Dog shoots man: Kansas deputy finds 32-year-old hunter dead in his car / dog stepped on trigger

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

Dog shoots man: Kansas deputy finds 32-year-old hunter dead in his car and concludes his dog stepped on the trigger of his rifle in the back seat

A 32-year-old man from Wichita, Kansas, was hunting on Saturday near the village of Geuda Springs, 50 miles south of his hometown
The unnamed man was found dead in the front seat of his vehicle by Sumner County sheriffs, just north of the border with Oklahoma
Investigators concluded that the man's dog stepped on the rifle in the back seat of the car, which then fired, killing him

as hunter was found dead in his car on Saturday, with sheriffs concluding that he was killed when his dog stepped on the trigger of his rifle.

The unnamed man from Wichita was found near the hamlet of Geuda Springs, 50 miles south of Wichita and home to 194 people just north of the Oklahoma border.

Sheriffs believe he died at around 9:40am.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11669503/Dog-shoots-man-32-year-old-hunter-dead-car-sheriffs-concludes-dog-stepped-trigger.html

[Woodswalker]

1. Natural Selection at it's Finest. Hopefully he hasn't bred yet.

[SergeStorms]

2. Karma, meet dogma.

You can't make stuff like this up. Well, George Santos probably could. I'm sure it's happened to him on dozens of occasions.

[Sky Jewels]

34. ...

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. I know someone who's not getting a Scooby Snack tonight! nt

[Raine]

4. Karma, lots more people deserve a good dose of it. 👍nt

[czarjak]

5. Was probably heeling.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Why was the rifle loaded while it was in the back seat with the dog?

Who keeps an unattended loaded gun lying around??

[Skittles]

8. "responsible gun owners" do

yup

[TheBlackAdder]

29. Apparently dead people do.

[TurboDem]

7. If only there had been a good dog with a gun!

[llmart]

9. Time to arm the dogs!

I think I'll sign Fido up for an NRA membership in honor of this brave dog hero.

[calimary]

12. Or dog the arms.

[Sky Jewels]

35. ...

[Raine]

45. Dainty and girly but not one to mess around with!! 😆🥰 nt

[ToxMarz]

10. Whoosa Good Boy!

[Emile]

11. The only thing that can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog

with a gun.

[Native]

13. +1

[PJMcK]

14. Handling guns responsibly

Aren’t you supposed to secure guns and ammunition when you store them?

This man was grossly irresponsible. He left a loaded rifle in the back of his vehicle (with the safety off?) with his dog. Dogs move around a lot in a car, you know. The weapon must have been pointed towards the front seat which also seems weird.

What a foolish man!

[James48]

15. You know what the difference is between a dog and a gun?

In every state, a dog has to get its license renewed every year.

[roamer65]

16. At least we know Putler didn't do it.

He didn’t fall.

[panader0]

17. Poor dog.

[BannonsLiver]

18. Fortunately the dog is okay

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. I have no problem with people hunting,

but for gawd's sake, secure the fucking firearm when not in use.

[Torchlight]

20. This exemplifies why I think "there are no gun accidents"

is just another marketing slogan slicked up and sold to the consumer base.

[ratchiweenie]

21. I know little about guns but in addition to being loaded didn't it have to be cocked or

have a safety off or something? Seems really stupid to me to put a loaded weapon that is ready to fire in the back seat with your dog.

[tavernier]

22. Poor thing!

He must have been terrified from the blast. Can you imagine how loud that would be? Poor pup. Some owners are just not meant to have pets.

[friend of a friend]

23. There is always the possibility that the gun was not loaded when the man put it on the back seat.

Even "man's best friend" can get cranky now and then.

[LPBBEAR]

24. I followed this post from another post

I posted the following there.

There is a reason you leave a weapon unloaded until you actually are out of the vehicle and actively hunting. Also why the safety is supposed to be on when the weapon is loaded. Basic Hunter Safety rules. I don't hunt anymore and haven't for years but I remember those rules being drilled into us at the hunter safety class I was required to take as a teenager.

Everything about this incident sounds illogical. Loaded weapon, apparently a long gun, somehow pointing at a passenger or driver (in the front seat?) dog bouncing around the loaded weapon, safety off? Did hunters stop using rifle racks? (apparently not a truck) How does one manage to stash a rifle in the back seat of a vehicle so that it points at someone in the front seat and if it wasn't a truck with a rack why weren't the weapons stored in the trunk until actively stopped and hunting anyway? Just weird all around.

I feel sorry from the victims loved ones loss but the victim did absolutely everything wrong and the results, if not 100% predictable, were probable at some point in his hunting career.

[Conjuay]

25. SUV with back seat down?

More room for 'Spot'.

[LPBBEAR]

27. No

Found a more local article stating it was a pickup truck. Pickup trucks with back seats are either king cabs or have a fold down front seat for access to the back. So no trunk for safe storage of the weapon and gear. Article also mentioned it was a rifle. So how does someone place a long gun in a back seat in a position that it shoots directly into the front seat? Did the victim actually stick a loaded weapon and all his other hunting gear on the floor in the back and maybe stand the rifle somewhat upright so that when it went off it was pointing forward? If the rifle was laying on the back seat it would seem the weapon would have discharged through a side panel, not towards the front seat. This story is just all around weird.

[sl8]

41. Stock on back seat, barrel on center console:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-dead-after-dog-steps-hunting-rifles/story?id=96688192

Still haven't seen anywhere whose gun it was.

[LPBBEAR]

44. Oh Geez

He was asking for this to happen. I can't even imagine someone doing something that stupid.

[sl8]

46. Are you assuming that the victim put it there? nt

[LPBBEAR]

47. If he didn't

he sure should have been aware of its presence there......especially since it was pointing right at him.

[sl8]

38. The victim did everything wrong? What about the truck owner? Doesn't he get to share responsibilty?

Last edited Thu Jan 26, 2023, 06:04 AM - Edit history (3)

[Celerity]

26. Extremely disappointing to see this accidental death cheered on here. My father and his family

hunt in northern Sweden. He comes over several times a year from London, and sometimes goes älg or wild game bird hunting.

Hunting is fairly widespread here, especially in the rural and northern areas. Would my father's accident death be cheered on here? Simply because he is a hunter, a human/hominid activity stretching back millions of years into our collective past?

Being a hunter is no way means you are automatically a RW POS (both of my parents are far, FAR from that!) nor do accidental hunting deaths deserve to automatically be celebrated.

SMDH

[MarineCombatEngineer]

30. I agree wholeheartedly with you.

Some of the comments here are......well.......disappointing.

And that's all I have to say.

[sarisataka]

31. It is not atypical

Many deaths are considered tragic. Some however are dismissed as karma or even fodder for humor. Ironically those latter incidents do not involve any criminal activity.

OTH an armed robber killed by a civilian in self-defense will be called a victim. The civilian will be condemned as "choosing" to be judge jury and executioner.

[Coventina]

33. Most of the comments are about being irresponsible with a gun

This hunter was clearly not being a responsible gun owner.

What if he'd had a friend, or maybe a child with him that had been killed?
That would be grounds to charge him with manslaughter, or maybe negligent homicide.
Or, a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of the victim.

I don't see "cheers" about him being a hunter.

People are just sick of "responsible" gun owners being the cause of tragedies.
When it lands on their own heads, then, yeah, there is lack of sympathy.

I'm a vegetarian, but I'm not automatically against ALL hunting.
(Trophy hunting, and hunting anything endangered, or inedible, yes, I'm against that).

[sl8]

39. Was it the victim's gun?

The truck & dog belonged to someone else, I haven't seen anything that says whose gun it was.

[Coventina]

40. That was my understanding.

But if I'm mistaken, I apologize.

[Victor_c3]

36. 100% great point

I personally have no interest in hunting, but hunters can be great allies when it comes to matters of conservation. I do a lot of hiking and I’m certain I appreciate pristine forests and clean water just as much as a guy who hunts.

Here in the US, some of the first national parks were established by President Theodore Roosevelt in the early 1900’s - he was a guy that was an avid hunter and outdoorsman.

[LiberalFighter]

43. I don't think hunters from that period have the same sense for conservation as now.

[MissMillie]

28. Guns don't kill people.... Dogs kill people. (n/t)

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[haele]

32. That's what gun racks are for.

I don't own a gun or a rifle, but even I know you don't just toss one in the back seat where a dog can get to it or a big pot-hole cause enough of a bump to fire it if the safety is off.
Which I suspect it was if the dog was able to step on it enough to fire the weapon.

Haele

[Initech]

37. Give an idiot a gun, don't be surprised when they do something stupid with it.

[LiberalFighter]

42. It is a dog's god given right to shoot someone.