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EL34x4

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34. When a firearm is loaded, cocked and the safety is off,

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 25, 2015, 10:13 PM

Jul 2015

They tend to work exactly as designed when the trigger is pulled.

All four of these conditions require a deliberate human action. There's no such thing as an accident.

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Armed man fires accidental shot near recruit center [View all] 47of74 Jul 2015 OP

gun discharges are never accidental, they always have a specific cause nt msongs Jul 2015 #1

Usually it involves stupidity. bluedigger Jul 2015 #8

Get these buttheads off the streets. mpcamb Jul 2015 #15

When a firearm is loaded, cocked and the safety is off, EL34x4 Jul 2015 #34

One of those well trained/regulated, gun toting militia yahoos who say they're protecting Hoyt Jul 2015 #2

Good to know that gun culture is out there ready to shoot anything that moves. onehandle Jul 2015 #3

Who's sick of these assholes? Raise your hands. valerief Jul 2015 #4

Ooooh Ooooh Ooooh TheCowsCameHome Jul 2015 #6

Nice job, gunslinger. We feel safer already. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2015 #5

Rule one don't f--k with a loaded weapon... Historic NY Jul 2015 #7

That's like rule one through rule 1.3 times 10 to the 23rd power. 47of74 Jul 2015 #16

Why enlist in the armed services Turbineguy Jul 2015 #9

gun humpers are stupid Skittles Jul 2015 #10

another one of those responsible gun owners, i presume. KG Jul 2015 #11

Lord, protect us from douggg Jul 2015 #12

And that's why they shouldn't be allowed to play soldier. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #13

+1 DashOneBravo Jul 2015 #20

And this is why the Military does not arm all troops SecularMotion Jul 2015 #14

militia guarding recruiters fired a shot douggg Jul 2015 #18

The vast majority of service members are not trained infantrymen tabasco Jul 2015 #32

I Just fucking shot myself - The Musical Grassy Knoll Jul 2015 #17

Glad they didn't hit anyone DashOneBravo Jul 2015 #19

I'm sure he will learn from his mistake... mockmonkey Jul 2015 #21

"Civilian guards ordered to leave shopping center after one accidentally fires rifle." yellowcanine Jul 2015 #24

Yeah, I saw the whining too. 47of74 Jul 2015 #30

More on Chris "Deadeye" Reed yellowcanine Jul 2015 #25

A tragedy waiting to happen left-of-center2012 Jul 2015 #22

"I thought it was empty and must have missed it." Look at Mr. Steel Trap Logical Mind go! yellowcanine Jul 2015 #23

X-posted: Army to recruiters: Treat armed citizens as security threat riversedge Jul 2015 #26

On TV news last night, Lancaster police told the volunteers to "stand down" ---> Petrushka Jul 2015 #27

Is the gun OK? Darb Jul 2015 #28

A year from now ... LannyDeVaney Jul 2015 #29

I live 20 minutes from Lancaster rbrnmw Jul 2015 #31

TX firearms trained, TPer sister & friend hate OC. 'It's crazy,' they say. n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #33