Gun Fail rundown of law abiding gun owners having that 'one little fuck up.'
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/03...nFAIL-LXXV
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/03...nFAIL-LXXV
Quote:Six people had GunFAIL accidents while cleaning, repairing or attempting to unload loaded weapons, including one man who managed to shoot himself in the head while cleaning a single shot, bolt-action rifle, and a law enforcement officer who accidentally discharged a weapon removed from a patient in a hospital. He was one of three law enforcement officers involved in last week's GunFAIL count. Three people helpfully shared spent ammunition with their neighbors in "home invasion shootings" last week, and someone granted a bullet its freedom while riding a city bus in Philadelphia.
Last Saturday also saw the fifth time in the past three and a half years that there were accidental discharges at more than one gun show on the same day. Bullets unintentionally flew at shows in Bloomsburg, PA, and Cedar Park, TX, the latter ending in a fatality. The Bloomsburg shooting drew a lot of attention, largely because it involved a dealer accidentally Second Amendmenting a prospective customer, but also because the dealer was both: 1) in violation of the show rule prohibiting loaded weapons, and; 2) a NRA-certified firearms instructor.
Six children were accidentally shot last week, ages 11, 11, 14, 15, 15, and 16. That would actually have to be considered a pretty good week. Not for those kids, of course, but only compared to the carnage we usually see.