Alaska State Troopers say Shawn Strauss on Sunday afternoon was flown from Danger Bay logging camp to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center.
Troopers tell the Kodiak Daily Mirror that Strauss and fellow Evergreen Timber employee Ricky Aschenbrenner took a logging road about 30 miles from the camp for a beachcombing trip.
They were carrying a shotgun for protection from bears.
As Aschenbrenner tried to remove gun from the driver's side of the vehicle, the gun became stuck.
Aschenbrenner tried to free the gun and it fired, striking Strauss.
People who break the safety rules resulting in a negligent discharge, even if they try to blame the gun or the vehicle, should lose their gun rights. These people have proven to be unfit. In almost all cases these incidents that make headlines are not the very first infraction.
Noisemakers work better than shotguns for bear protection, anyway.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Mikeb, I have no reason to believe that you're any more knowledgeable about bears than you are about guns.
ReplyDeleteA poster seen at your local wildlife area:
ReplyDeleteNote - it is suggested you wear little bells on your pants and shoes to warn off any bears as you walk through the woods. Also, be on the lookout for signs of bear activity including bear shit with small bells in it.
In almost all cases these incidents that make headlines are not the very first infraction [Because I'm Mikeb, and anyone who demands I back up my statements up with any kind of evidence is a right wing extremist, and probably a fat, white racist, too].
ReplyDeleteFixed it for you. Don't thank me--happy to help.
I'm making an educated guess. What are you saying, these events are always the first offense?
DeleteI'm making an educated guess.
DeleteHmm . . . "educated" where? You might consider asking for a tuition refund, because you've been had.
What are you saying, these events are always the first offense?
No, because unlike some, I don't present my pet, agenda-driven hypotheses as facts.
You are aware, I would hope, that there's a rather enormous gulf between, "In almost all cases these incidents that make headlines are not the very first infraction," and "always the first offense," aren't you?
In other words, I'm far too intelligent to believe either of those assertions.
Educated means that you have evidence or logic. But you have neither, Mikeb.
DeleteIt's much closer to what I said than to the "always the first offense." Just think about it.
DeleteI have thought about it, Mikeb. Given the evidence about accidental deaths and injuries from firearms as compared to the number of gun owners, I recognize those as rare events. What that means is that even if lots of gun owners have accidents, those accidents most of the time don't turn out to be serious or to have any long-term consequences.
DeleteMike B, My name is Shawn Strauss, you were not there when this happened. I was. And it WAS our "first infraction". We handle guns every day. could it of been prevented, yes, as could EVERY ugly accident in life. It was a very sad accident that has affected Ricky and I and all both our families. Your comment is just an opinion, and in my opinion, from a very wrong and bored man.
ReplyDeleteSorry for your trouble, Shawn. I believe in a strict one-strike-you're-out policy when it comes to gun safety.
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