Thank you for saying that. Perhaps the father or son was at fault. Perhaps pointing out proper firearm-handling and hunting procedures will prevent readers from being careless. Perhaps there's room for discussion and debate in this case.
But the knee-jerk unfounded blame-throwing is not helpful. I recall when my father slipped and broke his ankle while hunting with me when I was a teen, the first thing he checked was the safety--and it had disengaged in the fall. I'm perhaps a bit paranoid, myself, hating revolvers that rely on double-action trigger pulls without a safety, for example. But it's important to realize that the safety can disengage, and the trigger can be pulled, in brush.
The pain this father must feel...it must be horrific for him.
Well said.
Dan
"The pain this father must feel...it must be horrific for him."
He'll spend the rest of his life reliving that moment and wishing for a way to change it.
Agreed, fully.
I too am also very paranoid when it comes to firearm safety. I triple and quadruple check the safety.
I'm always conscious of where the barrel of my gun is pointing and the guns of others that are around me.
One time my brother, my cousin and I were hunting small game and we were walking up a mountain looking for grouse. We stopped at the middle logging access road and I turned to see my brother fishing for something in his pocket while the end of the barrel of his 20ga. was leaning into his chest. I walked over, grabbed the shotgun and smacked him in the back of the head.
I can't even begin to imagine how this guy must feel. This is something that will haunt him til the day he dies.