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Man dies from accidental shooting in Mishawaka (indiana)
south bend tribune ^ | 1/2/07

Posted on 01/02/2007 9:19:33 AM PST by hoosierboy

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To: hoosierboy
His thumb was still on the trigger, the report said.

Oh man. NEVER use your thumb to pull the trigger, it means the gun is pointed the wrong direction...

21 posted on 01/02/2007 9:38:26 AM PST by Kenton (All vices in moderation. I don't want to overdo any but I don't want to skip any either.)
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To: hoosierboy

Prayers for this misguided individual, and prayers for his family.


22 posted on 01/02/2007 9:45:37 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: Gator101

ROTFLMAO!


23 posted on 01/02/2007 9:53:43 AM PST by jdm
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To: hoosierboy

Alcohol + firearm = headline.


24 posted on 01/02/2007 9:54:46 AM PST by Al Gator (Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
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To: hoosierboy

A school friend of mine's brother did something like this with a 44 Magnum at a party many years ago. He'd been out target shooting a few hours before the party, and brought the gun with him. Possibly trying to show off to some girls, he put what he thought was an unloaded gun to his head and pulled the trigger. I'm guessing the party goers required years of therapy. Tragic, but stupidity will kill you.


25 posted on 01/02/2007 9:55:50 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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To: rlmorel
I am fairly new to gun ownership (only a couple of years) but I was very impressed by the directness and simplicity of the gun safety course I took.

I've never "owned" a firearm until very recently, and I've not yet taken a gun safety course. When much younger, I had taken the Hunter Safety Course to get my hunting license, but that was a very long time ago. My service in the USAF as a Security Police Officer provided excellent training on gun safety. But all of that was nothing in comparison to how my grandfather taught me about gun safety when I was a young boy. Those lessons have always stayed with me, and I will never take for granted anything when dealing with a firearm. Gun safety lasts a lifetime. Gun stupidity is short-lived (literally).

26 posted on 01/02/2007 10:10:26 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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To: Dinsdale

Alas....Gene Sult has three kids according to his obituary. Let us hope they didn't inherit Papa's " waaaay dumb gene"


27 posted on 01/02/2007 10:19:16 AM PST by tomcorn
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"On about the fourth pull, the gun went off, striking him"

Guns don't "go off".

28 posted on 01/02/2007 10:24:24 AM PST by Eclectica (Ask your MD about Evolution. Please!)
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On the FOURTH pull?




He pushed his luck too far...


29 posted on 01/02/2007 10:26:13 AM PST by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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1) "All guns are always loaded." (implication: you MUST assume at ALL times that they WILL produce a very loud bang if you pull the trigger).

2) "NEVER point a firearm at ANYTHING that you do not expect and intend to kill or destroy."

3) "Keep your finger off the trigger until the target [that which you wish to kill or destroy] is in the sights."


30 posted on 01/02/2007 10:29:51 AM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
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But all of that was nothing in comparison to how my grandfather taught

I think there is a lot to that. In all the gun safety courses I took (Boy Scouts, US Army) the one that stuck with me was my Grandfather's when I was a young boy. It was because I felt so honored and privileged that he and my father were taking the time to teach me properly and introduce me to firearms that I didn't want to screw it up. It impressed upon me that gun safety was a mature thing that men practiced. It was a right of passage and I wanted to show them that they could trust me.

31 posted on 01/02/2007 10:32:08 AM PST by Gator101
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To: Gator101

Oops.

"right of passage" should be "rite of passage"

...bad habit of mine.


32 posted on 01/02/2007 10:34:15 AM PST by Gator101
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New laws must be enacted to outlaw thumb-fired weapons.


33 posted on 01/02/2007 10:34:49 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: Gator101

Amen to that. You've nailed it squarly on the head. There was nothing I wouldn't have done to show my grandfather I deserved the time he generously gave to me.


34 posted on 01/02/2007 10:49:42 AM PST by SoldierDad (Proud Father of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier fighting the terrorists in Iraq)
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To: Radio_Silence

Most accidents occur with guns that are unloaded or that have their safety's on.

I always treat my firearms as if they are loaded.

Putting safetys on just encourages sloppiness and delays firing.


35 posted on 01/02/2007 10:58:51 AM PST by 2ndClassCitizen
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To: Gator101

I think the idiot got "double action" confused with "double safety."

And I don't recall many revolvers have safeties on them anyway.
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I assume it was a revolver because he pulled the trigger 4 times.


36 posted on 01/02/2007 11:06:21 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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His thumb was still on the trigger, the report said.


I missed that little gem the 1st time.
37 posted on 01/02/2007 11:09:08 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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"On about the fourth pull, the gun went off..."

It seems to me that the gun had been off, but then it went ON!


38 posted on 01/02/2007 11:25:19 AM PST by gcruse (http://garycruse.blogspot.com/)
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To: hoosierboy

Warning: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to believe you are smarter than you are.


39 posted on 01/02/2007 2:57:33 PM PST by pobodys nerfect
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"...on about the fourth pull it went off...."

Sounds like he was confusing double safety with double action and tossing in a bit of Russian Roulette just to make it interesting.....


40 posted on 01/02/2007 4:43:38 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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