Posted on 10/14/2016 4:17:34 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — They were, says Denise Kirchner, “the worst three hours of my life” — the agonizing moments after her son accidently shot her and her 14-year-old daughter Madison while cleaning his semi-automatic gun in their Iowa home.
Madison skirted death, but survived. She is living proof, her mother says, of what can happen when otherwise responsible gun owners have a safety lapse.
Dylan, 18, had been trying to remove a bullet from the chamber of the .40-caliber handgun when it fired, Toledo Police Chief Bob Kendall said.
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Where is the bleeding heart press when babies are being aborted? Down at the bar celebrating with the other girls, that’s where.
Keep yer’ booger hook off the bang switch.
Dylan, evidently is an irresponsible idiot.
That sort of irresponsibility should disqualify anyone from ever buying, owning or using a firearm, permanently.
I don't care if he is simply immature.
Had he killed himself only, I would simply say, "Thank you."
Call it "one strike" stupidity.
“Dylan, 18, had been trying to remove a bullet from the chamber of the .40-caliber handgun when it fired”
‘IT’ didn’t fire. The dumbass accidentally fired it.
I really wish the stupid media would stop attributing firearms with magical powers instead of making clear that it’s people who make mistakes and not some demon-possessed firearms that run around spontaneously shooting people.
Odd story.
“Dylan, 18, had been trying to remove a bullet from the chamber of the .40-caliber handgun when it fired, Toledo Police Chief Bob Kendall said.
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Dylan Kirchner is an experienced hunter and marksman who had plans to compete on a sports shooting team at a local community college.
“He knows what he’s doing. I just don’t know what the deal was that day,” Kendall said. “This was an accident, yes. But could it have been prevented? Yeah.”
Neglected to disassemble the pistol before trying to remove a squib? Who knows?
In any case, a horror story for the Bloomberg Mommunists to crow about.
Well said. One has to keep safety instructions very simple when talking to the MSM low-T marshmallow journalism majors.
Pretty much the case
By all means spell out the proper procedure for what was being done, and document how you never ever came close to violating it yourself.
The four rules of gun safety are written in blood.
He pulled the trigger.
HIS fault. Not the gun’s.
Good advice. But having a live round jammed in the chamber of a gun can be a serious problem. ALL the safety rules come into play. A mechanically malfunctioning gun is a challenge.
The first mistake a person could make would be to underestimate the severity of the situation.
I had an AK variant years ago which jammed so badly I couldn't get the bolt out. I felt fortunate that it hadn't chambered a fresh round. The dealer took the gun back and supplied a replacement.
This might be a good opportunity for Freepers to share their knowledge about handling the worst kind of jams.
In a nation of 330 million people, you can find just about any anecdote to ban anything you want.
Three times as many young children drown in 5 gallon buckets as find guns and shoot themselves or other young children.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2014/07/dangerous-to-young-children-five-gallon.html
First rule of proper gun-handling is: EVERY TIME you pick up a gun, open it up and ensure it is EMPTY. I’ve never had an accidental discharge in 40 years of shooting by following that one simple rule. And I caught what has been called ‘The tragic last cartridge’ by doing so, a round left over in my SKS, I admit it here.
Also I thought that individuals under the age of 21 have been prohibited from purchasing handguns since 1968. Presuming that the handgun was a gift from mom and/or dad, negligent parenting if they didn't insist on a firearm safety course before making the gift.
Probably a Glock.
Where the weapon was pointed would be the most paramount issue, and that is easy to pay attention to when the weapon has not malfunctioned.
But when it HAS malfunctioned, now what. The right thing would certainly include alerting everybody in the vicinity so that they would not be downrange of the weapon being worked on. And then constantly keeping aware of where the weapon is pointed, until the jam has been cleared. If it had to be fired or firing attempted or risked to be freed of the jam, at least the work should be done with the weapon pointed in a safe direction in a safe place.
When I was a kid in elementary school in the redneck state of Kentucky, there were lessons on how to handle rifles and what not to do with them, like shoot them at water. But nobody ever covered the situation of what you did if the gun malfunctioned.
Always assume that every gun is loaded. Sometimes it’s good for even experienced gun owners to go back and get a refresher on gun safety.
yup. it is almost impossible for a cold gun to accidentally cook one off.
firing requires someone to do something.
if people feel they can’t get a round out of the chamber they need to lock the chamber or put a physical block in and prevent any slide movement so a firing pin can’t strike.
Since Dylan was to young to legally buy/own a handgun without adult supervision it’s his MOM who’s the idiot. As it appears she’s not expert enough to have taken control of that situation as it unfolded she was negligent in even facilitating the purchase/acquisition...
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