Here's a responsible gun owner.

[Hypoxia]

The problem there is that Ikea is a gun-free zone. If every couch had a loaded gun in it, we’d all be a lot safer.

Ikea cabinets and tables are pretty safe. Ikea couches are deadly. Their ominous names are a giveaway.

 

[Bray123]

Nope because all your teams "common sense" legislation = BAN BAN BAN!!!

They don't give two pumps of rat shit about violence or saving lives any more than the "SECOND SECON SECOND".

You just want to piss in gun owners shoes, until you're willing to come off that then the fact that you are at the most extreme legal disadvantage possible will continue to be rubbed in your face over and over again.

If no-one had ever been shot by some dumb-ass gun owner, I can't see why people would be concerned. It's all about saving lives, but the barrel-strokers will never accept that. For them it seems to be some imaginary Dodge City scenario where their family needs to be protected from the outlaws. In truth their family is most at danger from the guy who thinks he's Wyatt Earp.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...gree-murder-fatal-shooting-shoplifter-n922216

Florida city commissioner charged with second degree murder in fatal shooting of shoplifter

A city commissioner in central Florida was indicted on the charge of second degree murder in the death of a suspected shoplifter at his military surplus store earlier this month, a state attorney said Friday.

The Oct. 3 shooting was captured on store surveillance and showed Lakeland City Commissioner Michael Dunn firing at Christobal Lopez, 50, at the front door of Dunn's Vets Army & Navy Surplus.

Dunn could be seen grabbing Lopez, an agricultural laborer, as he tried to leave, then firing a semiautomatic Glock at him. Lopez was holding a hatchet in his right hand that belonged to the store, police said, but wasn't seen in the video physically threatening Dunn.

I made a choice to bump this thread, rather than the Gun shop burglaries on the rise thread, or the How stupid are Floridians? thread.

 

[Oblimo]

The twitter account WellRegulatedMilitia is an excellent aggregator of irresponsible gun ownership stories and firearm-related tragedies.

I’m at a loss, however, on thinking how to legislate promotion of responsible gun ownership, beyond making training classes mandatory — and look how effective that’s been with promoting responsible driving.

Ideally, IMO, this would be one of the primary role of private organizations like the NRA. It certainly purports it to be, and truly has been in the past, but it seems the majority of today’s NRA’s resources are directed at promoting gun sales.

 

[Oblimo]

Nope because all your teams "common sense" legislation = BAN BAN BAN!!!

They don't give two pumps of rat shit about violence or saving lives any more than the "SECOND SECON SECOND".

You just want to piss in gun owners shoes, until you're willing to come off that then the fact that you are at the most extreme legal disadvantage possible will continue to be rubbed in your face over and over again.

See, this an example of what I perceive to be your absolutism. I feel like you have to be coaxed into discussing the nuances of issues.

 

[Rightguide]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...gree-murder-fatal-shooting-shoplifter-n922216

Florida city commissioner charged with second degree murder in fatal shooting of shoplifter

I made a choice to bump this thread, rather than the Gun shop burglaries on the rise thread, or the How stupid are Floridians? thread.

Should be legal to kill any thief.

 

[Luk]

U.S. border Patrol agent sparked $8M Arizona wildfire with gunshot at gender-reveal party

 

[BotanyBoy]

See, this an example of what I perceive to be your absolutism. I feel like you have to be coaxed into discussing the nuances of issues.

None of the nuance matters if it's all being used to push "Ban guns!" or "Don't do anything" policy....which is where we are at.

It's (R) = do nothing.

or (D) = BAN EM ALL!!!


Besides I've tried discussing things in a nuanced manner....fucking pointless with most, especially the ones who only know one thing "Shall not be infringed" or "Ban em all it works in Europe!" .

Those morons don't know SHIT about guns, gun crime, how policing works, US history or politics.

 

[milehighcityman]

U.S. border Patrol agent sparked $8M Arizona wildfire with gunshot at gender-reveal party

As a gun owner, and shooting enthusiast, seeing stuff like this just drives me crazy! That is just about as irresponsible as a person can get. There was a fire warning in the area and 40 mph winds, and this idiot sets up a big tannerite target in the middle of tall dry grass. The result was inevitable. The idiot is very lucky no one was killed and he didn't face a manslaughter charge. All of this just for a gender reveal party (by the way I think these gender reveal things are idiotic and getting out of hand). So now his new son gets to start life with a Dad that has no job and is $8 million in debt. But it should be noted, it wasn't the firearm or bullet that started the fire, it was the tannerite. I really dislike tannerite by the way.

 

[butters]

As a gun owner, and shooting enthusiast, seeing stuff like this just drives me crazy! That is just about as irresponsible as a person can get. There was a fire warning in the area and 40 mph winds, and this idiot sets up a big tannerite target in the middle of tall dry grass. The result was inevitable. The idiot is very lucky no one was killed and he didn't face a manslaughter charge. All of this just for a gender reveal party (by the way I think these gender reveal things are idiotic and getting out of hand). So now his new son gets to start life with a Dad that has no job and is $8 million in debt. But it should be noted, it wasn't the firearm or bullet that started the fire, it was the tannerite. I really dislike tannerite by the way.

it should be noted that a fucking IRRESPONSIBLE idiot employed tannerite AND a gun to set it off - and he's a Border Control agent? ffs. what IS the matter with people?

When the target was shot, the explosion caused a fire that spread into the Coronado National Forest, as well as lands managed by the state and U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and private lands, officials said

 

[milehighcityman]

it should be noted that a fucking IRRESPONSIBLE idiot employed tannerite AND a gun to set it off - and he's a Border Control agent? ffs. what IS the matter with people?

Well, he WAS a Border Control agent. My point about the gun vs tannerite is that he could have shot into the grass all day and not started a fire. But adding the tannerite target is what caused this disaster. He honestly could have just as easily filled a 2-liter soda bottle with whatever blue powder he was using, painted the bottle so his guests wouldn't see the color inside and then just shot the bottle. It would have went POOF and the blue powder cloud would have revealed the gender. But no, he had to add explosives. Common sense.

 

[thør]

In Detroit city.

 

[Aglaopheme]

4 year old shoots pregnant mom in the face

 

[Salacious_B_Crumb]

4 year old shoots pregnant mom in the face

I hate to judge the shooting of a novice like that but the kid had a point blank shot. I mean sure you got nerves and the uncertainty of bullet meeting bone but come on, man.

 

[BotanyBoy]

4 year old shoots pregnant mom in the face

No pictures....lame.

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47243007

A Dallas man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he was found with a partially 3D-printed rifle and a hit list of US lawmakers.

Eric McGinnis was prohibited from possessing firearms for two years after he attacked his girlfriend in 2015.

McGinnis attempted to buy a gun in 2016 but failed the background check - so he instead purchased gun parts and a 3D printer to assemble his own weapon.

He was arrested in 2017 after police heard him fire shots in the woods.

McGinnis, now 43, had little more than a month left on his two-year domestic abuse firearm ban when police arrested him with the partially printed AR-15 rifle near Dallas, Texas, the US Attorney's office said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

[phrodeau]

https://ktla.com/2019/07/15/man-denies-building-up-massive-cache-of-assault-weapons-in-bel-air-home/

Girard Damian Saenz, 58, is accused of building up a massive cache of assault weapons inside his residence between January 2016 and this May, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release.

He’s facing 23 counts of assault weapon possession, 17 counts of transferring a handgun with no licensed firearms dealer, 15 counts of unlawful assault weapon/.50 BMG rifle activity, seven counts of short-barreled rifle or shotgun possession and two counts of possession of a destructive device.

Such a law-abiding citizen.

 

[CandiCame]

U.S. border Patrol agent sparked $8M Arizona wildfire with gunshot at gender-reveal party

Now he bought had to TRY to do that.

I am... amazed?

Also why the fuck are we having gender reveal parties? That's the stupidest fucking shit. 1: You don't know a baby's gender, the word you're looking for is "sex" and 2: They're nonsense. They're fucking nonsense. There's no reason to do that. It's pointless.

You know how we told people the sex of the baby? Somebody would be like, "Boy or girl?" And we'd be like, "It's a girl, hold on a sec I got a picture of the ultrasound on my phone. Modern science is amazing."

We didn't have a fucking party. We had a baby shower, like sane people.

Baby shit isn't even really gendered. They don't have a concept of gender. The toys are all like... blocks and balls and shit. You don't give a baby a Barbie; they chew on it, it'll come apart, they'll choke on it and die.

About the only gendered thing I can remember buying her before she was born is picture day dresses and those little headbands with bows on them. Babies don't give one fifth of a fuck about their gender identity so it's buckwild to me that parents do. There's enough baby shit to worry about. You don't need extra expense for nonsense. This is capitalism trying to ruin something else.

 

[CandiCame]

Well, he WAS a Border Control agent. My point about the gun vs tannerite is that he could have shot into the grass all day and not started a fire. But adding the tannerite target is what caused this disaster. He honestly could have just as easily filled a 2-liter soda bottle with whatever blue powder he was using, painted the bottle so his guests wouldn't see the color inside and then just shot the bottle. It would have went POOF and the blue powder cloud would have revealed the gender. But no, he had to add explosives. Common sense.

Yeah that's why my first reaction was, "He had to be trying to do that".

 

[Aglaopheme]

A good boy with a gun?

 

[schism666]

 

[phrodeau]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/us/boy-shot-babysitter-selfie-trnd/index.html

A 10-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his babysitter while she was taking selfies with a gun, police say

The incident occurred at an apartment in Houston on Tuesday evening when the 19-year-old relative who was watching the child found a gun, according to tweets from the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Thinking the weapon was unloaded, the girl started posing and taking pictures with it, authorities said. That's when the gun went off, hitting the boy in the stomach.

(Senior Deputy Thomas) Gilliland reminded the public to always remember that firearms are not to be played around with.

"Firearms are dangerous weapons so take precautions to make sure things like that don't happen," Gilliland said. "Taking selfies was not the best thing to be doing."

So yeah, remember that for next time.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/26/us/boy-shot-babysitter-selfie-trnd/index.html

So yeah, remember that for next time.

More evidence that selfies were invented by Satan.

 

[Rotadom]

SC gun store owner wanted to ‘prank’ his friend. He shot and killed him with a real gun

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sc-gun-store-owner-wanted-164458232.html

A Berkeley County gun store owner intended only to pull a prank when he accidentally shot and killed a friend inside the store last month, according to an arrest warrant obtained by The State.

An arrest warrant issued by the Berkeley County sheriff’s department sheds more light on the shooting that killed a 36-year-old man inside the Charleston-area gun store last month.

Sheriff’s deputies charged store owner Jon Whitley, 59, with involuntary manslaughter on Nov. 29. The warrant details how the deadly shooting unfolded.

Deputies allege the owner of Coastal Firearms on Cainhoy Road “brought a replica Glock BB gun into the store and placed it among other real firearms with the intent of pranking his friend.”

When Stefan Mrgan entered the store on Nov. 2, he chatted amiably with Whitley, according to a witness to the shooting. Whitley then pointed a Glock at Mrgan and shot him in the face, killing him.

“The Defendant mistakenly picked up a real firearm instead of the replica,” the warrant says.

Whitley, who the warrant identifies as “arguably a firearms expert,” was not arrested when emergency personnel and law enforcement responded to the scene of the shooting, but was later charged because “The Defendant’s actions, although accidental, were wanton, reckless, without regard for the safety of the victim and constitute a departure from common firearm safety practices.”

Whitley was booked into the Berkeley County Detention Center on a $15,000 bond. A records search Monday showed he was no longer being held.

 

[Rotadom]

Woman drops gun, accidentally shoots self in Alabama T.J. Maxx

https://www.al.com/news/montgomery/...at-alabama-tj-maxx.html?utm_source=reddit.com

A woman was injured when police say she dropped her gun and accidentally shot herself inside an Opelika store Monday afternoon.

The shooting happened just after 2 p.m. at T.J. Maxx on Tiger Town Parkway, according to Opelika police.

Officers and medics arrived to find a 55-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot. Investigators learned the woman accidentally dropped her gun, which caused it to discharge and strike her.

She was taken to the hospital for treatment. No other injuries were reported.