun fired” or “the gun discharged,” as if a gun fired all on its ownsome, embody intellectual dishonesty of the highest order. Those who pen such stories know not shame.
