The State Police in Remsen investigated an accidental shooting. 20 year-old, Marc T. Donahue from Rome accidentally shot himself in the leg when hunting in a wooded area located off Furman Road in the town of Boonville.
Donahue was attempting to attach his .308 rifle to a rope in order to hoist it up to a tree stand. The rope hung approximately six feet off the ground, and when Donahue reached up and started to attach the rifle to the rope, one round was discharged into his left femur. The rifle was loaded with four rounds and did not have the safety on at the time of the accident. Donahue was transported by Mercy Flight to Upstate Medical treatment where he is in stable condition.
Are 20-year-olds allowed to handle guns unsupervised in New York State? This one proved to be incapable of safely doing so, don't you think?
One-strike-you're-out is the answer for such an appalling lack of common sense.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Since this happened in New York, I blame the gun control freaks.
ReplyDeleteFor their dereliction of duty in allowing this child to have a gun?
DeleteLove it when you call gun control freaks stupid, but have nothing to say about these ridiculous "accidents" that gun loons cause constantly. You blame gun control freaks for idiots stupidity? Just one reason you cannot be taken seriously.
ReplyDeleteMikeb blames me personally for every incident he posts. I'm reminding him that if he likes collective blame, he has to take his share.
DeleteThat doesn't even make sense, Greg. People who want no restrictions on gun rights are partly to blame for gun violence. What could be more obvious? But, you turn around and say the same thing back at me, like a 9-year-old in the school yard.
DeleteYou claim I'm responsible, even though I've shot no one, so I'm pointing out that when these events happen in slave states, that's a failure of the gun control side.
DeleteAt lease have the courage of your convictions, Greg. If you want something, you have to take all that goes with it. You want as loose gun laws as possible. You are responsible for the down-side of that.
DeleteGreg has no courage, or convictions.
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