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Be polite when you go potty.

Yates said the 50-year-old man had a small .380 Derringer-type pistol in his pants pocket, and the gun accidentally went off while the man was in the restroom.

The bullet hit the man in the calf and, according to Yates, the injury did not appear to be life threatening.

Politeness builds strong families.

Sunday’s shooting of a 14-year-old boy, who suffered a gunshot wound to the neck/jaw area in rural Aitkin, is believed to be accidental, the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The sheriff’s office said Dawson Vanportfliet was shot while his father, Dennis Vanportfliet, 37, was handling* his .40 caliber Sig Sauer pistol.

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*Methinks that “fondling” was misplet.

Be polite to squirrels.

An 81-year-old Franklin man died Saturday after he accidentally shot himself while preparing to hunt squirrels, according to Izard County Sheriff Tate Lawrence. . . .

Deputies were called to the home by Wanda May Bible, who told authorities her husband, who used a walker for enhanced mobility, asked for her help exiting their home. As she approached to help her husband, the gun in his right hand discharged with the bullet fatally striking the man.

Let the politeness proliferate.

The child was shot around 1 p.m. at a home on Carnation Circle, said Horry County Police Lt. Raul Denis. Investigators believe the child found a gun in a dresser drawer and accidentally fired the weapon. Denis said police do not expect to charge anyone in the child’s case.

The second shooting happened a few hours later outside the rear entrance of Grand Strand Medical Center. Late Saturday, police were still piecing together how the situation unfolded, but they said family members began arguing and one person was shot. The victim wasn’t identified.

And, in more news of the polite.

Just another happy home in NRA Eden.

No safe harbor . . . .

A husband and wife were injured Thursday after losing control of a gun while placing it into a new safe.

The 15-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen with a small-caliber handgun shortly before 6 p.m. in the 200 block of Cedar Street, according to Sgt. Charlie Spruill. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he is undergoing surgery and is listed in stable condition, Spruill said. . . .

The father appears to have been examining the gun, which was legally owned, to determine if it was in working order when it accidentally discharged, Spruill said. No arrest has been made as of this evening.

I guess it worked.

Politeness must start young.

Police say the (two-year-old–ed.) boy was alone in a bedroom when he found a loaded handgun on top of a dresser and accidentally fired the weapon. The boy and his parents were visiting the residence.

Just one of those things, one of those crazy things in NRA Paradise.

Test for politeness.

Miguel Martinez, 19, was hanging out with his friends last week in a Fair Oaks park when one of his companions fatally shot him, hoping to test out the reliability of a bulletproof vest, the victim’s brother said Tuesday.

Another day in NRA Paradise.

A 4-year-old girl is fighting for her life after police say she shot herself in the face with a gun found in a Yonkers home.

Whatever shall we do about the epidemic of self-politeness?

At least this fellow had the good grace to be embarrassed when caught politing himself.

A man shot in the leg at the county park on Monday accidentally fired the gun, police said.

Police identified the victim as Antonio Quantico Davis of North Charleston. He had a gunshot wound to his left leg, police said.

“Davis initially stated that he had been shot by another person, then later changed his story, admitting that he had accidentally shot himself,” police said.

Cat got your gun?

A 19-year-old Onalaska man was accidentally shot in the leg on the 200 block of King Street by his 22-year-old roommate, who was making the cat chase the red dot produced by his handgun’s laser sighting system.

Another day in NRA Paradise.

Via Southern Beale.

Practice that politeness.

A 36-year-old Emmaus man accidentally shot himself in the groin while holstering his weapon during a class at the Bethlehem police gun range, according the city’s police chief.

Just the sort of fellow I want to see carrying a concealed firearm, yes-indeedy-do.

“In your face” politeness:

An Etowah County woman was hospitalized after she was shot in the face in what investigators believe was an accidental shooting Thursday night. . . .

Deputies responded after a man called 911 saying he’d shot his girlfriend in the face at their residence on Whites Chapel Road.

You can relax. More politeness patrols the polity.

At 4:13 a.m., three or more men broke through the front window of the Suburban Armory, at 1008 McDade Blvd., in Collingdale. Once inside the store, they stole semiautomatic handguns, and revolvers, said Steven Bartholomew, special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

NRA Paradise proliferates.

Be polite with your sawyer.

“Upon arrival, police made contact with [the victim] outside of his residence with a gunshot wound to his left foot,” (Lt. Curtis–ed.) Muhannad said. “He stated that he was loading his gun and pointed it down toward his foot when the gun went off.”

According to Muhannad, the weapon was a modified shotgun.

“It was a shotgun that had apparently been altered,” Muhannad said. “The barrel had been sawed off, and the stock was shortened.”

Guns and stupid–always a delightful combination.

More friendly politeness in NRA Paradise . . .

Sapp was taken to the hospital early Monday with a single gunshot wound to the head from a .22 caliber rifle, allegedly received when he was shot by a friend, a 26-year-old male, when the rifle accidentally discharged.

. . . and another gun that “discharged” itself.

Be polite to your friends.

Per police, Mackeon Schulte, 15, and a friend he was spending the night with went to another friend’s home around 2:30am. The two wanted to wake the sleeping boy, so they rapped on his window and tossed pebbles at the glass. Shaken from his sleep, the boy looked out the window and saw two faces, but recognized neither, reports KULR. Scared, he reached for a gun that was in his room and fired through the window, reports the Billings Gazette. Mackeon was hit in the head. A neighbor tells the Gazette he heard someone say, “Dude, you just got shot.”

Today there is one less friend in NRA Paradise.

If you can’t be polite to your friends, who can you be polite to?

The alleged shooter, a 26-year-old man, told police he was handling a .22-caliber rifle when it went off, striking his friend in the head, Woodruff said.

Practice random acts of politeness.

“The older brother pointed [the gun] at the younger brother, pulled the trigger and apparently it was loaded. And he died from the shot.” said the mayor.

The gun was in a box — one of the boys found it and began playing with it.

Just another day in NRA Paradise.

Be polite to your friends.

Anthony Williamson, 50, was accidentally shot in the abdomen by his friend, Jonathan Jordan, 50, after the two had traveled from Duluth to purchase a handgun after agreeing to meet the seller in Newnan. The transaction took place in the Academy Sports parking lot.

The firearm discharged while Jordan was examining the gun, according to Capt. John Lewis of the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office. Lewis also stated that the transaction was legal.

(And yet another gun fires itself . . . .)