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Tet another hunter can’t tell a human being from (in this case) small game.

Here’s the headline; follow the link for the story.

Hunter who thought he was firing at animal shot and killed teen at Lake Nockamixon, DA says

Party politely.

Washoe County deputies responded to call around 1 a.m. Sunday about a teen who was shot in the thigh at a party about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Reno. The girl was not identified.

The Washoe County sheriff’s office said it is believed somebody at the party fired a weapon into the dark not knowing she was there. The teen is expected to recover from her injuries.

Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

Ensure that your offspring play politely.

Show politeness to your siblings.

Laura Natalya Rodriguez was killed Tuesday. Houston police said she was shot by her younger brother who was showing off a gun.

PSA for gun nuts:

The internet is a public place.

Once again, we are reminded that politeness is a family value.

TPD (Thomasville, Ga., Police Department) found a minor with a gunshot wound to the left arm, according to the media report.

24-year old Jarquese Harris stated that his friend had left an AR-15 rifle in the house and that his friend’s grandmother did not want it to leave the house.

Harris attempted to take the rifle outside and accidentally pulled the trigger, not knowing that the safety was off or that the gun was loaded, the media report says.

Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.

And a polite society is a clean society.

“It was a freak accident. It was supposed to be an unloaded gun and my husband was just doing maintenance cleaning on it like he normally does. There wasn’t supposed to be any rounds in it or anything like that,” she said.

The gun somehow went off and a bullet hit Jack (the eight-year old son–ed.). Canton Township Police say he was rushed to the hospital, but doctors could not save him.

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Politeness is so easy that even a child can do it.

Friends should be polite to each other.

An intoxicated minor who was driving with a loaded AR-15 rifle in his lap Saturday evening told police that he carried the assault weapon because he “has seen crazy stuff since moving to Florida” from Alabama, according to arrest affidavits.

(More at the link.)

Afterthought:

A good lawyer might just make this defense work . . . .

Parent politely.

A 9-year-old boy was shot Thursday night in what police described as an accident as a father attempted to clear his handgun of ammunition.

Well, he certainly did clear his armament of ammunition, did he not?

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Yet another responsible gun owner demonstrates that politeness is a family value.

The sheriff’s office said Andrew Smith, 28, was deer hunting with his father and a group of friends on Dec. 2 just south of the city of Delaware in a wooded area along Pollock Road.

Smith was not wearing any orange hunting gear when his father mistook him for a deer and shot him, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Once again, adults ensure that children are exposed to politeness at an early age.

There’s been an outbreak of politeness in Wichita, Kansas:

(Police Chief Gordon–ed.) Ramsay said the first shooting involved someone who shot their significant other in the hand while checking the safety on a gun kept under a pillow in bed. In the second incident, someone accidentally shot themself (sic) in the leg.

A gun under the pillow? Someone’s been watching too many old detective movies.

Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

The Columbus police department said in a statement: “Upon arrival, officers found 12-year-old Lidia Ghide suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was transported in critical condition to Mount Carmel East Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m.

“The investigation revealed that 42-year-old Eric Carpenter was handling a rifle in his apartment when the gun was fired. The shot fired left Carpenter’s apartment and hit and fatally wounded Lidia, who was in an adjacent apartment.

One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.

Aside:

I note the passive voice: “the gun was fired.” Also, what’s with “apparent gunshot wound”?

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Be polite as you survey the product displays in your local exclusive retail outlet.

. . . police said new information uncovered that the gunfire was the result of a person walking through the store and adjusting his pants when the firearm he had in his waistband went off.

“It appears the shot was accidental and no one was injured by the bullet,” a police spokesperson said.

Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.

We are reminded once again that politeness is child’s play.

The NRA will no doubt claim that, had the other child been packing, he could have defend–oh, wait. THey were away on a cruise at the time.

Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility.

Galford died from a single gunshot wound to the left side of his torso, Scott Schell, Crawford County coroner, told the Tribune Wednesday afternoon.

Galford was wearing a shoulder holster and apparently was holstering the gun when it went off accidentally, striking Galford, Schell said.

Many years ago, when he was working in Vermont, my brother told me that his boss had stopped hunting.

Seems he–the boss–had been relaxing in a bar after a day in the field and overheard two visitors from another state talking about their day stalking deer. One of them said, “I didn’t see a thing all day,” The other replied, “Neither did I, but I got off a couple of sound shots.”

And that’s when boss hung up his gun.