• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Too dumb to live. What idiot leaves a gun ready to fire, probably with safety off, unsupervised?

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I almost never believe these stories. More likely the man did something stupid and is covering it up.

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      4 hours ago

      There’s lots of time and people in the world. Sometimes unlikely dice rolls happen. It’s just a matter of probabilities

    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
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      Huh? This story is literally about the man doing something stupid: leaving in unsecured, loaded firearm where an animal could accidentally trigger it.

      I mean, I guess they could be even dumber than that,* but the prior offense should be more than enough to bar them from ever owning a firearm again, right?

      … right? …

      … What do you mean, they work for ICE now? …

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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      Its actually a very common problem. Gun nuts all think they are John McClane and need to keep one in the chamber at all times. They remove the magazine but never properly run the action and yeah. Its especially a problem with glocks because disassembly actually involves squeezing the trigger.

      Responsible gun owners are only slightly more common than good guys with a gun.

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        Most people I’ve met really should not have guns. And don’t, as far as I know.

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          Even in America, the vast majority of people don’t own a gun. Something like 70%.

          • Rothe@piefed.social
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            Still, only the US has an annual toddler/dog gun killing rate (as in the toddler/dog shooting somebody else).

            Also 44% of Americans live in a household where a gun is present.

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      Those cases are failed suicide attempts or they were otherwise doing something they know damned well was stupid.

      Any given weapon is stupid easy to clear, in 3-4 seconds, and be certain it’s clear. Not like bullets are hiding in there somehow.

      • kn33@lemmy.world
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        Agreed. There are a lot of people and a lot of guns in the world, so I won’t say that it’s never happened. The vast majority of those cases, though, are suicides or failed suicides where they’re trying to save face and/or make sure the life insurance still pays out.

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          11 hours ago

          Life insurance does pay in the event of suicide! Depends on the length of time between taking the policy and, uh, execution. Terms and conditions may apply!

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    11 hours ago

    The victim told police that before the incident, he was cleaning his firearm

    getting shot by own gun and cleaning it, these often come together, maybe is safer to keep them dirty

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      Somehow he was cleaning it and it still had rounds to fire or he cleaned and reloaded and left it unsecured so it had rounds to fire. Sounds like sort of person who should own a gun for sure.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    I really don’t get having loaded guns sitting around. Its not like the black powder days were prepping for a shot took minutes. Its not hard to load a shotgun. I mean Im just not worried about this fantasy scenario of having to quickdraw and shoot a home intruder.