‘Responsible’ Gun Owner 2nd Amendments His Friend At Most Ironic Place

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A “responsible” gun owner accidentally shot his friend at a gun show in Phoenix, Arizona. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating the incident, but the shooting wasn’t fatal. We do have to ask why this kind of thing keeps happening, though. One would think our growing gun culture would foster increased safety training, at a bare minimum, and instead, it’s having the exact opposite effect.

The man was looking at a semi-automatic weapon he’d recently purchased, but it’s not clear if he bought it at the show, or if he brought it into the show from outside. Nevertheless, signs at the show said that guns were not to be loaded. This is one of the key failures in gun safety that we refuse to address. Accidental shootings happen because people who call themselves responsible (but really aren’t) think the gun isn’t loaded right up until it goes off.

If they’re lucky, nothing worse than a hole in the wall happens. However, far too many result in injury—or death—to someone else, usually a family member. Sometimes, that family member is a child, which is very sad. One woman was braiding her 8-year old daughter’s hair when she dropped her gun, and it went off. As If You Only News writer Christian Drake asked, “Why the f*ck do you need a freakin’ gun to braid your daughter’s hair? Are there terrorists in it?”

Good question! Sadly, unlike the man at the Phoenix gun show, this little girl died from her injuries, all because her mother had a loaded gun out where she could drop it.

More at http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/guns/responsible-gun-owner-2nd-amendments-his-friend-at-most-ironic-place/

[safeinOhio]

1. I can see no reason not to have a law

that says it is illegal to keep a round chambered in a semi-auto pistol or have a revolver with the hammer resting on a loaded cylinder.
But there are no common sense laws on guns.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. How about absolute responsibility of the owner...

and/or handler if and when a loaded gun goes off? Criminally and civilly. Gun goes off "accidentally" and you get arrested. Then you get sued for any death, personal injury, and property damage. The onus is on the shooter/owner to justify firing, and maybe even extend it to missing the target.

Right now he can just say "sorry" and likely as not get away with it.

You can't say "sorry" if you run over a kid while driving drunk, or think an underage hooker is an adult. Why say "sorry" if you shoot someone by mistake?

[safeinOhio]

9. A lot of people

live check to check and there is no money to go after..

[tblue37]

10. Or if you leave a loaded gun where a child can get it and use it to kill himself or someone else. nt

[newfie11]

5. That sounds very reasonable

And in fact people should already be doing it!

[ManiacJoe]

3. Gun Safety Rule #1: Treat all guns as if they are always loaded.

[aikoaiko]

4. I keep hoping these so called gun safety orgs will offer actual gun safety courses, but no.

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The Brady Campaign, Violence prevention Center, Everytown, and Moms Demand Action just like to talk about gun safety.

[TipTok]

6. Guns are bad and scary...

This concludes the presentation...

[Vinca]

7. If they would only take each other out, I'd be happy leaving things as they are.

Sadly, it's usually the toddler on the floor who gets a bullet in the head when "responsible Uncle Gun Owner" is cleaning his weapon.

[SwankyXomb]

8. If the media would stop calling them "Accidental"

and start using "Negligent" instead, that would be a big step.

[tblue37]

11. I would prefer "criminally negligent." nt