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Familial politeness is the politest kind.

An 8-year-old boy was shot in the head by his 9-year-old sister with their parent’s handgun in an apparent accidental shooting in DeLand on Wednesday evening, according to DeLand Police.

Play politely with your progeny.

A Utah man is accused of threatening his teenage daughter with a rifle during an argument that began over a game of Battleship.

It’s still open season for politeness.

Authorities say 39-year-old Bruce Ellyson was hunting with some friends east of the Clearwater Campground in the Shoshone National Forest on Sunday when the accident occurred.

The Park County Sheriff’s Office says Ellyson and his companions had just finished their hunt and were preparing to leave when a rifle leaning against a vehicle fell over and fired.

Be polite to your brothers.

Police say a 5-year-old boy was shot by a sibling who is younger than 10. Their grandmother was watching three children, all siblings, in the apartment when one located a gun in the home.

Now there is one brother fewer.

Fly the polite skies (emphasis added).

More passengers than ever are showing up at airports with weapons in their carry-on luggage, and Dallas-Fort Worth leads the pack, federal officials say.

Security checks of departing passengers this year have turned up a record-setting 1,855 firearms in carry-on bags, the Transportation Security said Nov. 6. Of those, 1,471 or 79 percent were loaded, according to a new report.

Follow the link to find out which airports are the most polite airports.

We are a society of stupid.

The hunt for politeness marches on.

A 22-year-old Oklahoma man is believed to have accidentally shot and killed himself Tuesday night while gathering hunting gear at his home, according to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Department.

The hunt for politeness marches on.

An Elderly coyote hunter was seriously wounded in a hunting accident Wednesday evening near Dunlap, IA in Monona County. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the man was getting out of his vehicle in a harvested corn field west of Dunlap when he fell on his rifle and it discharged into his abdomen.

Squirrelly politeness:

A squirrel hunter said he was trying to cope with accidentally shooting a bowhunter over the weekend in west-central Wisconsin, mistaking the man’s movement for that of a squirrel.

He says he’s sorry.

Oh, so much politeness.

Be polite to man’s best friend.

Police say a 25-year-old man who accidentally shot himself in the hand ended up killing a dog at a home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Demonstrate your politeness to others so that they may emulate your courteous behavior.

A 22-year-old was shot to death in Hartford early Saturday morning, and police believe he shot himself while showing off the gun to friends.

Flaunting your male bits, real or artificial, in public seldom yields a positive outcome.

A special bonus dose of politeness, in which a question is answered (emphasis added):

According to the criminal complaint, the two had been talking about Ms. Munizza possibly getting a concealed carry permit right before the shooting.

Mr. Poremski offered his gun to her, which he had been carrying on his hip and previously said was unloaded, witnesses told police. She gripped the gun with two hands and pointed it at him, according to the complaint. The gun went off as he asked Ms. Munizza if she would be able to shoot someone standing in front of her that “could be a danger to her or her family.”

Mr. Poremski was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head and neck at 4:25 a.m., the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said.

Honest to Pete, the Three Stooges couldn’t make this stuff up.

The hunt for politeness produces a sighting.

Three men were hunting in a rural area when one hunter accidentally shot another on the left side of his face.

Forget drivers’ license exams. How about hunting license exams?

The hunt for politeness:

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by her father while the two were hunting in Oregon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s office.

The story does not mention just what he confused her with.

The face of politeness:

. . . a southwest Iowa man is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the face.

Red Oak police say 28-year-old Cody Allen Keith Tunnell was handling a weapon when it went off. He told authorities he thought the weapon was unloaded.

Basic gun safety says not to point even an empty gun at another living creature. Now, about those IQ tests for gun buyers . . . .

Play politely.

The shooting happened in the 7600 block of SE 121st Place in Belleview, deputies said.

The teen told deputies he and the 14-year-old were “playing around” with guns.

The older teen “stated the victim was pointing a .20 gauge shotgun at him” at which time the older teen “picked up a 9mm handgun, pointed it at the victim and accidentally fired the gun,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Politeness is essential to marital bliss.

Both Snyder and his wife told police at the scene that he had been cleaning his .40-caliber Glock handgun when it accidentally went off, police said.

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The investigation determined that Snyder and his wife were not cleaning the gun when it discharged. Instead, Snyder was demonstrating to her how to properly load the weapon when it discharged. The bullet struck her in the lower abdomen and exited out her upper thigh, police said.

. . . bringing new meaning to the term, “lying together.”