A Habersham County man was airlifted for medical treatment after accidentally shooting himself Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff Joey Terrell said the unidentified man apparently shot himself in the thigh with a 9-mm handgun while cleaning the firearm or preparing to clean it around 3:30 p.m. The incident happened inside a house on Elm Drive across from The Torch Worship Center off Cannon Bridge Road.
“They flew him to Atlanta Medical Center because the bullet hit the bone,” Terrell said. “It apparently shattered the bone – it was a bad fracture.”
Terrell said a gun-cleaning kit was found in the room with the man, and there’s no reason to believe the shooting was anything other than accidental.
Nothing but accidental? How about negligent? How about the result of violating more than one of the 4 Rules of Gun Safety? How about the work of a dangerously unfit lawful gun owner?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
How about this: Accidents happen, and yes, they're often because of some amount of negligence on someone's part.
ReplyDeleteAnd NO, that's not grounds to remove that person's constitutional rights. If it were, then your Willful advocacy for the revocation of rights under color of law would be enough to revoke your free speech and even right to life.
That doesn't follow at all. I'm talking about taking gun responsibility seriously. Why would you oppose that? You want a little wiggle-room for yourself when you do something wrong?
DeleteIf I do something WRONG--e.g. go out and shoot someone who pisses me off, I ought to be taken behind the shed and Old Yeller'd.
DeleteIf I, or someone else, have an honest to God accident, my rights should not be revoked, whether that's gun rights, voting rights, or any other rights.
You don't take rights away for accidents. Hell, we don't take the privilege of driving away because of an accident, even if a death results, unless there is some wrongdoing such as DUI, etc.
If I cut myself with a knife while cooking, do you want charges? It's the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIt might be the same thing if there were 30,000 knife deaths a year and we decided to take it very seriously. I'm suggesting we take gun responsibility seriously.
DeleteI have no problem with taking something seriously, but your definition of serious is to restrict access on the presumption that someone will do something wrong. Your definition includes the notion that any error must be punished by a total denial of rights.
DeleteYou still don't get it. You beg and whine and cajole for more gun control, but we don't trust you. Your arguments come down to "I feel this way, so let me do what I wish, and I'll keep your interests in mind." Sorry, but you're cash only, keep your hands where I can see them.
Wow, so you're open to taking knives from someone for accidentally cutting themself if knife violence is enough of a problem in a society?!?
DeleteThe gun issue gets clouded with emotion, so not everyone automatically sees how ridiculous your bullshit is, but I think everyone would see how nuts you are if they read that post.
Knives cause around 1,800 deaths a year in the U.S. In Britain, there are calls for bans on many knives. Consider also the number of teenagers who cut themselves. If only knives were less available, they'd have to stick with wearing jeans that don't fit or using too much eye liner.
DeletePerhaps he got his gun handling ideas from Bloomberg's video
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