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News of the polite will brighten your mourning.

Here and here.

Share politeness.

Police in Connecticut say a man they suspect killed three women took his own life minutes after officers confronted him.

And, for a bonus, accidental politeness.

The Cambria County hunter who was fatally shot in Adams on Saturday afternoon was accidentally shot and killed by another member of his hunting party, according to the Cambria County coroner.

Afterthought:

Though I’ve never been a hunter, I grew up surrounded by careful, responsible hunters, and, as I have mentioned, am a pretty good shot when I’m in practice.

There’s no excuse for mistaking a person for a bunny rabbit or for “it just went off.”

None.

Insuring Ensuring politeness.

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News of the polite (stats at the link):

Virginia gun sales set a new high for Black Friday as the number of firearms sold statewide continues to soar and is just days away from setting an annual record.

Courtesy comes a-calling for Christmas.

Spread politeness throughout your family.

Police said Adele Bing, 52, had an argument with her boyfriend, James Lane, earlier in the day and allegedly hit him with a gun. Lane went to the hospital to be treated for his injuries when officers said they received a call about a shooting at Adele Bing’s home.

Authorities said Ruby Bing went to visit her mother and knocked at her front door while holding her 4-month-old baby.

Police said Adele Bing was still upset about the argument she had with Lane and thought he was the person knocking.

Investigators said Adele Bing armed herself with a baseball bat and a handgun, and as she opened the door, she fired a shot, hitting her daughter in the upper chest. The 4-month-old was not injured, but Ruby Bing died at the scene.

And that’s just one of the stories of politeness I’ve seen so far today and, as I write this, I’ve not finished my second cup of coffee. Here’s another.

The holidays seem to be fostering a proliferation of courtesy.

Isn’t it comforting?

Manifest politeness in all of your relationships.

An Indiana County man was arraigned today on charges including attempted homicide after Pennsylvania State Police said he shot his ex-girlfriend four times Sunday at her Westmoreland County home, critically injuring her.

Politeness is transformative.

Pittsburgh police say an apparent gun battle caused a power outage in part of the city, when a stray shot hit an electrical transformer.

Politeness is a family affair.

A South Texas woman has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her 17-year-old brother as the pair apparently struggled over a handgun.

Hmmmm.

Wonder whether, had outcome had been reversed, the brother have been charged?

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You can’t make this stuff up.

Civil society, NRA style.

Politeness continues to abound.

Christopher Jackson, 35, was waiting for another shopper to leave a parking space when Ronnie Sharp, 61, began sounding his horn behind Jackson’s vehicle, the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff Brian Hieatt said Jackson got out of his vehicle and confronted Sharp, punching him, and Sharp responded by severely cutting Jackson on the arm with a knife and pulling out a rifle. The rifle was not loaded.

Have you noticed that this stuff almost never happens at a Target store?

The holidays promulgate a plethora of politeness.

Macomb County Sheriff Lt. John Michalke said a 56-year-old White Lake Township woman was handling the gun — being passed from person-to-person inside the home in the 58000 block of Deerfield — and pulled the trigger, causing it to discharge and strike her sister in the arm. The woman who fired the round apparently didn’t realize the gun was loaded, he said.

Police say the shooting occurred after the homeowner, a 48-year-old Washington Township man, retrieved the loaded Glock 21 handgun from a nightstand to show to his guests.

One more person who is just too damned stupid to own a firearm . . . .

Be polite to your elders.

An Ooltewah man who shot and killed what he thought was a middle-of-the-night prowler — actually a 72-year-old man with advanced Alzheimer’s disease — Wednesday in Walker County, Ga., hasn’t been charged but he might be later, authorities said.

(I trust that the gun nut is happy that he’s fulfilled his Wyatt Earp fantasy and demonstrated his capacity for courtesy.)

Afterthought:

The more stories of this sort that I see, the more I am convinced that many gun nuts have one trait in common.

They are frightened little men.

Bring up children politely.

The Fredonia Marshal’s Office says Donoho allegedly brought out a gun while inside a home with his child and five other children about 5 p.m. Saturday.

He’s accused of pointing the gun at the children and firing off a shot inside the home. There were no injuries.

After all, children learn best by example.

More news from the confluence of guns and stupid:

Two North Carolina parents are facing multiple charges after police said that one 3-year-old child accidentally shot another 3-year-old child near Asheboro this week.

According to WXII, deputies believe that 27-year-old William Monroe Simmons’ daughter was in a playroom unattended when the other 3-year-old shot her with a .22-caliber rifle that was left in the room.

. . . more evidence that an intelligence test should be required for owning firearms.

We had guns in the house when I grew up. They were always out of reach of children and unloaded, with the ammunition stored elsewhere, as anyone with enough smarts to own them would be sure to do.

A horse pulling an Amish buggy was killed Sunday in a drive-by shooting in Pennsylvania, police report.

Words fail me.

Be polite in Sunday service.

Churchgoers at Pinelake Church in Rankin County were preparing for service on Sunday morning when the 9mm handgun in Joseph Edgar Ray’s pocket discharged while he was sitting down, according to the Clarion-Ledger.

Flowood Police Department Lt. Ricky McMillian told the paper that the bullet lodged in the concrete floor and a woman was hit by the shell. WAPT also reported that “[f]ragments from the bullet shell grazed a woman nearby.” WJTV’s report said that the shell “barely broke skin.”

Jesus must be so proud.

Snuff out smoking, politely.

A Nashville bar owner claimed self defense over the weekend after fatally shooting country music singer Jerald Wayne Mills, 44, in connection with an argument over smoking.

More evidence that intelligence tests should be required for gun ownership.

Authorities said Texas state Rep. Drew Darby (R) tried to take a .38 caliber Ruger pistol with six rounds of ammunition through security at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.

When the gun was spotted by security, Darby reportedly told an an officer it was his, that he had a concealed pistol license and had forgotten it was in his bag.

Really?

You’re too stupid to realize that you’re packing?

You aren’t qualified to touch a gun.

Good fences make good neighbors. Otherwise, otherwise.