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Deer Season Opener Leaves One Dead
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| No. 17, 2009
| Ryan Martin
Posted on 11/17/2009 8:42:42 AM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
Many years ago I was deer hunting in Yellowwood State Forest. I’d found what I thought was a nice “tree stand,” a tree cut about six feet off the ground by DNR that I could stand on, while leaning on the trunk behind me. After a while, through the brush behind me, I heard somebody almost literally fall out of a tree, crunch through the brush, and take a leak. I then heard them clamber up the tree, followed by the unmistakeable sound of a beer can being opened. I could not see him, and assumed he could not see me. So I as quietly as I could, I unloaded my shotgun, got down from the tree and crept away through the woods to find a better spot.
That guy wasn’t going to see any deer, much less shoot them, but he damn well could have shot me. The woods are full of deer...and idiots.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:19:30 AM PST
by
henkster
(0bamanomics: The "Final Solution" to America's "Prosperity Question.")
To: mad_as_he$$
I don't see anything wrong with the statement. The possibility of an AD is part of the reason why you're supposed to always be careful where you're pointing the damned thing.
Assume an AD will happen. Take steps to prevent it. And make sure that nobody gets hurt if it does.
No sense in being knee-jerk about it. The sherriff sounds like one of the good guys.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:20:48 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: smokingfrog
If you check back in a couple of months, the shooter probably will have married the widow!
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:21:32 AM PST
by
Big_Harry
( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
To: Right Brother
No clip in the gun, he probably has checked it.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:22:59 AM PST
by
Big_Harry
( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
To: mikelets456
Some friend. That's why guns are equipped with a safety lock. I remember once as a boy when my Dad finally let him shoot his pistol, a 9mm semi-automatic, extremely handy for the occasional encounter with rattlesnakes.
I handed it back to him without resetting the safety lock. I not only got the biggest a**-chewing in my life, but it was months and months before my Dad would ever let me handle a firearm again. This friend evidently didn't have the good fortune of learning such a lesson early in life.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:23:03 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: r9etb
I had an AD once in VN. With an M79!
You can’t drop them loaded on the top deck of a track!
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:25:41 AM PST
by
rahbert
To: Vigilanteman
I was the beneficiary of my stepfather's firearms safety lessons, and I never went hunting with him (wasn't my thing). He was a stickler for it, even when it came to BB guns and the like.
Those lessons have stuck with me my entire life, through college (4 years on the rifle team), 8+ years in the Army, etc.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:28:58 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
To: rahbert
I had an AD once in VN. With an M79! You cant drop them loaded on the top deck of a track! Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time I'm tossing my grenade launcher into the track.... ;-)
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:29:42 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Big_Harry
You try to console the widow, and....you know....sometimes things just happen.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:29:59 AM PST
by
smokingfrog
(Well, are you gonna draw those pistols or whistle Dixie? Spit!)
To: rahbert
Er... what did you destroy?
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:30:30 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: smokingfrog
Very sad. May his family find comfort and peace.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:32:02 AM PST
by
Neoliberalnot
((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
To: smokingfrog
"Unfortunately, if you do handle guns long enough, sooner or later you're gonna have one go off when you don't intend it to," Dave Shefe, an employee at Columbia's Powder Horn Guns and Sporting, said. NONSENSE. Poppycock. Bilge. I have been shooting guns since I was 6; I'm now middle-aged, carry a revolver concealed EVERY DAY, and I have NEVER, NO NEVER had an accidental discharge.
My teenage kids have been shooting since they were 4, my son has been hunting many, many times, and as far as I know, not a single AD. Just follow the rules: keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire, and you won't have a problem.
You watch: the media will try to spin this into gun-control advocacy.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:43:51 AM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(Proud to be an American, where I least I know I'm free!)
To: mad_as_he$$
“Bull$hit. I have been handling guns since I was 8 years old. I have NEVER had an AD.”
It happened to me. My semi-auto Beretta 12 gauge jammed. I cleared the shell out of the chamber and when I let go of the chamber lever it snap close and discharged at the same time.
I had the gun pointed in the air and resting on my thigh. It felt like I got kicked by a donkey, and scared the hell out of me. I was 13 and hunting with my cousin who was 16.
Never let the barrel of your gun point at anyone no matter what.
To: ArrogantBustard
Great axioms by the man who invented the 10-mm Auto cartridge. Soon to be a new addition to Lord Vader’s arsenal.
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:52:39 AM PST
by
DarthVader
(Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
To: mikelets456
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:53:00 AM PST
by
tired1
(When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
To: mikelets456
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posted on
11/17/2009 9:56:25 AM PST
by
tired1
(When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
To: mikelets456
.I know it was an accident, but it should remind us to NEVER take safety for granite! That rule should be carved in stone!
To: BertWheeler
I am also EXTREMELY suspicious of shooting deaths that occur accidentally while cleaning a gun.
I have come to the conclusion that most of those are actually "I don't want to admit I was messing around with it and being stupid" events. All the ones I have seen details of the person had no cleaning suppilies around and was either 'trying to figure out how it worked' or just plain playing with the gun.
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posted on
11/17/2009 10:03:07 AM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: ArrogantBustard
5. NEVER trust the “safety”!
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posted on
11/17/2009 10:06:17 AM PST
by
sausageseller
(http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/)
To: BertWheeler
I am also EXTREMELY suspicious of shooting deaths that occur accidentally while cleaning a gun. You mean like the guy sharpening his knife and it slipped out of his hand? 17 times?
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posted on
11/17/2009 10:09:29 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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