Posted on 12/10/2011 10:15:58 AM PST by smokingfrog
WESLEY CHAPEL A 78-year-old man was shot in a bizarre accident early Saturday when a dog bumped a rifle and caused it to fire, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Billy E. Brown of Dade City, a friend and a bulldog set out before dawn to hunt deer, which has been a tradition of theirs for more than 25 years.
They were traveling down a bumpy, rocky road in a pickup truck to their hunting stands when the dog got excited and bumped a high-powered Browning .308-caliber rifle. The bullet struck in the right thigh as he was driving. The dog, named Eli, was between Brown and a passenger, but it was not immediately clear how the rifles were positioned or if the safety was engaged.
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LOL! Me too! I think that the dog is VEGAN this time though, and I don’t know his screen name, so there will be no zot this time. Phew!
What? bears are better than dogs now? You must be one of those dogists! An anti-dogite. ;^)
It’s always a VEGAN never a vegetarian. I guess vegetarians are too weak to even raise the point.
No “isms” here, no sir. I’m just advocating for respecting the spirit of the Constitution. Which says quite clearly, “The right to arm bears shall not be infringed.” Dogs aren’t mentioned!
You’re forgetting the K-9th Amendment. Those powers not delegated to the states or the people (our owners) shall be retained by us, the dogz. Woof!
...made you look!
Shooting from or across a road is illegal here in Texas.
It probably is here too but its done. I’ve seen boneheads sitting in the back of their pickup and shooting as their dogs chase the deer or feral hog out of the brush.
Doesn’t count as hunting in my book.
> I dont allow my dogs to carry around the house.
I agree. According the the Second Amendment, only bears have that right.
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