Priceville's police chief said a man was shot Monday night when a gun accidentally went off at a bonfire party.
Police Chief Billy Peebles said around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday a man was brought into a Decatur fire station with a gunshot wound in his right side. The victim, identified as Derrick Couch, 20, of Decatur, was taken to Huntsville Hospital for surgery. His current condition is unknown.
Another person at the party told police he and his friends had been firing the weapon, and as he was emptying the gun it discharged. Couch was sitting to his left when the gun fired.
Does anyone think he'll receive any kind of punishment or sanction for his actions, I mean besides a bullet in the side?No, he probably won't. In Alabama this is just part of doing business. He'll go on to commit one negligent act after another until one day he kills someone. Unless, of course, he learns a lesson and straightens out.
Do you think we should take a chance on that? Do you think people who grew up with guns and already know all about gun safety, yet prove to be stupid enough to do something like this can ever learn?
The risk is too high. Next time he might shoot someone else. He should be disarmed for his own good and the good of everyone else around him.
The history of society imposing something on a person "for his own good" is long and revolting. Of course, people proposing such actions never see themselves as being subject to that treatment. But Mikeb, you should put yourself in the position of the person to be controlled for once.
ReplyDeleteWell forget about "for his own good" then. It should be done for the good of his fellow human beings.
DeleteThat's no better.
DeleteIt states that "Couch was sitting to his left when the gun discharged." He wasn't the one with the gun. Why should he be punished for being shot by someone? The boy
ReplyDeleteis in critical condition.
Who the hell is talking about Couch being punished for being shot by someone else? I'm talking about the someone else.
Delete*when the gun was fired, not discharged.
ReplyDeleteGun-rights fanatics love the use of the passive voice. In minimizes the responsibility of the gun owner.
DeleteNo, Mikeb, as we've explained to you before, it's reporters and editors not wanting to be sued. Do you really believe that all these journalists are supporters of gun rights?
DeleteThis is your first statement. It implies that Couch should be punished. How would the other person be punished with a bullet in his side?
ReplyDelete"Does anyone think he'll receive any kind of punishment or sanction for his actions, I mean besides a bullet in the side?"
Also, i was the first and second anonymous, and the second comment was a correction in the quote of my first, not an attempt to use passive language
You're right. I had it mixed up when I wrote that.
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