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More polite parenting:

The sheriff calls it a sad and tragic day.

“There was a couple loaded rifles in the car, and one discharged fatally shooting a 12-year-old girl in the backseat,” explained Chippewa County Sheriff Robert Savoie.

Even worse, he says this could have been prevented

“Obviously here, gun safety is extremely important this time of year. We have issues here. There’s a loaded gun not pointed in a safe direction, and the safety wasn’t activated.”

More persons too stupid to have guns.

Be polite to your spouse or significant other.

A 59-year-old Bradenton man accidentally shot his 58-year-old wife in the head when he dropped his gun on the ground and it fired, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. . . .

Both said they were preparing to play golf when he removed a small five-shot revolver from his pocket, dropped it and it discharged when it hit the floor, according to the report. The round grazed the woman on the side of her head and they drove together to the emergency room.

Via Southern Beale.

Pre-school politeness:

A 3-year-old girl accidentally shot herself at a home on East Lake Trail Saturday, police said.

Jennifer Timmons with the Columbia Police Department said the child found a gun and was shot in the leg.

Love that passive voice: “was shot.” By whom, one wonders.

Politeness after school:

Police are investigating a shooting out of Gaston County that took the life of an 11-year-old girl. Investigators said she shot and killed herself Wednesday afternoon with her mother’s gun.

According to the story, police are still trying to determine whether the politeness was purposeful.

More filial courtesy.

A 9-year-old Delta Junction boy is recovering from a gunshot wound suffered in an accidental shooting.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1qizzPx) reports the boy’s 15-year-old brother was handling a .22-caliber rifle Wednesday afternoon inside a home and the gun fired.

Play politely.

A 14-year-old boy playing with a shotgun led to the accidental shooting of two teen girls and a toddler boy, police said today.

I have a Google alert set up for various aspects of gunnuttery. It’s my only Google alert, because, I guess, I collect stupid.

It was quiet over the weekend, but today it has delivered almost a dozen messages. This is the latest. Some nutcase killed his daughter and all of his grandchildren.

It’s not going to end, is it, not so long as the NRA can marshal its legions who worship their artificial penises?

Bullet points.

Penetrating parental politeness:

According to police reports, Bianca Bowers shot Jarvis Douglas on Sunday during a domestic dispute.

The bullet passed through Douglas and then struck Bowers’ 14-month-old daughter.

Be polite to family pets.

Authorities say a Washington state man fed up with barking fatally shot his neighbors’ dog in front of them. But the corgi apparently wasn’t the one barking.

The Atlantic’s Citylab site compiles an admittedly-not-exhaustive list of persons who have shot themselves in the john.

Be polite in the playpen.

According to officers, a mother was taking care of three children, two boys and a girl, when she left the house for a couple of minutes to get them something to drink.

Police said in that time, a three-year-old boy found a loaded .22-caliber handgun and accidentally shot himself with it.

Officers said the boy did not survive his injuries.

Parents, foster politeness.

A Charlotte woman was arrested Saturday after her 7-year-old daughter shot herself with a gun in the family’s southwest Charlotte residence, police said.

The girl was shot in the hand, and her injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Investigators said Heather Nicole Davenport, 27, faces a charge of failure to properly secure a weapon.

Via C&L.

Be polite at work and school, especially if they are the same place.

Officials say a Utah teacher is in good condition after accidentally shooting herself in the leg with a concealed firearm in a faculty bathroom at the elementary school where she works.

Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley says the gun went off while the woman was in a faculty restroom shortly before class started Thursday at Westbrook Elementary School, in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville.

Too stupid to have a gun, too stupid to teach.

Politeness requires that you drive defensively:

Gary J. Courtney, 56, was booked into Spokane County Jail over the weekend facing assault with a firearm and drive-by-shooting charges. Witnesses said Courtney hit the cyclist, a 30-year-old man, with his truck, then argued with him. Courtney pulled out a pistol and fired once in the man’s direction as he pedaled away, hitting him in the right forearm, according to court documents.

This has been your daily does of politeness.

Such politeness leaves me without words.

A Macon man was treated at Coliseum Northside hospital Thursday after he accidentally shot himself in the penis.

The man was parked at the gas station at about 9:30 p.m. when he attempted to holster his .45.

I guess the artificial penis tired of the competition and chose the direct approach.

Via Juanita Jean.

Politeness is requisite around the family table.

The 2-year-old son of a Clay County sheriff’s deputy was struck in the foot by a shattered bullet fragment and sustained minor injuries when his father’s personal handgun accidentally discharged into the floor of a Middleburg fast food restaurant where the family stopped for lunch.

The hunt for politeness.

Helvey was injured around 1 p.m. Sunday while squirrel hunting with family in the Uniontown area, the sheriff’s office said.

While attempting to get across a fallen tree, Helvey accidentally discharged his .22-caliber rifle into his shoulder, authorities said.