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Pursue politeness, just because you can.

The gunman accused of chasing and killing a 21-year-old man at a west Orlando apartment complex on Thursday told police he was pursuing a suspected burglar and acted in self-defense after he was attacked.

According to the story, the shooter saw the guy, grabbed his gun, ran outside, and attempted to drag the fellow into his house. The fellow resisted, putting the shooter in fear of his life, so boom!

This makes sense only in the John Wayne fantasy world where gun nuts dwell.

Pursue small game, politely.

A 24-year-old Zeeland Township woman is in stable condition Saturday after being accidentally shot by her husband in a hunting accident, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department.

The woman, whose name was not released, was shot about 3:30 p.m. near Byron Road in Jamestown Township. Her husband, 27, was attempting to shoot a rabbit and did not see that she was in the line of fire, deputies said.

Be polite to yourself.

Just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Grand Rapids Police were called out to the 900 block of Maybelle Street Northeast.

They found one victim who had been shot. Police say the victim received a non-life threatening injury and was taken to a Grand Rapids hospital. It was later determined the injury was the result of an accidental self-inflicted shooting where the victim was struck in the leg.

And, in other news of the polite, . . . .

More familial politeness:

A 4-year-old boy was fatally shot in Detroit on Thursday in what police said was a tragic, avoidable accident. The shooter was the boy’s 4-year-old cousin.

A rarity.

Frederic Poag recounts how he lost his cool with a gun and nearly killed someone and how it changed his view on guns.

Aurora, and Sandy Hook are shocking tragedies on a mind boggling scale, but they’re poor examples to advocate for gun control. James Eagan Holmes, and Adam Lanza can be dismissed as outliers, crazies that can’t be stopped no matter how much gun control we have. Even in my worst moments I can say without a doubt that I’d never walk into an elementary school with a loaded assault rifle and mass murder little children. It’s inconceivable, and utterly unconscionable. And I’m definitely not the same angry person I was back then.

But I was almost Curtis Reeves. If we want to get serious about gun control that’s where our focus should be. Because when you stop respecting the power of firearms, when you forget that in a moment of anger after a tub of popcorn has been dumped on your head you just might reach for it because you’re a “good guy” and therefore have the authority to use it. That’s when your world ends with a bang.

Follow the link for the backstory. It’s powerful stuff.

Another clean-living polite parent:

Authorities say an 11-year-old girl has been shot in a leg after her father accidentally discharged a gun he was cleaning in Avondale.

According to the story, “the gun somehow went off,” apparently of its own accord.

Polite persons keep it clean.

Two Orlando men were wounded Wednesday night when they got together to clean their handguns and one accidentally pulled the trigger.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

Treat your friends politely.

According to police, Colton Cline and Tyler Fetter were hanging out at Cline’s Lux Road home just after noon when Cline fired one shot.

“The intent was not homicide. We believe it was a reckless act,” police Chief John Otto told Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE.

More guns would, no doubt, have kept this from happening.

Bob Cesca discusses protecting yourself from aggressive popcorn.

Just read it.

Another husband practices familial politeness.

A Crafton man shot his estranged wife in the head early Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself, leaving three young daughters behind, Allegheny County officials said.

Surprised by politeness.

A loaded .45-caliber handgun was seized Monday at the Osceola County Courthouse from a man showing up for a child-custody case, Kissimmee police said. Luis A. Castillo was detained shortly after 2 p.m. when security officers spotted the weapon during an X-ray check of his briefcase, records show.

Castillo said he did not know he was armed because he recently switched briefcases.

Now that’s responsible, being polite without even realizing it.

Addendum:

PoliticalProf defines “responsible gun owner.”

Parent politely.

Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston said Logan Carter was shot in the head Saturday just before noon inside a home on County Road 336. He was later pronounced dead at a Paragould hospital.

Langston said Michael Carter, father of Logan, accidentally shot the boy with a .45 caliber gun purchased online about a month ago.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, you can’t make this stuff up.

Charles Cummings and his son, Alex, settled into their seats at the Cobb Grove 16 Monday for the 1:20 p.m. show of Lone Survivor.

During the previews, a man sitting two seats away texted noisily on his phone. The man behind him, retired Tampa police officer Curtis Reeves, asked him to stop several times.

Reeves left for a few minutes and returned. An argument erupted. Popcorn flew. Then, authorities said, Reeves pulled out a pistol and fired at the man.

Death (yes, death) seems to me a disproportionate penalty for impolite texting.

This nation shall be smitten, and every smite will have been earned.

Practice random acts of politeness.

Collegedale (Tennessee–ed.) police received the call from this trailer park on Mendoza Place. A woman with non-life threatening injuries after a stray bullet entered her home.

(Snip)

“If someone was out shooting, out hunting in the Collegedale area or taking target practice we would encourage them to give us a call and let us talk to them, . . .”

I suspect that the police don’t need to wait up for that call.

A .22 calibre bullet can travel over a mile. The practitioner of politesse likely has no idea of how far the influence of his politeness may reach.

Get loaded, politely.

James D. Meyer, 52, was setting up to do some reloading on his .40 caliber handgun shortly before 9 a.m. in the 11000 block of Paney Circle Drive. He attempted to remove a magazine from the gun when it discharged, hitting his upper left leg.

Because nobody has a greater potential for politesse than drunken frat boys . . . .

A Florida gun-rights group said it filed a lawsuit on Friday against the University of Florida, alleging the university is illegally restricting firearms and weapons on “all university property.”

The suit is the latest conflict in between Lehigh Acres-based Florida Carry Inc and a public university in Florida about gun issues.

Gun fetish or cheese fetish, a fetish is still a fetish.

Settle domestic differences politely.

“We believe the person who committed the murder-suicide, the husband, made the call prior to shooting himself,” said Bill Colarulo, Radnor Township Police.

Supt. Colarulo says they received a 911 call after 2:00 p.m. Police believe the husband called for help after allegedly shooting his wife.

Have you noticed that it is almost always the husband who does the murder and then commits suicide?

Must be a testosterone thing.

Play with your toys, politely.

Police spokeswoman Julie Parker says there was a group of five people at the home hanging out and playing with the gun when it went off. She says Pratt and the person who fired the gun were visiting the home and the person who fired is cooperating with police.

“Playing with” a gun does not make it into a toy gun.