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Robb

(39,665 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2013, 05:11 PM Jul 2013

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The guy just thought he'd help out. With bullets. Also: [View all]

One would-be hero brought his gun with him to the movies on the one-year anniversary of the Aurora movie theater shooting, but accidentally fired it during the show, thereby demonstrating how quick and easy it is to go from "I'll save everyone in case there's a shooter in the theater" to "Oh my God, I'm the shooter in the theater. (But I love the Constitution so much that it really shouldn't count.)"

Meanwhile, another would-be hero found himself in trouble in Milwaukee County, for firing at a suspect the police were pursuing through his neighborhood. He wasn't trying to break into our hero's property or anything. The guy just thought he'd help out. With bullets.

This week's compilation also includes two "home invasion" shootings, plus the additional invasion of a neighbor's above-ground swimming pool, and a residential fence. And speaking of homes and invasions, there was yet another case of the mistaken identification of a family member as an intruder this week, resulting in a man shooting his daughter in the eye.

The child victims of GunFAIL this week are ages 3, 4, 6, 6, 8, 9, 9, 15 and 17, and includes yet another case of a pre-school-aged boy shooting his sister, in case you thought that was terribly rare...

Read More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/27/1225271/-GunFAIL-XXVIII

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The guy just thought he'd help out. With bullets. Also: [View all] Robb Jul 2013 OP

And that's from just one week here in the U.S. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #1

That's a powerful graphic. Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #2

See how safe guns make us! napkinz Jul 2013 #12

We're Number 1!!!!! napkinz Jul 2013 #9

I've had some low moments in life... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #18

Glad you're still with us. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #19

Thanks... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #22

Whether or not guns are safe or make us safer is utterly irrelevant. Nunliebekinder Jul 2013 #44

Um no, I don't think I'm the one who should be locked in a padded room. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #79

Zombies and sock puppets billh58 Jul 2013 #83

I'm not the one posting the same, tired comics Nunliebekinder Jul 2013 #89

Of course you're not -- billh58 Jul 2013 #90

Just doing the right thing... freshwest Jul 2013 #3

But I've just been billh58 Jul 2013 #4

I'm sure you firmly believe that what you just posted is true. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #66

That is the billh58 Jul 2013 #70

I must say it's good to see you posting outside the protected enclave. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #73

Those you term "prohibitionist" billh58 Jul 2013 #82

My kids and I are about to head to the range to plink with the AR and SR's ileus Jul 2013 #5

Hope no one secondvariety Jul 2013 #6

Good one... Deuce Jul 2013 #7

The wife and daughter stayed behind. ileus Jul 2013 #23

But, what if secondvariety Jul 2013 #45

WTF16 or BS72.....Duzy!.....nt pkdu Jul 2013 #72

EDC, unh, AR, unh-unh, MOSSSSSYYYYYYYY!!!! Iggo Jul 2013 #60

fear dothemath Jul 2013 #64

From my experience, a lot of gun nuts are assholes.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #77

Yep, it's that billh58 Jul 2013 #84

Used to be a time when it was considered to be the sign of a wimp to hide behind a gun... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #85

I believe that wimps billh58 Jul 2013 #86

Why do you need any luck? Paladin Jul 2013 #8

Funny, when I go to the beach with my kid, I never think to ask people to wish us luck. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #10

And in other news, billh58 Jul 2013 #11

why do you hate the 2nd amendment? Gundamentalists want to know. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #17

His rounds downrange were just for plinking... ileus Jul 2013 #25

No wish us luck no one gets hurt... ileus Jul 2013 #24

Everybody sees what you're attempting. It's not working. (nt) Paladin Jul 2013 #43

Good luck not shooting or being shot by your kids Electric Monk Jul 2013 #13

+1 Arkansas Granny Jul 2013 #15

Exactly....you got it right. ileus Jul 2013 #26

There's always a first time dorkulon Jul 2013 #63

Disgusting. Imagine a thread about a kid electrocuting herself, just one dead child. Robb Jul 2013 #16

+1 historylovr Jul 2013 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author ileus Jul 2013 #27

My son helped me install a new drum bearing and ileus Jul 2013 #28

Well put. snort Jul 2013 #48

Sock ... rdharma Jul 2013 #55

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #68

Who is this "bongbong" who had y'all so thoroughly pwned? rdharma Jul 2013 #69

Look around the basement, or perhaps on your hard drive. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #74

This is why I don't trust y'all with guns....... rdharma Jul 2013 #75

Uh huh... beevul Jul 2013 #78

I see this is addressed to me..... what the heck are you babbling about? rdharma Jul 2013 #80

Researching that many threads billh58 Jul 2013 #87

Snork.... ileus Jul 2013 #71

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2013 #91

there's a skill a kid will need in life. . .firing assault rifles. I'm a hunter and own six guns Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #20

I have a 3-9x42 ordered for his 7mm-08 ileus Jul 2013 #29

That is the great think about the AR platform Duckhunter935 Jul 2013 #31

There's so many great reasons it's so popular ileus Jul 2013 #33

what I don't understand NJCher Jul 2013 #46

makes one wonder, doesn't it? niyad Jul 2013 #57

Most people can enjoy more than one thing Duckhunter935 Jul 2013 #62

And the jury results are in..... aikoaiko Jul 2013 #35

like these? Duckhunter935 Jul 2013 #30

Don't kid yourself- your hunting rifles are just as deadly as any AK or AR. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #65

Three of my guns are historic vintage rifles from previous wars. they cannot fire. I'm a historian Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #88

Clap Clap Clap snort Jul 2013 #47

I am not anti-gun, but WTF would you post this here? Just to piss people off? Nice way.... Logical Jul 2013 #49

Yep, more ammo for the anti-gunfucker crowd. Iggo Jul 2013 #61

Plinking - How Cute otohara Jul 2013 #54

AR, SR, unh-unh-unh... Iggo Jul 2013 #59

Ho hum. Collateral damage. moondust Jul 2013 #14

I see this thread has been invaded with gun porn and their purveyors. madinmaryland Jul 2013 #32

The US. Laughingstock of the civilized world Doctor_J Jul 2013 #34

All of those other countries are just jealous of our freedom. stillwaiting Jul 2013 #52

kick napkinz Jul 2013 #36

Robb, thanks for this thread. ManiacJoe Jul 2013 #37

Yes, the Progressive Gun Squad(tm) are hilarious. Robb Jul 2013 #39

Sad to hear that you thought you read that. ManiacJoe Jul 2013 #40

Have you read Tom Tomorrow's "glib sociopath" toon? Robb Jul 2013 #41

I probably have not read it as... ManiacJoe Jul 2013 #42

Oh, don't be such a poopyhead; posting cartoons is fun. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2013 #67

Great thread as usual malaise Jul 2013 #38

K&R nt abelenkpe Jul 2013 #50

zimPIGS heaven05 Jul 2013 #51

This thing doesnt work! ErikJ Jul 2013 #53

Chuck D. could have predicted that would happen. nt rdharma Jul 2013 #56

Attention shoppers: You may resume hating. The economy is recovering. Eleanors38 Jul 2013 #58

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #76

That's a whole lot of carelessness. With guns. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #81