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TexasProgresive

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7. I have been in a discussion about "drop fire" incidents

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Jan 2, 2016, 08:53 AM

Jan 2016

where a gun is dropped and fires. However I do not know how a gun held in ones hand can "accidentally fire. Mr. Ross pulled the trigger with the gun to his head. It an accident occurred it was at birth-his.

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Another responsible gun owner accidentally kills himself. [View all] raccoon Jan 2016 OP

...sigh... peacebird Jan 2016 #1

Just sad. Guns are so dangerous, and people have a hard time grasping that. Shrike47 Jan 2016 #2

Responsible gun owner? whitefordmd Jan 2016 #3

That's what I'm saying. nt raccoon Jan 2016 #4

We'll be reading articles about right wing fruit cakes accidentally shooting their foot in Texas B Calm Jan 2016 #5

Ross what about "one in the pipe" exboyfil Jan 2016 #6

Exactly newfie11 Jan 2016 #10

I have been in a discussion about "drop fire" incidents TexasProgresive Jan 2016 #7

One less "responsible" gun owner who is a threat to others. Vinca Jan 2016 #8

At least he shot himself not someone else. newfie11 Jan 2016 #9

4 people in a bedroom playing (fondling) a gun. Sounds perverse to me. Hoyt Jan 2016 #11

At least they did not shoot through an interior church exboyfil Jan 2016 #12

Not perverse in my opinion. Youth thinks it can do anything, anytime, anywhere!!!!! Stuart G Jan 2016 #16

It would have been somebody else eventually, so I say Crunchy Frog Jan 2016 #13

Improving the gene pool. AlinPA Jan 2016 #14

Pfft, when I say stuff like this, I get alerted on and yelled at and told what a horrible person underahedgerow Jan 2016 #15

Locking. Sissyk Jan 2016 #17