Posted on 07/04/2016 6:20:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
If you watch “Blackhawk Down” not long after they rope down there is a scene where Sgt. Eversmann gets a load of hot brass down his tunic from a chopper minigun.
This sure is a sad story.
Great movie. On amazon prime now. I will watch that sxene later.
My cousin’s sister in law just got diagnosed with the Human version of mad cow disease. That’s all she wrote. 4 months.
Life is HARD and unpredictable and we must make the MOST of the days God gives us.
As tragic and heartbreaking as this story is, you are right on the money calling this negligence.
When you have an incident with a gun in your hand, the first thing you do is put the gun down safely, then handle the incident.
The guy needs to shut the hell up. He is leftists’ wet dream.
- Responsible gun owner. Check.
- Gun range. Check.
- Kill his own son. Check.
- Before the body is cold, starts talking about guns. Check.
Is he not charged for negligent homicide?
Unfortunate response to unanticipated stimulus. Like if you’re driving a car or riding a bike and you encounter a bee. You’ve just gotta eat the sting and deal with it.
Wow. The mind can only work so fast though, but youre right.
Dont like bees and had monster one in car and Wife panicked so i flung it out.
Bad example is when i was younger and dog’s head got stuck in window and I crashed trying to get him out, though he wasn’t choking and I could have pulled over.
I feel for the guy because the what ifs will plague him. I pray they dont.
I dropped the rifle, which was on a sling, ripped off my muffs and glasses, stepped on them and burned my fingers pulling the spent cartridge off of of my eyelid along with a small piece of charred flesh, leaving a 3rd degree burn. I've never had a brass cartridge actually stick to my body that way.
Thing is, I never thought about clearing the weapon or even putting it on safe. My face was on fire and all that mattered was getting that casing off my eyelid. I just dropped the gun and if it hadn't been on a sling it would have landed in the dirt.
Rifles and handguns are usually drop safe. Shotguns typically are not. Optics are expensive but in a case like that, who cares.
The takeaways for me are, if anything bad happens get your finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard immediately. Then either calmly re-holster or sit the weapon on the bench pointed down range with the action open - or just throw the damn thing on the ground. And if you are shooting a long gun and are going to be moving, have a sling.
Yes. Pray for this family for healing from this tragic
accident.
When did this happen yesterday? I live only a few miles from there.
How sad.
Having to live with responsibility for that the rest of your years is more punishment than anything else imaginable.
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