A man suffered minor injuries shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday when he fell asleep on his back porch with a loaded handgun and accidentally shot himself in the midsection, authorities say.
According to the Mitchell Police Division, the 34-year-old man was sitting alone in a lawn chair on the back porch of his residence, located in the 400 block of East Ninth Avenue, when a family member turned on the porch light and opened a nearby door. Startled by the light and noise, the man woke up and unintentionally pulled the handgun’s trigger and shot himself.
You see, this is what we've got out there. Among the huge group of people called lawful gun owners many of them think like this guy. He thought it's perfectly all right to sit on the back porch, gun in hand, FINGER ON THE TRIGGER, and fall asleep.
Once a guy proves that he is not able to or not willing to follow the basic safety rules he should be disarmed permanently.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
A few inches one way or other and we would have seen an example of evolution in action. I cant speak for the remaining "most" of lawful gun owners, but I like to use this holster thingy.
ReplyDeleteAnd at the bottom of this article is an example of of one of those "accidents" that you say are rarely charged, with the assailant being charged with a felony.
Many think like this guy? Are you ever going to get straight the definition of many as opposed to few?
ReplyDeleteJust to clarify, this happened in South Dakota not North Dakota.
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