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Squirrelly politeness:

A squirrel hunter said he was trying to cope with accidentally shooting a bowhunter over the weekend in west-central Wisconsin, mistaking the man’s movement for that of a squirrel.

He says he’s sorry.

Oh, so much politeness.

Be polite to man’s best friend.

Police say a 25-year-old man who accidentally shot himself in the hand ended up killing a dog at a home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Demonstrate your politeness to others so that they may emulate your courteous behavior.

A 22-year-old was shot to death in Hartford early Saturday morning, and police believe he shot himself while showing off the gun to friends.

Flaunting your male bits, real or artificial, in public seldom yields a positive outcome.

A special bonus dose of politeness, in which a question is answered (emphasis added):

According to the criminal complaint, the two had been talking about Ms. Munizza possibly getting a concealed carry permit right before the shooting.

Mr. Poremski offered his gun to her, which he had been carrying on his hip and previously said was unloaded, witnesses told police. She gripped the gun with two hands and pointed it at him, according to the complaint. The gun went off as he asked Ms. Munizza if she would be able to shoot someone standing in front of her that “could be a danger to her or her family.”

Mr. Poremski was pronounced dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head and neck at 4:25 a.m., the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said.

Honest to Pete, the Three Stooges couldn’t make this stuff up.

The hunt for politeness produces a sighting.

Three men were hunting in a rural area when one hunter accidentally shot another on the left side of his face.

Forget drivers’ license exams. How about hunting license exams?

The hunt for politeness:

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed by her father while the two were hunting in Oregon, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s office.

The story does not mention just what he confused her with.

The face of politeness:

. . . a southwest Iowa man is in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the face.

Red Oak police say 28-year-old Cody Allen Keith Tunnell was handling a weapon when it went off. He told authorities he thought the weapon was unloaded.

Basic gun safety says not to point even an empty gun at another living creature. Now, about those IQ tests for gun buyers . . . .

Play politely.

The shooting happened in the 7600 block of SE 121st Place in Belleview, deputies said.

The teen told deputies he and the 14-year-old were “playing around” with guns.

The older teen “stated the victim was pointing a .20 gauge shotgun at him” at which time the older teen “picked up a 9mm handgun, pointed it at the victim and accidentally fired the gun,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Politeness is essential to marital bliss.

Both Snyder and his wife told police at the scene that he had been cleaning his .40-caliber Glock handgun when it accidentally went off, police said.

(snip)

The investigation determined that Snyder and his wife were not cleaning the gun when it discharged. Instead, Snyder was demonstrating to her how to properly load the weapon when it discharged. The bullet struck her in the lower abdomen and exited out her upper thigh, police said.

. . . bringing new meaning to the term, “lying together.”

Nap politely.

Patrick Sanders, 20, was sleeping on the couch when the gun slipped out of his pants on to the floor in the incident that took place on Saturday in a Houston apartment.

The child then handled the gun and Sanders tried to grab it from the toddler, police said.

“At that time, the gun went off and Sanders was shot in the face. The child was not injured,” Houston Police said in a statement.

Via Juanita Jean.

Hunters seem to have found their red October.

A 12 year old girl was shot around 7 o’clock Monday morning on Van Scoyoc Hollow Road in Snyder Township, Blair County. State Police and the Pennsylvania Game Commission are investigating this shooting as a possible hunting accident. No details are being released on the condition of the girl at this time.

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Addendum:

She did it to herself:

Police aren’t releasing the name of the girl who authorities first believed had been shot outside her home Monday as she left for school about 7 a.m. That prompted the Pennsylvania Game Commission to investigate whether the girl might have been wounded by a hunter’s stray bullet.

But police now say the girl had grabbed the rifle and was returning it to a safe when it fell and discharged in her Snyder Township home.

Drive politely.

Police in Oakland say a 30-year-old woman was shot to death during a possible road-rage confrontation.

Officer Johnna Watson says Perla Avina was riding in a Toyota Camry Sunday afternoon in the city’s Brookfield Village neighborhood when someone in another car shot her in the face.

If every driver were armed, no doubt events of this nature would not occur.

Also, pigs, wings.

If you must unload on those around you, do so politely.

A 56-year-old man is in serious condition after accidentally being shot in the abdomen Sunday morning while hunting with three or four others in the Brown’s Gulch Road area north of Butte, authorities said.

Sheriff Ed Lester said another person was unloading a hunting rifle when it accidentally discharged and hit the man in the abdomen. Police were called at 10:29 a.m.

Am I the only person who’s ever heard of something called “a safety,” not to mention something called just plain “safety“?

Teach the young to be polite.

A student opened fire in the cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School late Friday morning, killing another student and wounding four others before killing himself.

Addendum, a Little Bit Later:

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