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Be polite while patronizing the big box store.

West Springfield police are investigating after they said a man accidentally shot himself inside Costco Wednesday afternoon.

Police told Western Mass News the man was reaching for his phone when he accidentally discharged his gun at the Costco on Daggett Drive around 6 p.m.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Yet another person was fondling “cleaning” a firearm and offed yet another child.

Six-year-old Makayla S. Bowling’s father told police that he was cleaning the gun when it accidentally discharged, striking his daughter in the head. The father said he thought the gun was unloaded.

Thus passeth another child in NRA Paradise.

The hunt for politeness continues.

Michigan State Police say a man who was varmint hunting was shot Wednesday night by a resident of a home on Hodunk Road who mistook him for wildlife. The incident happend in Branch County’s Union Township.

The story points out that the varmint hunter was not wearing blaze orange. It doesn’t mention his (apparent) antlers and bushy white tail.

Facilitate politeness whilst in your motorized conveyance.

In a news release, spokesperson Sgt. Michelle Anaya said a 28-year-old Portsmouth resident was driving her son to a doctor’s appointment. While on I-64 near Mercury Boulevard, her son unbuckled himself and managed to find his mother’s handgun in her purse.

The woman, who told police that she was on her phone, did not notice until she heard a bang when her son shot himself in the wrist.

Every time you think it can’t get any dumber . . . .

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Pontiac that occurred early Monday morning. . . .

Police say a 20-year-old man had a gun under a mattress. The man told detectives he asked the victim to move from the bed to another location in the home. That’s when the gun accidentally went off, hitting the 14-year-old in the chest, police said.

Accidental politeness is the politest kind.

A woman and a young girl were injured after gun was accidentally fired at the Animal Rescue League on Sunday.

An unidentified 27-year-old man accidentally caused his handgun to discharge when pulling something out of his pocket, according to a press release.

Had the woman and child been packing, no doubt they could have arranged their own accident right back at him.

The stupid. It burns.

A concerted effort at politeness . . . .

Paradise regained, the NRA way.

A toddler somehow got his hands on a pistol and fatally shot himself in the head in a tragic accident in Fresno, California, on Saturday.

Thus passeth another day in the NRA’s Garden of Earthly Delights.

Rear your children to practice politeness.

A Friday statement by the department says a preliminary investigation indicates the 16-year-old boy was handling the gun on a bed when it accidentally when off. He was shot in the upper body and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Politeness takes practice.

Be polite to your neighbors.

Sanford (Maine–ed.) police say 53-year-old Bruce Hunter of 10 Mousam St. left his house with a firearm, got into a verbal confrontation with neighbors and threatened to shoot them shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Another man beckoned Hunter to go back into the house and Hunter fired a shot, witnesses told police.

And, in still more news of the polite . . . .

Politeness is slip-sliding away . . . .

Politeness is child’s play.

A six-year-old boy was airlifted to the USA Medical Center in Mobile with non-life threatening injuries after playing with a gun in Saucier.

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The six-year-old was playing with a gun he found in a dresser inside the home. When handing the gun to his older brother, the gun went off.

Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.

Be polite to your elders.

Authorities say Edith Whitney, 88, was hit by a “projectile believed to be a bullet” outside her Spring Road home just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Friends and neighbors jumped in, giving Whitney first aid before she was brought to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Whitney Monday remained in critical condition.

Police say they have identified and interviewed suspects that were shooting guns in the area. They say the incident appears to be an accident and that the public is not in danger.

The hunt for politeness continues.

Officials at Boone County Sheriff’s Department said two people were squirrel hunting Sunday morning when they were separated. Officials said one person was shot by a third person also hunting in the area.

No doubt his bushy tail led attracted attention.

On a brighter side, the injury wasn’t serious, just stupid.

Practice random acts of politeness.

A bullet from a gun that discharged accidentally inside a home in Bryan passed through a wall and struck a passing driver Friday afternoon, leaving the 71-year-old man seriously injured.

The story goes on to say that the gun was being cleaned when it “accidentally” discharged. It left out the part about being too stupid to make sure the gun was unloaded while cle–never mind.

Aside:

Light bloggery today. I need a bit of a break. Watching a state fail is exhausting.

Plus, lightning took out one of my computers earlier this week, and the replacement arrived last night. I have a new toy.

Rear your children politely.

A 3-year-old boy woke up in his home early Tuesday morning, went to the garage, found a gun in a car and shot himself in the head by accident, police in southwest Missouri say.

Just another day in NRA Paradise.

Responsible gun owners go shopping too, you know.

Authorities say a customer (at an IKEA–ed.) sat down on a couch to test it and a gun became dislodged from his pants. He didn’t realize it and continued shopping.

Kids found the gun and one of them pulled the trigger, firing a single shot. No injuries were reported.

Guns and stupid, a marriage made in–well, somewhere.