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From time to time, politeness may require empty gestures.

Authorities say a teenager who pulled the trigger on what he thought was an empty handgun fired a bullet that went through the family dog and hit his grandmother, killing the woman at the scene.

Kenny Payne, the police chief in Plaquemine, Louisiana, told news outlets that the shooting appears to be accidental.

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Be polite at the drive-thru:

Police in Ohio say they’re looking for a man who pulled out a gun after being told by a McDonald’s drive-thru worker there were no Egg McMuffin sandwiches available.

Now, about those “responsible gun owners . . . .?

Be polite to your neighbor.

“As I was getting ready to grab my phone, I heard a loud bang and my TV flew forward,” he said. “I thought at first that my TV must have exploded.”

He then realized after seeing his arm bleeding and the hole in the wall that he had been peppered by a shotgun blast.

Rosette said his neighbors and the person who had shot the gun came running after they heard him yell.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, some of this stuff makes Three Stooges shorts look like Shakespeare.

The hunt for politeness progresses.

A woman has been killed in a hunting accident on the first day of deer season in Maine.

Karen Wrentzel, 34, was shot dead around 10.30am on Saturday morning in a heavily wooded area near Hebron, Maine, in the first hunting fatality the state has seen in four years.

Family members said that Wrentzel was on her own property digging for rocks and gems when the incident occurred.

The story goes on to say that the property was not “posted” and that she wasn’t wearing “blaze orange.” It implies (unitentionally, I believe) that it was her own damn fault for looking like a furry severeal-hundred-pound four-legged animal in the eyes of the shooter, who is held to a lower standard because he has a hunting license.

The struggle for politeness persists.

Meanwhile, investigators conducted an interview of Derick Shelton, father of the victim, along with his 13-year-old son, whose name is not being released due to his status as a minor. Through those interviews, investigators learned that Shelton had left the residence for a brief moment, and during that time his two sons wrestled with a rifle Shelton kept inside the residence.

While wrestling with the rifle, the weapon discharged, and the younger Shelton was shot in the neck by his brother.

Afterthought:

When did “Keep guns loaded when they are not in use” become a thing?

The hunt for politeness goes on.

The incident occurred on private land near Forestburg. The man, standing at the end of a field, was shot in the left nostril by a second hunter when a rooster appeared.

The wounded man was transported to Avera Queen of Peace hospital in Mitchell by one of the other hunters in the group. The man received stitches and was discharged that evening.

I’m guessing they were hunting prairie hens, not nostrils.

Self-politeness is the politest kind.

“An investigation by the ISU Police Department has determined that non-student Dominique Stulgate, 26 years of age, from Indianapolis was injured by a gunshot near Cromwell Hall Sunday night,” said ISU Chief of Police, Joseph Newport. “He was the victim of a self-inflicted accidental wound.”

The injury sustained in his right leg was non-threatening, but did require emergency surgery.

Clearly, he got a leg up on politeness.

The stupid.

It burns.

An outbreak of politeness in Prince William County.

Party politely.

An adult party was going on inside an apartment on Saturday evening when a guest started passing around a handgun.

“A nine-millimeter handgun was being handled and the gun went off and the one round that was fired did strike a 3-year-old in the arm,” said Sgt. Jason Nielsen, Sandy Police Department. “The 28-year-old father was struck in the leg with the same bullet.”

Politeness is de riguer at one’s local public house.

A man was accidentally shot in the hand early Sunday morning after a concert at an Oregon City pub, police officials said.

The hunt for politeness continues, and another gun fires itself–at least, that’s how the sentence reads.

Two men were near the Tualatin Wildlife Refuge when the gun fired. The sheriff’s office said one of the men was getting into position and pulling his gun up a berm when it went off, hitting him in the chest.

Play politely.

The Scott County Coroner tells WKYT a 19-year-old was playing with a gun when it accidentally discharged and hit him in the head, killing him.

Politeness takes practice.

Lawrence Ramdass, 46, of Plantation, was fishing from a boat in the Holey Land Wildlife Management Area in Palm Beach County last July when several shots rang out. One bullet struck him in the chest.

The shots came from a .45-caliber gun being fired for target practice by two men, Ricardo Galvan and Christian Salcedo, about a third of a mile away, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

But because the two men had been taking turns firing the gun and could not see Ramdass, who was behind a vegetation-covered berm, detectives don’t know which one of them fired the fatal shot.

Once again, “criminal negligence” has been misplet “tragic accident,” as, in NRA Paradise, shooters are not responsible for their shots.

Be polite to your friends.

Cowlitz County deputies said it was just before noon Saturday when a 13-year-old boy called 911 to say he accidentally shot his 13-year-old friend.

Deputies said he thought the gun wasn’t loaded.

Make room for politeness.

The incident happened at about 7 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Sheridan. The man with the rifle was parked on Main Street and moving his gun around in the back of his truck to make more room for seating, Thompson said. The rifle went off accidently (sic) when the owner of the truck grabbed the rifle near the trigger. The victim was standing outside the truck, about to get into it.

“Near the trigger.” Yeah. Right.

Don’t let politeness take a back seat.

Preliminary investigation indicates that one of Ms. Phelp’s grandsons was operating a 2015 Chevrolet owned by Ms. Phelps (the deceased–ed.). Two of her other grandsons, both juveniles, were in the back seat examining a handgun that had been left in the back seat. A 12-year-old male discharged the firearm striking Ms. Phelps who was sitting in the front passenger seat.

Practice politeness with gravitousy:

Levins put the gun away and later got it back out when howling coyotes began to upset dogs at the house. Levins fired several shots into the air in an attempt to scare off the coyotes. Investigation revealed Levins had been drinking, Richert said.
(snip)

Meanwhile, 18-year-old Hunter Kosht of Hayesville had gone into a wooded area for privacy to talk to his girlfriend on a cell phone.

Kosht was struck by one of the shots fired by Levins, Richert said, adding that the bullet went all the way through Kosht’s neck but missed any vital areas.

The story goes on to say that Levins has been charged with misdemeanor SUI (shooting under the influence–no, that’s not the technical wording of the charge, but it might as well be.)