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The hunt for politeness never ends.

A father and his 9-year-old daughter were shot and killed in a hunting accident in South Carolina on New Year’s Day, according to multiple reports.

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Officials said four hunters were trying to drive a deer when two were mistaken for deer and shot. They both died from their injuries.

How is this not negligent homicide?

Did you remember to usher in the New Year with politeness?

Politeness is again child’s play.

“This 13-year-old child found a firearm in his residence and had brought it to his friend’s house,” said Officer Jeanne Pierce with the Tulsa Police Department. “He and two friends were playing with the firearm.”

Police say the magazine was removed, but there was still a bullet in the chamber. The 13-year-old put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

Oh, tweet politeness:

The tweet then goes on to say that AR-15s make it easier, and that the user “jsit (sic) killed my whole family, and i couldnt have done it without a gun!”

Guns don’t kill people, people do. Guns just make it a lot easier. AR-15 makes it super easy.

I jsit killed my whole family, and i couldnt have done it without a gun! I’m too much of a coward, a knife would have been waaay too hard. So, thanks to everyone at the NRA,
— KevinH (@kevinheimsoth_h) December 26, 2019

Follow the link for the full story, including reportage on the Bellingham Herald’s efforts to get comment from the NRA.

Aside:

I didn’t believe this story when I first saw it from Yahoo! News Australia. I thought it likely a satirical piece mistakenly recast as news (something that happens far too frequently, particularly on “social” media), so I tracked it back to the source.

Via All Things Amazing, an image site (some images may be NSFW).

Politeness takes practice.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Make politeness fashionable again.

Police say the man was shopping at Victoria’s Secret and went to put his wallet in his back pocket when a pistol discharged, striking him in the lower leg around 3:00 p.m. Police say the firearm is registered to the man, who also has a concealed carry permit. He suffered nonlife threatening injuries.

Be polite to your neighbors.

“An adult male had a shotgun and thought he removed all the rounds,” (Police Officer–ed.) Hackworth said. “The ammunition was double-aught buck. There was still one loaded. The shot went through the front and screen door, and it hit a neighbor across the street, who was taking the trash out.”

Aside:

One more time, “negligent” and “accidental” are not synonyms.

Also, if you can’t tell whether a double-aught buck shotgun shell is still chambered, it’s time for you to pack it in.

Celebrate Christmas with politeness.

Politeness is a family value.

Ogden Police officers were dispatched to a report of a gunshot wound in the area of 2900 Pingree Ave. just after 10:05 p.m.

Ogden Police Lt. Brian Eynon told Gephardt Daily police found the teen with a gunshot wound to the torso after being accidentally shot by a relative.

Just another responsible gun owner in NRA paradise.

Drive politely.

Get thee me behind, politeness.

Erie police tell us, the man had fallen asleep in his bedroom, with his gun holstered, on his body. He woke to the gunshot, and found his three year old in the room with him. That’s when he realized he had actually been shot.

The drive for politeness continues.

Cordell Bass was at a car wash in the backseat of a Mazda 3 driven by Aleshia Mitchell. Her boyfriend, Joseph Staples, was in the front passenger seat while their infant child was in the backseat next to Bass.

Mitchell’s cell phone was missing, so Bass tried to help her find it, the affidavit said. He heard a ring in the trunk and tried to “take the back seat down to retrieve the cellphone.”

“It was at this time that Cordell Bass had an unholstered firearm in his lap,” the affidavit read. “While he attempted to take the back seat down the gun went off and Cordell Bass frantically left the vehicle stating that he had been shot.”

Exercise politeness whilst partaking of your daily repast.

Politeness is a family value.

A 2-year-old girl has died after she was shot by her 6-year-old brother who had found a gun that was left out at a home in Pataskala, according to a call made to 911.

Party hearty (and politely).

Demonstrate politeness whilst traversing the nation’s highways and byways.

Politeness is a family affair.

Police said the boy and his 1-year-old sister were in the car with his mother while his father was inside a nearby business. The father had placed his lawfully owned and carried handgun under the seat before getting out of the car, according to Liening.

The boy got out of his car seat and grabbed the gun, which accidentally discharged, striking the mom, Liening said.

The hunt for politeness continues, with yet another gun that fired itself.

The death involved “a man climbing down from his tree stand with a loaded rifle,” Donachy said. “He attempted to hand the rifle off to a partner. The gun fell and discharged.”

To recap, this responsible gun owner was climbing down from a tree stand and tried to hand his loaded weapon to another responsible gun owner on the ground.

Then responsibility ceased and the gun was on its own.