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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
2. One of the recent white gun purchasers fatally shot themselves.....
Tue Nov 25, 2014, 10:32 AM
Nov 2014
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/ferguson-protester-killed-gun-she-bought

And she was not a protestor, unless I read that wrong. Stupidity strikes again, fatally in the presence of a deadly weapon:

The female victim, identified in a police report as Becca Campbell, 26, was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident. Her 33-year-old boyfriend was driving, the sources told CNN.

The boyfriend, who wasn't identified, told police that the couple had bought a gun because of fears of unrest related to the pending grand jury decision on the shooting of Michael Brown, the sources said.

He told investigators that as they drove late Friday night, the victim waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson, the sources said.

He ducked to get out of the way of the gun and accidentally rear-ended another car. He said the accident caused the gun to go off and she was struck by a bullet in the head, the sources said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital but died.

The investigation is continuing because police want to be sure the story as told by the boyfriend is correct, the sources said. Police are awaiting gun trace results, as part of the ongoing investigation.
None, thank goodness. MineralMan Nov 2014 #1
One of the recent white gun purchasers fatally shot themselves..... Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #2
Guns save lives! mikeysnot Nov 2014 #3
Sadly, probably right. Xyzse Nov 2014 #9
correct, yes! mikeysnot Nov 2014 #10
Yes, well. People who buy firearms but don't know anything about them MineralMan Nov 2014 #4
rip, but seriously...who does that? ? ecstatic Nov 2014 #5
Darwin Old Codger Nov 2014 #7
One woman accidentally shot herself earlier Recursion Nov 2014 #6
zero people and zero cops nt steve2470 Nov 2014 #8
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