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Be polite to your neighbors.

A Yonkers man sitting on his porch watching TV was shot in the stomach Thursday when a neighbor one floor below allegedly let loose 7 bullets by accident, police said.

Phantom politeness.

“Obviously, it’s quite troubling that the 3-year-old was shot under any circumstances,” Miramar police spokeswoman Tania Rues told Local 10. “However, we can’t really speculate at present time as to what exactly occurred.”

Unexpected politeness is the politest kind.

The 45-year-old man was struck in the arm by a gunshot on his property off FM 1375 East near New Waverly in what the Walker County Sheriff’s Office said was a target shooting accident.

According to Detective Tom Bean, a 14-year-old boy was sighting in his rifle at his family’s residence on an adjacent property. One of the bullets either passed through the target or ricocheted and traveled through the woods before striking the victim.

Here’s today’s etiquette test question: In 400 words or fewer, explain the difference between “accident” and “reckless endangerment.” Give examples.

More accidental politeness and yet another gun that achieved the singularity and fired itself:

A man who lives in northeastern Baxter County is recovering from a gunshot wound to his upper left chest on Monday afternoon. Jeffrey Lanham, 42, told sheriff’s deputies that a .22-caliber revolver accidentally fired.

Be polite to your girlfriend’s parents.

Pennsylvania state police at Kiski Valley said Joseph Stoll Jr. of Irwin showed up at the home of Dana Rodericks, 40, of Delmont, at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday and got involved in a verbal altercation with Mr. Rodericks. Police said Mr. Rodericks asked Mr. Stoll to leave, at which time a physical confrontation ensued.

Police said Mr. Stoll initially drove away but returned with a shotgun and threatened to kill Mr. Rodericks. That’s when Mr. Rodericks daughter, who was not identified by police, got between her boyfriend and her father and persuaded her boyfriend to leave.

Be polite to your neighbors.

Officers say a 45-year-old man and his friend were talking in the backyard of his home near 17th West and Stardust Way. During the conversation a gun was pulled.

“At some point in time a handgun was introduced to their conversation, they were passing it back and forth when the 45-year-old shot his friend in the leg,” said Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal.

Party politely.

Ronald Marsh, 42, 2201 S. 37th St., was at a party with 10 to 12 other people at a house at 2348 S. 35th St. around 10:40 p.m. when his .380-caliber handgun fell out of his shorts pocket, Lincoln Police Capt. Jim Davidsaver said.

The gun hit the ground and fired, and a bullet struck a 12-year-old girl in the middle of her back before going out her right shoulder, Davidsaver said.

Teach the children politeness.

Police arrested a male teenager late Thursday and said he would face charges in the shooting of an 11-year-old boy earlier that day outside an apartment complex.

The victim, who relatives identified as Gregory Kent, of Oakland, is expected to survive. The alleged gunman, police said, is 14 years old. He was not identified.

Hand the gun back to its owner politely.

The sheriff’s office says Martel was examining a loaded 38 special handgun and while he was handing the gun back to its owner, it discharged, hitting him in the chest.

When officers arrived, they tried performing CPR on Martel.

He was pronounced dead at Essentia St. Mary’s in Detroit Lakes.

(No day goes by without its daily dose of politeness.)

Politeness rebounds.

The child was with his 15-year-old sister, a 15-year-old boy and two adults in their 20s when the incident occurred.

They were target shooting near the Hassayampa River bottom when a bullet fired from a handgun ricocheted and fatally injured the boy.

Investigators determined that the male teenager fired the bullet that struck the 9-year-old, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Practice politeness.

Authorities say a 9-year-old Tonopah boy was critically wounded when hit by a bullet that ricocheted after being fired by another member of a group of family members and friends out in the desert to practice shooting.

Deal with snakes in the grass politely.

Capt. Wes Wallace with the Wise County Sheriff’s Office said four juveniles found a snake outside of a home on New Hope Road.

Police said two of the boys then went inside the home to get a gun to shoot the snake. As the .22-caliber rifle was being removed from the gun case, the butt struck the wall causing the gun to fire.

What kind of bozo stores a gu–never mind. We know the answer.

In related news, PoliticalProf links to an excellent suggestion for strategies to deal with open-carry terrorists nuts enthusiasts.

Addendum, Later that Same Morning:

At approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a call regarding a customer dispute at the Enmark on the corner of Park Avenue and North Lee Street.

A man carrying a holstered firearm entered the store to make a purchase. Another customer, also with a holstered firearm, approached him and demanded to see his identification and firearms license, according to the Valdosta Police Department report.

They think they are reliving High Noon, but they are actually auditioning for the Darwin Awards.

Be polite at the show.

Hawk told police he thought the gun was unloaded when he demonstrated a concealed-carry wallet holster to the woman, Krista Gearhart, 25, of Orangeville. Gearhart was treated and released for a thigh wound at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.

Hawk told police he had done the same demonstration about 20 times without incident before the shooting, “racking” the gun’s slide to clear it of bullets each time, Sharrow said. Somehow, the gun was loaded when Gearhart was shot.

And, in more news of gun show-offs . . . .

Afterthought:

They never know the gun was loaded, do they?

Always be polite when you are loaded.

Karen Parker-Chesson with the Norfolk Police Department said a man inside a residence was unloading his gun when the weapon discharged through his hand, and then hit another person who was sitting in front of him.

Play politely.

Rapper/actor ICE-T’s grandson has been arrested after allegedly shooting and killing his roommate in Georgia.

Elyjah Marrow, 19, was playing around with a handgun in his apartment on Tuesday when it accidentally went off, fatally wounding pal Daryus Johnson.

Marrow has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and a slew, nay, two slews of other stuff.

I cannot help wondering this wonder: If Marrow were not Not-White, would we be hearing the police at a press conference announcing that this was yet another case of a “tragic accident” and that charges were not being filed because “he’s suffered enough”?

And don’t you dare tell me that wondering that wonder is not rational.

You know that it is.

Drive politely.

Police say a man in his 30s was killed in an apparent road rage shooting in Kensington.

(snip)

An initial investigation revealed that an unidentified man was arguing with a woman in the street.

It appears that the man was blocking traffic from getting by and an upset driver got out of a green minivan and shot the man twice then fled.

Practice politeness professionally (emphasis added).

An Oklahoma home was damaged last weekend by a howitzer artillery shell fired from a gun range three miles away.

The artillery shell – which is 14.5 inches long and 3.5 inches across – crashed through an exterior wall, hit the ceiling, and damaged another wall while homeowner Gene Kelley and his wife were in another room, reported KOAM-TV.

(snip)

The shell was fired from a 105mm howitzer at the Oklahoma Full Auto Shoot and Trade Show, but the gun range owner insists the historic weapon was safely fired by professionals in a downward projection.

Er, yeah.

Be polite to children at play.

A Pennsylvania woman was accused of pointing a handgun at some children playing with squirt guns and opening fire.

Police said 24-year-old Billie Jo George, of Reading, grabbed her gun, loaded it, and waved the weapon at four children — ages 2,5, and 6 — playing on a sidewalk near her home, telling them she had a real water gun.

Party politely.

When officers arrived on scene, 23-year-old Roy Jacob Bryant was found suffering from a shotgun wound. He was taken to Rowan Regional Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries a short time later.

Investigators say Bryant and his 22-year-old cousin, Timothy Scott Glover, had been drinking liquor that night, and Glover had been in possession of a shotgun. Further investigation revealed Glover, who authorities say was intoxicated, was “carelessly” handling the shotgun when it discharged, firing a fatal blow into Bryant’s body.

This shows why guns in bars is such a good idea.