New Year's in Gun Nut Land....lots of celebratory gunfire by people who can't understand that what goes up must come down!
Sometimes, it even hits a person.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/08...GunFAIL-LI
And what would a week in America's gun culture be without a little thinning of the herd?
Sometimes, it even hits a person.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/08...GunFAIL-LI
Quote:New Year's Eve, of course, is in a class all by itself. As near as I could tell from available reports, five people were shot by random, celebratory gunfire in Los Angeles, CA; San Antonio, TX; Hebbronville, TX; Newport News, VA; and Gadsden, AL. New Year's Eve revelers also blasted into at least 15 homes this week and two cars (not including four more homes fired into under other circumstances), in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Virginia. Three people involved in celebratory gunfire incidents accidentally shot themselves, and two were accidentally shot at parties.
And what would a week in America's gun culture be without a little thinning of the herd?
Quote:SUSSEX CO., VA, 12/30/13: Between Waverly and Wakefield on a 40-acre plot of land, a hunt club frequently uses dogs to scare deer out of the dense brush. Monday, a club member was shot in the head during that exercise. Police say a 61-year-old man was shot in the head during what’s called running the dogs, a hunting method where dogs are released to chase deer out of dense brush. “A group of men conducting an organized hunt on the property were running deer with chasing dogs,” said Sgt. Tim Worrell. “Another hunter was shot.” Game and Inland Fisheries tells CBS-6, 19 hunting accidents have been reported statewide since the beginning of hunting season in September. In eight of those, hunters were shot accidentally.
Quote:RIO RANCHO, NM, 12/31/13: A 22-year-old Rio Rancho man was fatally shot at a New Year’s Eve party in North Hills after he reportedly told a friend to pull the trigger. According to Rio Rancho Police, officers were called to 1629 Evelyn Drive about 10:40 p.m. when a 911 caller said someone had been shot. Police found Carlos Rueda, a resident there, with severe head trauma. Rueda was immediately taken to the hospital, but pronounced dead there. Investigation led police to arrest 20-year-old Ryan Wathen of Rio Rancho on a charge of second-degree murder about two hours after the 911 call. He was booked into Sandoval County Detention Center without incident. When police spoke to Wathen’s father and a woman at his house, they said Wathen arrived hysterical and told them he accidentally shot his friend. According to the complaint, Wathen said Rueda told him to check out the pistol lying next to the computer were Wathen was sitting. Rueda insisted the gun wasn’t loaded and asked Wathen, “Don’t you trust me?” Wathen said Rueda then told Wathen to put the gun to his head and pull the trigger because it wasn’t loaded. According to the complaint, Wathen told Rueda he trusted him and pulled the trigger. The gun went off, and Wathen dropped it and ran out of the house because he was scared, according to the complaint.