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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

(17,502 posts)

3. not an excuse

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 10:40 AM

Mar 2014

and either of us know the details of the case, what the lawyer actually looks at. Everything that matters are in those minute details that the media doesn't mention, or does so incompetently when they do, are what actually matters. Almost everything is potentially dangerous even in the hands of a trained professional. In the case of guns, such accidents are almost non existent.
In order for there to be a crime, the instructor had to do something that either caused it or failed to do something that could have prevented it.

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No felony charges against township trustee in concealed-carry class shooting [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2014 OP

Incomprehensible. In that context, a gun-safety class, how can it not be reckless enough Mar 2014 #1

This and similar stories only prove to me that even in the hands Arkansas Granny Mar 2014 #2

not an excuse gejohnston Mar 2014 #3

He did fail to do something that could have prevented it. He failed to keep a enough Mar 2014 #4

or, gejohnston Mar 2014 #5

I don't think it was from a student dropping it. The article states the instructor enough Mar 2014 #6

A little good news...thanks for sharing. ileus Mar 2014 #7