Showing posts with label Accidental Shooting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Accidental Shooting. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2015

Well, her CCW tells us what she thought about the 2nd Amendment

January 02, 2015 2nd Amendment , Accidental Shooting 0 Comments
U.S. Mother Shot In Wal-Mart Backed Gun Rights, Family Says

Nicholas K. Gerianos, Dec. 31, 2014, AP

The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday afternoon released a few more details about the incident. The boy removed the 9mm semi-automatic handgun from his mother's purse and shot her once in the head, killing her instantly, the sheriff's office said.

Read more: www.ctvnews.ca

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Freak occurrence

January 02, 2015 2nd Amendment , Accidental Shooting 0 Comments
Gun Expert Surprised That Tot Was Able To Fire Pistol

Ryan Simms, Dec. 31, 2014, USA Today

"Their fingers usually don't reach the trigger," she said. "They'll turn their hand around to put their thumb on the trigger."

A Kootenai County Sheriff's Office investigation is continuing although a sheriff's office spokesman, Lt. Stu Miller, said Tuesday that the incident appeared to be a tragic accident.

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HOW?!!!

January 02, 2015 Accidental Shooting , Gun Ownership 0 Comments
2-Year-Old Fatally Shoots Mom In Idaho Wal-Mart
Nicholas K. Geranios, Dec. 31, 2014, WDTN

Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, who was described as a loving mother, was shopping Tuesday with her son and three other children when the young boy grabbed the small-caliber handgun, which discharged one time, Kootenai County sheriff’s spokesman Stu Miller said. Miller said the boy had been left in a shopping cart.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

He had such potential...

October 29, 2014 Accidental Shooting , Athletes' 'Gun Culture' 0 Comments
Jose Canseco Shoots Off His Finger In Gun Accident

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TMZ Staff, Oct. 28, 2014

Former major league slugger Jose Canseco blew his middle finger clear off his hand while cleaning his handgun at home in Las Vegas.
Jose's fiancée Leila Knight tells TMZ Sports ... he was sitting at a table in their home cleaning the gun when it went off. She says he didn't know it was loaded -- and the shot ripped through the middle finger on his left hand.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Sometimes we just have to thin the herd

August 05, 2014 Accidental Shooting , Facebook 0 Comments
Man Accidentally Kills Himself Takin Gun Selfie For Facebook

Oscar Otero Aguilar

By Zoe Szathmary, Aug. 3, 2014, Dailymail.co.uk

Authorities called in said Otero Aguilar was shot in the head, Proceso reported.

'I heard a gunshot, and then I heard somebody screaming and realized somebody had been hurt. I called the police straight away and when they arrived they found that he was still alive,' neighbor Manfredo Paez Paez said, according to the Daily Mirror.

Otero Aguilar was dead at the scene and an autopsy is scheduled, according to Excelsior.

The Ministry of Public Security told Proceso that Otero Aguilar's death appeared to be an accident.

The selfie was meant to go on Facebook, the Ministry said.

One of Aguilar's friends, Omar Abner Campos Vives, was arrested; pal 'El Paco' went on the run, Proceso said.

Previous Facebook photographs show Otero Aguilar lounging next to alcoholic beverages and sitting in or standing next to several different types of cars.

Read the full story:  www.dailymail.co.uk
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