RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
November 13, 2015 at 3:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2015 at 4:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
If a bullet lands harmlessly after an accidental discharge that would be an example of responsible gun ownership.......that's what's supposed to happen in an AD. We're supposed to handle our firearms in such a manner that in the unlikely event of an AD, no one gets hurt. Even in the much more common ND scenario (likely what you have in mind) proper handling nullifies that momentary lapse. A responsible gun owner need no more avoid these than a responsible driver needs to avoid a parking ticket to be called as such. It takes more than just an AD or an ND to remove a person from the LARGO running pool.
Alot, alot...has to go wrong before someone gets "accidentally shot". That we abbreviate it in conversational terms is misleading. Take a look at the gentleman from Owls Head above:
Subject is transporting a loaded, unsecured firearm in the cab of a vehicle carrying passengers, that either didn't have a safety mechanism or didn't have the safety mechanism engaged. Subject then picks guns up said firearm -with the business end pointing at his gut- and then, let's call it like it is...Subject pulls the trigger. Where is the accident in any of this? It doesn't seem to have "just happened" by any sensible definition.
Alot, alot...has to go wrong before someone gets "accidentally shot". That we abbreviate it in conversational terms is misleading. Take a look at the gentleman from Owls Head above:
Subject is transporting a loaded, unsecured firearm in the cab of a vehicle carrying passengers, that either didn't have a safety mechanism or didn't have the safety mechanism engaged. Subject then picks guns up said firearm -with the business end pointing at his gut- and then, let's call it like it is...Subject pulls the trigger. Where is the accident in any of this? It doesn't seem to have "just happened" by any sensible definition.
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