(November 15, 2017 at 10:14 am)Khemikal Wrote:(November 15, 2017 at 2:03 am)Divinity Wrote: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alyssa-scot...olice-say/
15 year old girl killed in a hunting accident.
Isn't one of the common rules of Gun Safety NOT to hand someone a loaded gun? These things could be prevented, if only we required some sort of... I don't know licensing and training. But that's just fucking crazy. What's next? Licensing and training required to drive a car? Pfft!
In the context of a youth hunt you pretty much have to hand the kid a loaded gun. The alternative is to let them waltz around in the woods with the gun themselves. A bad idea. In this case....they were climbing trees with a loaded gun, safety off, and somebody..apparently, grabbed it by the fucking trigger. This is far more idiotic than handing someone a chambered round. Were they worried that the deer might attack on their descent or something..had to keep their rifle at the ready for a counterassualt?
I find that stories like these commonly employ euphemisms like "went off" or "handed x a gun" and "accident"..effectively masking how stupid, and criminal, the whole sorry affair actually was. Sounds like manslaughter to me. If I was the girls father, I'd be contemplating a "tragic accident" of my own involving the "family friend". I somehow doubt that the law, or society, would grant me the sort of leniency that we routinely parse out for "accidental" shootings.
I've never accidentally shot a thing in my fucking life. I don't believe that it's possible. The mechanics of it are too ridiculous to entertain as an actual thing that happens. People -negligently- shoot things, and get negligently shot..however....with some regularity.
I'm an NRA Certified Firearms Instructor for rifle and shotgun. Anyone makes a claim of "accident" while on a range I'm running is ejected and never allowed back, even if nobody got hurt.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.