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Making the world a politer place . . . .

Tyler Carlson, 28, of Austin; Michael Fox, 69, of Georgetown; and Tracy Garwood, 62, of Scottsdale, Arizona, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to violate multiple federal laws, including possessing and transferring unregistered machine guns and unlawfully exporting firearms to Mexico, the release said. Each of them is facing up to five years in federal prison on that charge.

Be polite to domestic animals.

The horse’s owner had noticed some changes in its behavior,and upon observing the injury Saturday morning called in a veterinarian.

It appeared the horse had been shot in the side two to three days earlier, DeMars said.

“Right now, we believe it’s an accidental thing, and an isolated incident,” DeMars said, adding, “We don’t believe anyone else’s horses are in danger.”

Of course, had the horse been packing, it could have defended itself. Just ask the NRA.

A study by the Associated Press gives evidence that more guns in more schools will not the be panacea the NRA claims it will. Here’s a snippet:

They are the “good guys with guns” the National Rifle Association says are needed to protect students from shooters: a school police officer, a teacher who moonlights in law enforcement, a veteran sheriff.

Yet in a span of 48 hours in March, the three were responsible for gun safety lapses that put students in danger.

The school police officer accidentally fired his gun in his Virginia office, sending a bullet through a wall into a middle school classroom. The teacher was demonstrating firearm safety in California when he mistakenly put a round in the ceiling, injuring three students who were hit by falling debris. And the sheriff left a loaded service weapon in a locker room at a Michigan middle school, where a sixth-grader found it.

Indeed, casual reading of the newspapers shows that more guns seldom solves a problem. Facts, though, will certainly not be allowed to interfere with the NRA’s worship of their steel idol.

Politeness builds strong relationships.

The incident turned out to be an accidental discharge of a gun. The man shot himself through the hand and the bullet ended up hitting his girlfriend in the stomach, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

One more time: There is no such thing as “an accidental discharge of a gun.” “Discharges of a gun” are either intentional or negligent; when implements of death are involved, “accidental” is not an option.

The polity would be better served if the news media realized that.

Family togetherness, the polite way:

Fresno Police said the armed security guard had his weapon on a dresser and he fumbled when grabbing it, firing a shot. The security guard suffered a bullet wound to the hand and his four-year-old son was shot in the elbow.

Another reminder that politeness takes practice.

Dispatch records said that a 21-year-old man called 911 shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday to report the incident.

The sheriff said that at the time, a man was using a shotgun to shoot down range, with the 16-year-old standing behind him.

When the first individual took a shot, he dropped the gun on the recoil. When the gun hit the ground, it fired again, and the teen was struck in the stomach and leg with buckshot.

Politeness is a family value.

Soward said Vicente Valero, 17, was sitting at a table in the family’s home across from his father as his father was working on a 45-caliber handgun.

The sheriff said the boy’s father thought the gun was unloaded when it suddenly fired one bullet. The bullet hit the father’s finger before striking his son in the chest, killing his only child, the sheriff said.

Politeness takes practice.

Almond’s wife told deputies that she heard several gunshots just before her husband was found inside their garage. Evidence of the shooting was discovered by investigators.

Deputies soon found two people from an adjacent property who had been target shooting just before Almond was found dead. Three guns, as well as ammunition, were seized from the two.

When I was growing up, I would set up cans on a log and practice shooting them. Knowing that even a .22 calibre bullet from a rifle can carry up to a mile (and, at close range, can penetrate through seven 3/4-inch thick pine boards before lodging in the eighth), I would not do that during hunting season, as there might have been hunters in the woods, the woods you can see behind the house in the picture on the banner at the top of the page.

And these clowns–maybe not the ones mentioned in the story, but certainly some clowns in the neighborhood–were shooting in the direction of a residence.

After all, turkeys also walk on two legs . . . .

Eric Strunk, 43, and David Dayhuff, 48, both of Gosport, were hunting on private property in northwest Monroe County when another hunter walking along the field line reportedly mistook them for a turkey, according to the release. He shot at them with a 12-gauge shotgun, injuring both men.

Slip yourself a little politeness on the side . . . .

Lake County Sheriff officers responded to a report of an accidental shooting at 11:19 a.m. Officials said they found that the man had been handling a semiautomatic pistol that his wife recently purchased and shot himself above the knee cap when his finger slipped, said Sgt. Sara Balmes of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Via Job’s Anger.

Firearms frolics.

And they call it “social” media . . . .

The polite always put the best foot forward.

Although there was no magazine in the rifle, he forgot to check that the chamber was empty. The man’s dog jumped on the bed, causing the man to accidentally pull the trigger, shooting himself in the foot.

Get a drop on politeness.

According to a witness, the victim dropped a handgun and it discharged. The victim was hit in the left collarbone area.

The brief report does not say, but I suspect the weapon in question was a large calibre rapid-fire stupid.

Suffer the children.

One must practice politeness so as to keep one’s hand in.

The incident occurred at about 3:30 p.m. at the Morr Indoor Range and Training Center along Willow Street in West Lampeter Township, according to township police.

“One person sustained a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the left hand. Investigation revealed the gunshot was accidental,” police said.

If the other fellow had been holding his weapon, no doubt this would not have happened.

Police say the friend, who is also from French Lick, believed he heard something in the woods at the Shirley Creek campgrounds. He drew a gun and pointed it toward the trees.

The gun discharged when he attempted to holster it, with one shot striking Allbright in the back of the head.