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Deer Season Opener Leaves One Dead
KMOU.com ^ | No. 17, 2009 | Ryan Martin

Posted on 11/17/2009 8:42:42 AM PST by smokingfrog

AUXVASSE - Bernie Breer, 67, died when his friend accidentally shot him after deer hunting off Route B in Callaway County.

Breer was one of three hunters accidentally shot during the opening weekend of dear season. Breer's friend accidentally shot him while taking his gun off his shoulder.

"The firearm discharged and hit the victim in the stomach area," Missouri Department of Conservation officer Tom Stother said.

Officials reported hunters in Adair and Macon Counties were accidentally shot while deer hunting during the weekend.

Last year, a total of five people were accidentally shot during all of deer season. None were fatal.

"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.

Still, Shefe said the accidents during the weekend should not scare hunters away from the sport. He said they do not reflect a growing trend in hunting accidents.

"It's all about basic gun handling and gun safety," Shefe said.

Stother said hunters are required to take gun safety classes before getting their hunting permit.

"Muzzle control is by far the best safety tip that we can provide to hunters," Stother said.

(Excerpt) Read more at komu.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunsafety; hunting
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To: smokingfrog
Breer's friend accidentally shot him while taking his gun off his shoulder.

Not sure what kind of gun he had, but I was taught, if you are carrying a bolt action rifle, have the bolt open. Pros/cons?

41 posted on 11/17/2009 10:09:48 AM PST by sockmonkey
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To: smokingfrog

One could argue there were two deaths. A man drowned in his truck trying to cross a flood swollen creek around here. He and two other men were deer hunting on family land.


42 posted on 11/17/2009 10:16:55 AM PST by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: Alas Babylon!

LOL...I love witty sarcasm/humor!


43 posted on 11/17/2009 10:19:08 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: sockmonkey
The article says he was shot AFTER deer hunting, so the rifle probably should not have been loaded in the first place. Which brings up the topic of removable magazines. One of the things the gun lobby likes to ban. A removable magazine is the safest way to unload a firearm, but I don't often see people making that argument.
44 posted on 11/17/2009 10:24:22 AM PST by smokingfrog (Well, are you gonna draw those pistols or whistle Dixie? Spit!)
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To: smokingfrog
Breer's friend accidentally shot him while taking his gun off his shoulder.

Uh...with his finger on the trigger? With the muzzle pointed at his friend? Why?

45 posted on 11/17/2009 10:25:08 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: DarthVader

I have never seen a better set of gunhandling rules. His four rules are concise and complete, and are best understood as a mindset than as a checklist.


46 posted on 11/17/2009 10:25:56 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: sausageseller

Is there always a “safety” to (dis)trust?


47 posted on 11/17/2009 10:27:01 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: mikelets456

Simplest rule in all of firearms safety:

NEVER POINT THE MUZZLE AT ANYTHING YOU’RE NOT WILLING TO KILL


48 posted on 11/17/2009 10:28:28 AM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: mikelets456; dighton; martin_fierro; Larry Lucido; Tijeras_Slim; Constitution Day; ...
NEVER take safety for granite!

That advice is rock solid!

49 posted on 11/17/2009 10:30:06 AM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: smokingfrog

http://www.remington.com/safety/safety_center/safety_modification_program/

That flaw led to an accidental discharge in just such a rifle, in my hands, as I toggled the safety to off prior to unloading...no finger anywhere near the trigger. It was pointed at the ground near my father’s feet.

Thus I repeat the rule: NEVER POINT THE MUZZLE AT ANYTHING YOU’RE NOT WILLING TO KILL.


50 posted on 11/17/2009 10:34:30 AM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: smokingfrog

LOL!


51 posted on 11/17/2009 10:35:10 AM PST by Big_Harry ( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
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To: Petronski

Granted, people in grass houses shouldn’t throw scones.


52 posted on 11/17/2009 10:36:00 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The moment you start thinking you're too smart for it to happen to you...

Exactly. I'm sure even Jeff Cooper would have agreed that the first step toward having an AD is to believe that you're incapable of having one.

53 posted on 11/17/2009 10:37:30 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Is there always a “safety” to (dis)trust?

On most all modern guns yes . Yet the "safety" can be in different configurations.

54 posted on 11/17/2009 10:46:03 AM PST by sausageseller (http://coolblue.typepad.com/the_cool_blue_blog/)
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To: mikelets456

“The first rule of thumb...ALWAYS handle a firearm as if it were
loaded and ALWAYS point in a safe direction.”

Amen
Amen
AND
Amen

Having nearly blown a .22 cal hole in my brother’s foot (back when
I was young...but was smart enough to know better).

I’m in Mid-Missouri and heard about this sad event.
It reminds me of my sister-in-law who is conservative but fairly
“anti-gun” because a friend of her father accidentally shot/killed
himself with some careless gun-handling during a hunting trip.


55 posted on 11/17/2009 10:58:22 AM PST by VOA
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To: sausageseller
Hmmm ... depends on what you mean by "safety". If you mean a latch which must, by a deliberate and distinct action, be disengaged by the shooter before firing (as, for example, on the Browning Hi-Power) ... in fact many modern pistols and rifles do not have one. For example, very few revolvers are so equipped, and Glock pistols all lack such devices. In these cases, "never trust the safety" is a moot rule, a nullity.

If by safety, you mean the myriad internal devices or trigger complications which are designed to disable the internal lockwork unless the trigger has been deliberately squeezed ... well yes, most pistols have such devices.

Still ... anyone who is "trusting the safety" is most likely violating one of the previous four rules. I believe that "don't trust the 'safety'" is one of the reasons for Rule 2, rather than a distinct fifth rule.

IMHO. YMMV.

56 posted on 11/17/2009 11:05:20 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: pissant

Folks make too much of the Cheney thing. You forget that in Texas lawyers are considered varmints, there is no closed season and no bag limit.


57 posted on 11/17/2009 11:09:23 AM PST by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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To: r9etb

Fortunately the round hit the ground away from the coke girls. They would have been very annoyed otherwize.

I was taken to task and did not sin again.


58 posted on 11/17/2009 11:10:44 AM PST by rahbert
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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.

I'm over 40, been around guns all my life, and I've never accidentally discharged a firearm.

I disagree that accidents MUST happen.

59 posted on 11/17/2009 11:15:22 AM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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To: Big_Harry
No clip in the gun, he probably has checked it.

Of course, you MEANT "No magazine in the rifle...", right? ;-)

60 posted on 11/17/2009 11:18:16 AM PST by TChris ("Hello", the politician lied.)
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