Not the Onion: "Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots His Mother In Church"

[99th_Monkey]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Sissyk (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Now that every gun-nut & their brother are carrying deadly weapons
everywhere, are we feeling "safer" yet?

Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Accidentally Shoots His Mother In Church
By DEBORAH MONTESANO * MAY 5, 2015 3:55 PM * Addicting Info

Gun owners don’t get any more responsible than law enforcement officers, right? After all, they are experts, having received training in how to handle weapons — or so logic would tell us.

Then how is it that a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy managed to accidentally shoot his own mother? In church. At a wedding.

McCracken County deputy Cory Golightly escorted his mother to a wedding on May 2. The wedding wasn’t in McCracken County. It was at the Bardwell Baptist Church in neighboring Carlisle County.

Nevertheless, Golightly saw fit to carry a gun in his jacket. To the wedding. In church.

Between the ceremony and leaving for the reception, the gun fell out of Golightly’s jacket and shot his mother through the abdomen. This was no superficial wound. The woman underwent abdominal surgery at a local hospital, where she is reportedly in stable condition.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/05/05/kentucky-deputy-shoots-mother-church-wedding/

[KamaAina]

1. Is Mom's name Holly?

[Iggo]

16. Winner.

Got it in one.

[awoke_in_2003]

41. Did you hear that sound?...

that just zoomed right over my head

[KamaAina]

42. Holly Golightly was the socialite in Breakfast at Tiffany's

said to have been modeled on Gloria Vanderbilt.

[awoke_in_2003]

43. Thanks...

I would have never got it.

[daleanime]

2. Have to say it.....

if only his Mother had been carrying she could have defended herself.




And just in case.

[underpants]

28. It's all her fault

She should have known that there was going to be a gun at the wedding but yet she didn't wear any body armor, now did she?

[randome]

3. Golightly but carry a big stick?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]TECT in the name of the Representative approves of this post.[/center][/font][hr]

[Politicalboi]

4. Yeah Gun Nuts!!!!!!!!

Men who never grew up.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

38. He's a cop, of the kind employed to enforce gun (and knife) control laws.

[sarisataka]

5. Disarm the police?

Or require them to get a permit to carry off duty?

Many departments require off duty officers to be armed...

[justhanginon]

13. I think most police officers are considered to always

be on duty and thus be armed. If I recall, over the years, there have been many instances of off duty officers preventing crimes or apprehending criminals while just shopping etc. being in the right place at the right time to effect stopping a crime.

[sarisataka]

15. I was addressing this

Nevertheless, Golightly saw fit to carry a gun in his jacket. To the wedding. In church

It implies he had a choice. Or should have disobeyed police because he was going to a wedding in a church.

[justhanginon]

25. Carrying a gun loose in your pocket is either extremely

dumb or at best negligent. As a LEO he should definitely know better.
Maybe it was a very discreet shotgun wedding and the shotgun would have been too obvious.

[sarisataka]

35. Agreed, if a person is going to pocket carry

Spend a few bucks and get a holster.
Another case that illustrates police firearm proficiency is largely urban myth, reinforced by Hollywood portrayal of police.

Hmm, a pistol wedding? That's when prenuptial hanky-panky is suspected rather than caught in the act?

[Agnosticsherbet]

6. If there had only been a good man with a gun at that wedding this tragedy could have been averted.

Wait a minute.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Seems like there are a lot of guns going off when they are dropped or fall.

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Or some toddler picks one up.

Maybe a better gun design is needed?
Something along the lines of a button or switch on them that would keep them from firing unless you wanted them to fire?
I bet that would be a simple thing.
Maybe someone could make some money inventing it.

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[99th_Monkey]

9. Great Idea!

Let's brainstorm-up a catchy name for such a "new & improved" feature on firearms.

Hmmm ... thinkety-think ... how about "OFF"? No, that wouldn't work, because
we say "guns go off" to mean it's actually firing bullets .. hmmmm.

Any ideas?

[randome]

10. I like this model.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[ileus]

12. You can't have the ejection port in front of the chamber.

[randome]

14. What the hell would I know about it?

The closest I've come to a 'firearm' in the past decade was a nerf missile fight we had at work two days ago!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. Please -- stop the escelation before it's too late.

Sure, it all starts innocently enough.

But then someone will knock over a cup of coffee, and that person, not having a Nerf gun, will make an IRPD (Improvised Rubberized Projectile Device) out of a rubber band and a folded-up piece of paper, which also misses its target and causes a nasty welt on somebody else's backside, and so on, and so on, and before you know it, everybody will come to work packing flamethrowers and disinvited to the Office Christmas Party.

That's what happened to Wayne LaPierre, and look what it did to HIS mental stability.

[randome]

24. Next time I'll show them. I'll show them all!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. THAT'S impressive!

I wonder if you need a permit...

[pinboy3niner]

44. He's a Liberal--he probably sponged it off the government

[rhett o rick]

23. I know you are being sarcastic but that won't work. The whole purpose of a handgun is to

shoot humans. This gun did exactly what it was designed for. If society really wanted to stop guns from killing humans, they would insist that the barrel be built plugged. Just sayin'.

This deputy was ready to defend the innocent. To do that you need a bullet in the chamber and the safety off and the gun cocked. That makes it so much easier to shoot before thinking. I am surprised he didn't have the gun in his hand at all times.

[Buzz Clik]

8. I mom had been armed, this would not have happened, because...

... the answer to gun violence is more guns.

[ileus]

11. Always in a proper holster.

Especially if you're going to carry a striker fired pistol with no external safety.


Safety first...

[DebbieCDC]

17. The best defense to a son with a gun

is a mom with a gun

[Autumn]

18. If only God had been armed. This attempted Matricide could have been prevented.

[Aerows]

19. It's really easy to not accidentally shoot somebody

Don't carry a gun every blessed place you go. Problem solved.

There is a place for firearms, hunting and protection in our society; that place isn't every damn where you go. If you feel the need to tote along a firearm everywhere, maybe you are going to the wrong environments.

[randome]

20. What if it was a shotgun wedding?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Aerows]

21. Note my addendum

Maybe you are going to the wrong environments

[daleanime]

31. +1

[samsingh]

26. this is the crap in the gun lovers agrument

guns are used to kill and maim people accidently or on purpose. The more guns, the more of the two events.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

39. If only we would limit guns to the police this would never have happened.

[Township75]

27. Well it was a trained sheriff who passed background checks and has a reason to carry a gun that was registered

aren't those always the criteria listed?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. "God, Guns, and (mom's) Guts.

[underpants]

30. Kentucky weddings are often akin to Anthony Corleone's Christening

All business gets settled.

[pinboy3niner]

34. At least the Godfather didn't shoot his mother at the christening

What a good son!

[underpants]

37. Eye think Moe a Green would agree

[pinboy3niner]

40. Of course, it's only because they edited after the focus group

The draft line was "I know it was you, Ma. You broke my heart. You broke my heart!" Then Ma went fishing...

[Enthusiast]

32. ....

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[workinclasszero]

33. "Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Shoots His Mother In Church"

The sheriff is an obvious Bernie Sanders voter.

[Sissyk]

45. Locking.

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