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November 27 Update
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Man Shoots Waitress Telling Him He Cannot Smoke in restaurant
Around 1 a.m. Friday morning, officials say 45-year-old Johnny Max Mount walked into a Biloxi Waffle House on Hwy. 90, near the Coast Coliseum. As other customers dined, Mount reportedly argued with a Waffle House employee, identified by a restaurant spokesperson only as "Julie", who told Mount he couldn't smoke inside the establishment. Following the argument, police say Mount pulled a 9 mm handgun from underneath his shirt, and shot the employee in the head.
http://www.wlox.com/story/30614080/police-argument-over-cigarette-leads-to-murder-at-biloxi-waffle-house
Phoenix man shoots self by accident while trying to show gun wouldnt fire
A 23-year-old Phoenix man was in critical condition after shooting himself in the head by accident while trying to show that a handgun could not be fired while he had the safety mechanism engaged. The Navajo County Sheriffs Office said Christen Reece fired his handgun Wednesday while shooting with six other people outside Overgaard in eastern Arizona.
http://ktar.com/story/610481/man-shoots-self-while-trying-to-show-gun-wouldnt-fire/
Man 'shoots himself in penis and tries to blame black guy'
After the 43-year-old took himself to hospital suffering from a gun shot wound in a place that was particularly painful, he told police that he had been the victim of an attempted hold-up by a black guy.
Mr Watson required surgery after the September 6 incident. Two days after the surgery, Watson was re-interviewed and told officers he was examining the gun, placed it in his pocket and the gun discharged, striking him in the penis. He refused to tell officers who was selling the gun and where the gun is now.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-shoots-himself-in-penis-and-tries-to-blame-black-guy-a6671031.html
Teen shoots two children in accidental shooting in Orlando
Deputies said it appears a neighborhood friend in his teens showed up holding a gun. They said he accidentally shot two children. One child was hit in the foot and another child hit in the hand. A third child went to the hospital with gun-powered burns.
http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/10/26/deputies_3_kids_inju.html
Child Shot in Family Photo Shoot with Guns
Hamilton County releases more information on the accidental shooting of a 13 year old Sunday night in Harrison. The department says that the preliminary investigation found that the young teen was accidentally shot by a family member while posing for photos with firearms. And the firearms were illegally obtained.
http://www.wdef.com/news/story/New-Details-on-13-Year-Old-Shot-in-the-Face/HDyZISX2N0eNNHHSV9gEkg.cspx
Man Jokes Around, Shoots and Kills Friend
The Gazette reports 24-year-old Benjamen Sinclair has been charged with manslaughter in the death of 30-year-old Ethan Montoya early Sunday morning. An arrest affidavit says he told investigators he thought the 9 mm handgun was unloaded when he pointed it at and said goodnight to Montoya in a joking manner. Montoya was shot in the upper left part of his chest.
http://fox21news.com/ap/man-says-he-accidentally-killed-friend-in-colorado-springs/
Man Shoots Up Planned Parenthood, Kills Three, Wounds Nine
A gun battle erupted inside a Planned Parenthood center here on Friday when a man armed with an assault-style rifle opened fire at the clinic and began shooting at officers as they rushed to the scene. The authorities reported that three people were killed, a police officer and two civilians, and nine were wounded before the suspect finally surrendered more than five hours after the first shots were fired.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/us/colorado-planned-parenthood-shooting.html
Militia Men Shoot Five at Black Lives Matter Protest
But Allen Lance Scarsellas Facebook photo shows a mole above his eyebrow that suggests he is the passenger who calls himself Black Powder Ranger in the video. Scarellas cover photo shows Bonnie Blue Confederate flag, captioned, This isnt the somalian flag, (by the way). He lists among his like several gun shops and pro-gun groups associated with the III Percent militia movement, as well as the OAF Nation military veterans militia group.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/white-supremacist-video-foreshadows-minneapolis-shooting-article-1.2446801
http://www.realcourage.org/2015/11/minnesota-men-identified/
Two Year Old Shoots Self With Shotgun
The 2-year-old victim has been identified as Abigail Newman. A 911 caller, who said she was the only adult at home with four children, said the victim had been shot in the neck by a shotgun that was left on a table. "...It was loaded on the table and I didn't know it, and a little girl is shot," she tells the dispatcher. The caller's name was redacted from the 911 recording. The woman later tells the dispatcher the gun is her husband's and was left on a table by the bed. She says her husband is at work.
http://www.blueridgenow.com/2-year-oredld-dies-from-accidental-gunshot?Title=Victim-named-in-accidental-shooting-loaded-gun-was-on-table-
Two Year Old Shoots Self
ACWORTH, Ga. -- Authorities said a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself at a home in Acworth Tuesday evening. According to Acworth Police Officer Youlanda Leverette, the 2-year-old was able to get ahold of a family handgun that was left on a bed when the boy's father stepped away Tuesday evening. The child got the gun and shot himself in the head. Authorities said the child's father was home, the mother was at work.
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/acworth/2015/10/27/2-year-old-boy-shoots-kills-himself-acworth-home/74717706/
Yes, Another Two Year Old Shoots Self
Rashunn Hill Jr. is charged with culpable negligence for allowing the gun to be within reach of his young son who accidentally shot himself at his home in the Cypress Court Apartments on Seminole Avenue.
Police say Hill left the handgun on top of a couch while he went to work. The child, who was home with his mother at the time of the shooting, discharged the gun and injured his thumb.
Officias say the parents did not call 911, but rather they received a call Thursday morning from the Gulf Coast Medical Center saying the child was being treated for minor injuries.
http://www.winknews.com/2015/10/29/fmpd-2-year-old-accidentally-shot/
Seventeen Year Old Playing With His New Gun, Shoots Girlfriend
A 17-year-old Port Arthur man toying with a new gun accidentally fired a shot that grazed his 16-year-old girlfriends ear Friday morning. The incident occurred about 10 AM Oct. 30 at Sunset Way Apartments, 3280 Central Mall Blvd. Port Arthur Police Maj. Raymond Clark said the female was treated at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas. No charges will be filed in the incident.
http://www.panews.com/2015/10/30/man-accidently-shoots-girlfriend-in-ear/
Two Shot at Expo Idaho gun show after rifle discharges
For the second time in three years, an accidental gun discharge has injured someone at a gun show at Expo Idaho in Garden City.
A 74-year-old gun vendor from Washington told investigators he was securing a Savage Arms B Mag .17-caliber bolt-action rifle with a plastic zip tie when the weapon discharged, an Ada County Sheriffs Office official said. There was a shell in the rifle, and he mistakenly fired it, according to Sheriffs Office spokesman Patrick Orr. The bullet went through a cardboard box, two table covers and a metal cane, then struck the leg of the 51-year-old holding the cane and the leg of a 64-year-old man standing nearby.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article42319527.html
Woman Shoots Self in Foot, Again
A woman reportedly shot herself in the foot with a .45 caliber semi automatic handgun after someone approached her front door on the 1200 block of Jackson Street. A second round reportedly passed through a wall and over a sleeping roommate. Admitting she was unfamiliar with the weapon, the woman was ticketed for prohibited use of a weapon and reckless endangerment. The woman reportedly shot herself in the same foot earlier this year.
http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20151109/COMMUNITY01/151109843/Police-blotter-
These are just a few. When it comes to gun nut stupidity, there are thousands of examples.
More here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7347706
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/15/1439214/-As-the-Founders-intended-the-woman-with-the-foot-so-tyrannical-she-shot-it-twice-GunFAIL-CLXV
meow2u3
(24,743 posts)Enuf said.
exboyfil
(17,857 posts)but I wonder if the number of accidental deaths and "hot blooded" homicides (those homicides that occur without some level of prior planning by a licensed carrier) could be quantified if the gun ownership levels reached the NRA desired levels. I got to think the numbers would dwarf the current homicide statistics. About a 1/3 of the adults currently own guns. What is the regular carry percentage - 2% to 5%? If that percentage reached the level necessary to "protect" society from active shooters was 50%. Then we could expect these two numbers to increase dramatically.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)It's these gun loons that scare me.
safeinOhio
(32,524 posts)how many legal gun owners have used their weapon to defend them selfs from drivers that cut them off in traffic, to how many have used them to stop a mass murderer.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)I would love to hear psychologists opinions.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)irrational fear, amped up on right wing hate from media - including so called "mainstream" sources like CNN.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Maybe better put as an inferiority complex gone rogue.