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Shoot first, ask questions later.

This sort of stuff is a side-effect of the NRA’s adoption of fear as a sales tactic.

Politeness at play.

The two suspects, both 16, were playing with guns in the back seat of the car. Investigators say one of the teenagers, a relative of Castro’s, touched a trigger of a gun and fired a single shot into her back. She died at the scene.

Yet more familial politeness (emphasis added):

A 16-year-old boy accidentally shot and wounded his brother with a shotgun late Wednesday at their Pico Rivera home, authorities said.

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The young men apparently discovered a shotgun in the home and were handling it when it discharged, striking the older brother, Chapman said.

I wonder whether the shotgun sneaked in on its own or was an invited guest.

I grew up with guns.

We knew where the guns were and were taught when and how to “handle” them.

It always seems to come back to who you know.

Politeness must be practiced from an early age.

Police tell us the shooting was accidental. It happened around 2:00 pm at the boy’s home in the 1300 block of North Pennsylvania Avenue.

Neighbors call the one-year-old boy’s death heartrending and say they’re praying for his family.

It is difficult not to wonder whether some gun nuts just want to know what if feels like to kill someone.

A youngster gives politeness a shot:

Louisville police say a four-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the face and went to Kosair Children’s Hospital with critical condition with life-threatening injuries.

The story goes on to say that authorities have not yet figured out how he got the politeness stick.

Pack your heat politely.

According to investigators, Francis was at the bar with George-Harvan, her aunt, and her aunt’s new husband just hours after their wedding.

Police say they were arguing about who would be the designated driver when the bride is accused of taking a gun from her husband’s truck and firing at Francis.

Lawyer J. Lauson Cashdollar says George-Harvan simply tried to move the gun when it went off.

More accidental politeness.

Columbus police are calling a 4-year-old shooting a 7-year-old boy a horrible accident. ABC6/FOX28’s Rob Wells reports the firearm was left in plain view while the house was full of adults and children Friday.

“It was just an accident everything is all right,” the grandfather of the shooting victim told ABC6/FOX28 News. He said he hadn’t been to the hospital yet to see his grandson. The grandfather did say the boys’ parents are with him at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Gun nuts are drunk on their guns.

This is an accident just as a DUI car wreck is an accident.

Addendum:

And in other news of the polite, remember, it’s who you know . . . .

Be polite in a crowd.

Deputies received a report about 9:05 p.m. of a shooting at a home on the 1300 block of Lobelia Road, a Sheriff’s Office release said.

They arrived to find three people, two women and a man, with injuries, the release said.

Investigators determined that a gun belonging to the unidentified homeowner accidentally discharged into the concrete floor resulting in the injuries, the release said.

Philly cops stand their ground and an innocent pizza delivery guy is shot for being.

The 20-year-old from Upper Darby had been running orders two nights a week for Slices & More for a few weeks. That was on top of another job at an airport restaurant.

Maybe he had heard the gunshots two blocks away – the ones two plainclothes officers were responding to – when they attempted to stop him just before 10 p.m. Moments later, they riddled the Taurus with 14 shots.

He was guilty of wearing a hooded sweatshirt (that’s what we used to call them in the olden days, when I was a young ‘un) and being visible.

I think the cops have been watching too many cop shows on the telly vision, where everyone is a mope and the cops are always right.

More pointless bloodshed at the link.

Politeness proliferates.

Des Moines police say a 4-year-old girl died after an apparent accidental shooting in her family’s apartment.

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Sgt. Jason Halifax said the investigation was continuing, but it appeared that “safe weapons handling practices were not followed.”

They seldom are, are they?

Polite show-and-tell.

At approximately 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, the 24-year-old was visiting friends in the 900 block of Redfield Road when he asked to see his friend’s handgun, Eddie Hopkins of the sheriff’s office said.

As the man, who lives in the 400 block of Pollack Drive in Aberdeen, was looking at the gun and handing it back to his friend, he fired and shot himself in the abdomen, Hopkins said.

Driven to politeness:

A two-vehicle automobile accident quickly turned into an altercation and shooting Sunday evening northeast of Topeka, leaving one man in a local hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening, Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones said.

Afterthought:

In late-breaking news of the polite:

Police in South Houston are searching for a suspect who was accused of shooting a 3-year-old girl in what was thought to be a case of drunken road rage.

Politeness is essential to family relationships.

A two-year-old boy was in critical condition after an accidental shooting Friday evening in Wellsville.

Police and medical crews responded at 6:40 p.m. and found the boy had a single gunshot wound in the abdomen from a .22 caliber rifle. Initial evidence suggests the boy was shot by his three-year-old sister, according to Cache County Sheriff Deputy Brad Slater.

Afterthought:

This, my friends, is the Gun Nut Garden of Eden.

Practice self-politeness.

Felton-Tucker told troopers he’d been at a bonfire at the end of Knik-Goose Bay Road, shooting a .22-caliber rifle when one of the rounds ricocheted off a backstop and hit his foot. He then drove himself to the hospital. Troopers say they don’t believe drugs or alcohol played any role in the incident.

The story is datelined “Wasilla,” which, like Clarissa, explains it all.

What police are calling a hunting accident led to two men being airlifted from Clay County early Thursday morning.

Three men were hunting in a group when two of them were shot by an unknown man, according to Clay County Sheriff Kevin Johnson.

No doubt someone got confused over the difference between wild pig and long pig.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.