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Spontaneous politeness:

According to her mother, Kinzie Eisenbise was with a handful of friends at a friend’s house, when the shotgun went off.

Kinzie was struck in the right collarbone, and it caused critical injuries. Kinzie is being treated at The Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City.

Where do all these self-firing guns come from?

Take a hike, politely.

Investigators learned the man, who was not immediately identified, had been taking a walk with his girlfriend and had returned to the east entry of Presidential Estates. He was carrying a handgun and knew he needed to dismantle it before traveling anywhere because he did not have a valid concealed pistol license.

As he reached down for the gun and was handling it, he accidentally shot himself in the leg, police say. He was treated at Metro Health Hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

The hunt for politeness continues.

The Swift County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year-old Robert Schlieman of Detroit Lakes was shot just after noon Saturday while deer hunting north of Holloway.

Authorities say a deer ran between other hunters that Schlieman was hunting with. One of the hunters thought the deer was far enough away and started shooting at the deer.

I have nothing against hunting, at least by responsible hunters who obey the law and dine on their prey; I grew surrounded by such hunters. I must say, however, that trigger-happy hunters continually undermine their own pastime.

Canada is renowned for politeness.

An avid hunter is accused of killing a longtime friend with a rifle in what police called an accidental shooting that unfolded inside a Leaside home Wednesday night.

Officers found 23-year-old Campbell Smith with a single gunshot wound to his abdomen when they arrived at 111 Rykert Cres., in the Eglinton Ave. E and Brentcliffe Rd. area, around 10:30 p.m. The accused shooter’s mom made the 911 call.

Show politeness.

A vendor setting up before the (Expo Idaho gun–ed.) show says he was in the process of putting a plastic zip-tie on the trigger assembly of the bolt-action rifle when it suddenly fired. The bullet hit a 51-year-old man’s cane before hitting the man in the leg and hitting a nearby 64-year-old man in the leg.

Politeness is the cat’s meow.

Barry Fish, Max’s owner, told Fox25 the cat came home injured and in pain last week after roaming outside. When he took his pet to the veterinarian, he discovered the cat had been shot.

“We saw an X-ray with a picture of a bone, and it’s all shattered by something small, like a .22 or a pellet,” Fish told Fox25.

Be polite when paying.

The man was headed toward the register when his gun fell and fired a single round into another man’s calf, said spokeswoman Kristen Bentsen in an email. The man was carrying the gun legally, she noted.

“Open carry” is working out so very nicely, is it not?

Afterthought:

I ate at a Cracker Barrel once. It was the day that the space shuttle Challenger fell out of the sky.

I didn’t need another reason to avoid them.

Politeness runs rampant in Colorado Springs.

. . . and it’s another day in NRA Paradise.

Be polite whilst preparing for school.

Lewis said the gun had not been secured and that the 5-year-old reached for the weapon as the children were getting ready for school. The 9mm pistol belongs to the family and had been kept in a bag, police said.

She will recover.

Bring up children with politeness.

A 2-year-old is being treated at Gulf Coast Medical Center after suffering what the Fort Myers Police Department called an “accidental gunshot wound.” . . .

A family member said the child was hit in the thumb.

Like Petri wine, politeness is handed down from father to son.

Acworth police said the father had just picked up his two young children from daycare while their mother was at work.

“Right now, all we know is that the child was left unattended and got a hold of the handgun,” said Acworth police officer Youlanda Leverette.

When officers arrived, they found the boy in his parents’ bedroom. His father told officers the gun had been in a holster on the bed when the boy apparently found it and pulled the trigger.

Keep politeness on the table.

A 2-year-old girl died after suffering a shotgun wound Monday in southwestern Henderson County in what appears to be an unintentional shooting, authorities said. . . .

A woman can be heard on a recording of a 911 call saying, “One of the guns was loaded on the table and I didn’t know it. A little girl was shot.

One is tempted to wonder just how the hell many guns were on the table.

Politeness is cleaning up.

The man told the deputies he was cleaning his 9mm handgun and wasn’t aware a round was in the chamber and it discharged.

And yet another gun fires itself just because it can.

Dan Casey stifles his qualms and explores some “gun-free zones.” Here’s a bit:

Mind you, a number of those executive branch offices are here in the Roanoke Valley. Last week, I visited a bunch for a pulse check on the level of fear. Were visitors extra jittery? Were employees quaking in their boots now that their workplaces were dangerous “gun-free-zones?”

I started at the DMV in northern Roanoke County and found Tanya Howell of Roanoke standing calmly outside.

“I think [the gun ban] is a good idea,” she said. “I feel safer knowing someone’s not going to walk in and shoot up the building. I’m just glad somebody’s doing something about it.” Score one for McAuliffe.

Demonstrate politeness at the children’s sporting event.

Forrest City Police are currently investigating a shooting where a 10-year old boy was injured. . . .

Police say the shooter was not attending the game where the child was shot, and believe it might be an accident.

Be polite to your neighbor:

Lt. Sean Edwards said the officers soon learned man was killed during some sort of dispute with his neighbor. This neighbor allegedly pulled a gun during the argument and shot the victim a few times.

It is not yet clear what they were arguing about.

Be polite during family activities.

The 20-year-old was working with his mother on a partially disassembled .22-caliber firearm about 5:30 p.m. Monday in their garage in the 3300 block of Zamora Way, according to Stockton police.

The gun discharged, hitting the son in the face.

. . . and another gun that fires itself.

I guess this is what is meant by “guarded politeness.”