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Politeness takes practice.

On approaching the area of the report, sheriff’s deputies ended up finding themselves in the line of fire.

“The deputies actually had to take cover behind some logs,” Ryan said, uncertain if they were being deliberately targeted. The officers called out and eventually made contact with the group firing weapons, located about a mile east of the cemetery.

Turns out “several” people were target shooting from private property using high-powered rifles, Ryan said, and as of Saturday evening, authorities were still on the scene, investigating. A woman was sitting in the vehicle at the cemetery that was struck — in the hood — and Ryan noted that being Memorial Day weekend, more and more people may be going to cemeteries on Sunday and Monday.

Yet more evidence that “responsible gun owner” is not a thing.

Politeness is child’s play.

Two boys under age 13 were handling a gun inside a home on Lanier Driver when it discharged, killing one of them early Saturday evening, authorities said.

The hunt for politeness continues . . .

Things turned tragic for a father and son from Utah who came to the area looking to hunt bears on Tuesday, after an accidental discharge put the son’s life in jeopardy.

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“He got out of the car, chambered a round — when the round was chambered, the gun accidentally went off,” Griffeth.

. . . and yet another gun is reported to have fired itself.

Politeness goes to the dogs.

Deputies spoke with five residents who said the incident started when one man told Collins to get his “aggressive” dog off his property. Collins became upset and backed his vehicle into the man’s driveway, yelling at him and others involved.

“At which point, Mr. Collins did retrieve a handgun and pointed it at the victims and said, ‘I will take care of all you … right now’,” LCSO Inv. Sgt. Chris Bowen wrote in a report. “All parties involved said the gun was chrome or silver in color. … Prior to my arrival, officers discovered in a flower bed in front of the defendant’s residence a tan and silver air soft pistol.”

No one was shot, and the dog lover has been charged with multiple counts of assault.

Get a leg up on politeness.

Police said Amel Villarreal Jr. was waiting to pick a family member up from Summerlin Academy around 4:10 p.m., after school hours. As he sat in a mini-van in the school’s visitor lot, police said, he took a gun from his waistband and attempted to stow it in the van’s center console.

Before the 9mm semi-automatic pistol could be secured, however, police said Villarreal shot himself in the leg.

The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the leg been armed, it could have defended itself.

Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

Politeness is a family value.

The Greenville County Coroner’s Office says Nadeja Pressley was shot as she tried to enter her residence in Greenville, just after 1 a.m. Sunday.

Police say that a preliminary investigation shows Pressley’s father fired through a door at what he believed was an intruder, but was actually his adult daughter.

Have a pocket full of politeness.

When police arrived, they found a 37-year-old man on the garage floor. He was bleeding from his leg. Flight for Life took him to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with injuries that were not life-threatening, Lanz said.

The man told police he had been putting his handgun into his pocket when he accidentally shot it, Lanz said.

. . . and a polite society is a well-trained society.

Yesterday a woman was standing in the checkout line at a West Kendall Publix when a man near her reached into his pocket, causing his gun to go off. Officials said the woman, who was grazed by the bullet, would be fine after being treated for minor injuries.

It turns out, though, the accidental shooter is a Miami Police officer. And he isn’t just any cop: A department spokeswoman confirmed to New Times this afternoon that the officer is Mario Gonzalez, a police firearms instructor.

or not.

Words fail me.

Yet another example that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Share the politeness.

Seattle police arrested a 29-year-old man early Tuesday for investigation of assault after he claimed a gun he was carrying accidentally went off, wounding his rideshare driver.

Leonard Pitts, Jr., reflects on gunnuttery. A snippet:

People are dying for nothing.

For some fantasy of rugged self-reliance. For some shortcut to macho. For some terror of the dark Other standing at the bedroom window.

For nothing.

Politeness takes practice.

Michael A. Ephram, 23, of Idaho Falls died on May 11 from injuries sustained in a shooting incident west of Idaho Falls in Bonneville County off W. Arco Highway near 75 West in the area of the old National Guard Training Range.

According to Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Kevin Casper, two separate parties were target shooting in slightly different areas a few hundred feet apart. Ephram was outside the vehicle when he was struck in the head with a bullet and never regained consciousness. Rounds also struck the vehicle that Ephram and his companions were in.

One more time: “Responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Once again, politeness is child’s play.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating an incident that occurred Sunday morning in which a 1-year-old was shot and wounded while reportedly playing with a 3-year-old inside of a residence.

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The shooting took place at around 11:50 a.m. at a home off of Lightview Lane. The 1-year-old’s father had been outside of the house smoking a cigarette when he heard the firearm discharge. Upon re-entering the home, the man and his wife found the two children and a hand gun.

In an unusual development, the victim was only grazed by the bullet.

Celebrate Mother’s Day politely.

The polite may be seated.

Documents say the 20-year-old went to move a shotgun off an ottoman so he could sit down, and the gun went off.

The gun blast hit 20-year-old Omar Davis in the face, according to Phoenix Police. Davis did not survive.

Court records show Molina told investigators he pulled the trigger as he picked up the shotgun because it was never loaded.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. I was taught never to put my finger on the trigger unless I planned to shoot.

The stupid. It burns.

Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

Practice random acts of politeness.

Some drivers are on extra alert in Hawley. They tell Newswatch 16 shots were fired into their cars as they traveled along Route 6 and now state police are investigating.

“I am just driving along listening to my music, jamming out, and all of a sudden, my windshield breaks. I was scared.”

For Kaitlyn McGrath, Tuesday night was supposed to be like any other night in Wayne County. Just before 11 p.m., the woman from Hawley was on her way to pick up her husband from work. As she was driving along Route 6 in Hawley, she heard a noise.

Do the math.

Via Job’s Anger.

A shingle instance of politeness . . . .

A homicide investigation is underway in Riverview after a 44-year-old man was shot and killed installing a new roof on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

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“The person who fired the shot was actually getting out of his truck, slipped on a piece of construction debris,” Losat said. “At this point, he was transitioning the gun between the waistband, his pocket, at some point where the gun is fired unintentionally.”