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103. I agree

Reply to Fantastic Anarchist (Reply #95)

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 06:23 AM

Dec 2015

I don't own a gun, but I know gun owners who are very responsible and level-headed people. It's hard for me to imagine them doing something so tragically stupid as happened in this incident. Same goes for those reports of someone accidentally shooting a loved one because they thought the gun was empty. As I say, I don't own a gun but I've shot guns and was trained beforehand to always assume a gun is loaded and to treat it accordingly. One moment of carelessness can lead to a lifetime of remorse and regret.

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Police: Mother mistakes daughter as intruder, shoots her [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2015 OP

hmmmm: niyad Dec 2015 #1

I wonder if it's the mother who's LE. (nt) Ino Dec 2015 #7

no matter what is thought about guns roguevalley Dec 2015 #24

It's all about guns. And I can still feel horrible for the daughter losing her life. trillion Dec 2015 #83

Wow... deathrind Dec 2015 #2

we had the same thought, same moment niyad Dec 2015 #10

Someone in the house is in law enforcement? The shooter maybe? Wow. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #3

It says "is" in law enforcement, not "was" in law enforcement. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #21

Thank Jeebus for Mom's gawd-given right to a firearm! Praise bullets! valerief Dec 2015 #4

Amen.... daleanime Dec 2015 #26

yeah, she must be so proud of herself and thilled that guns make her family "safe" trillion Dec 2015 #84

Good shot! JustADumbFireman Dec 2015 #5

Ready, fire, aim...if only the daughter had been armed... Human101948 Dec 2015 #6

Makes me nearly reach for my gun just thinking of someone walking off with a flat screen. n/t Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #57

When you talk like that... Human101948 Dec 2015 #62

Hopefully it won't actually be your kids who just forgot their keys. trillion Dec 2015 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author truebluegreen Dec 2015 #105

What is to say??? Stuart G Dec 2015 #8

Thank goodness she saved the TV! trillion Dec 2015 #90

Mom'll get over it. Plucketeer Dec 2015 #9

Home defense. The number one reason people give for buying a gun. nt TeamPooka Dec 2015 #11

Making our home safe is why we got rid of that one gun a family member wanted. trillion Dec 2015 #86

My husband always kept the first chamber empty for this very reason mountain grammy Dec 2015 #12

That is not why you would keep the first chamber of a revolver empty. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #47

and I feel safer with all chambers empty. mountain grammy Dec 2015 #51

I believe you. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #54

you got to feel for the woman in this story. It could have been your house and your kid. trillion Dec 2015 #87

I do feel sorry for her. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #100

Not "accidentally". The death was negligence if not worse skepticscott Dec 2015 #111

Too bad the daughter wasn't armed to protect herself world wide wally Dec 2015 #13

The only thing to stop a mom with a gun is a daughter LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2015 #35

Guess the nutters are still awaiting their NRA-approved talking points shawn703 Dec 2015 #14

Leads me to believe that a firearm in the house increases the likelihood LanternWaste Dec 2015 #15

Guns always make you less safe Major Nikon Dec 2015 #32

Curious why... AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #16

What state is this? Fantasy land? Cops shoot 12 year olds in this country MillennialDem Dec 2015 #49

Washington State has two separate statutes for Justifiable and Excusable homicide. AtheistCrusader Dec 2015 #52

I'm sure the mother is having a little-too-late epiphany. byronius Dec 2015 #17

Shoot first, ask questions later. - oh wait... vkkv Dec 2015 #18

She won't be. She stood her ground in a way that would have made Charlton Heston proud. Hoppy Dec 2015 #20

I hope she's charged with murder too, since she just murdered someone. trillion Dec 2015 #89

She hears a sound, then shoots? Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #19

That's what baffles me deutsey Dec 2015 #55

I don't own a gun ... and may or may not choose to do so in the future ... Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #95

I agree deutsey Dec 2015 #103

Yes, and I don't understand why people seem to treat things lightly. Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 #109

Shooting someone with a gun you "thought" was empty skepticscott Dec 2015 #110

And even if it was someone inside the house johnnypanic42 Dec 2015 #112

That's what gets me... Phentex Jan 2016 #118

"mistaken for intruder" google search. The list goes on and on. mainer Dec 2015 #22

Funny how the only person summarily charged with murder in any of these cases was a black woman. Chakab Dec 2015 #44

Yes. The prospect of the latter bvf Dec 2015 #46

This can't begin to touch on the literally thousands of peole who accidentally shoot and kill their trillion Dec 2015 #94

None of what you describe is accidental. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #101

I wonder if they had a little argument around the holidays, and mom just murdered her? jtuck004 Dec 2015 #23

Apparently, she never watched the "Family Ties" episode where the parents almost off Alex Coventina Dec 2015 #25

Another successful use JackInGreen Dec 2015 #27

How horrible. No words for this riversedge Dec 2015 #28

People with that much paranoia womanofthehills Dec 2015 #29

The Police RobinA Dec 2015 #69

Sadly I have to agree with you. My familiy members who are cops aren't but there are way too many trillion Dec 2015 #88

Guns in the home are the biggest danger to families. nt onehandle Dec 2015 #30

It could have been worse..... Liberalagogo Dec 2015 #31

Who were the people on here last week saying gun accidents are so very rare? lark Dec 2015 #33

In a way, they were right, since this was not an accident skepticscott Dec 2015 #39

Yes it was negligence to keep a loaded gun by her bed. lark Dec 2015 #106

Have to disagree skepticscott Dec 2015 #108

That's what they're telling us Demobrat Dec 2015 #40

What are the absolute numbers and per capita rates? hack89 Dec 2015 #59

Actual gun accidents are indeed rare SwankyXomb Dec 2015 #61

"Rampant"? TeddyR Dec 2015 #65

How would you know since the gun(nut) lobby has outlawed collecting statistics? trillion Dec 2015 #91

Potato potatoe lark Dec 2015 #107

Best reason for a weapon mounted light. ileus Dec 2015 #34

The light illuminates two targets JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #37

yes, the mother would have clearly been at a disadvantage here with a light. Cassiopeia Dec 2015 #41

"Shooting the wrong person never" - yep, that's the problem with pro 2A folks. Accident will MillennialDem Dec 2015 #50

Let's not forget your protective vest, etc., to go with your cherished "self-defense" pistol, rifle, Hoyt Dec 2015 #58

beans and bicycle wheels rounds rounds out the list... ileus Dec 2015 #67

You should try it. And I don't have to pack a gun when I bike. Hoyt Dec 2015 #68

I've lost track of how many times I've read stories like this! LongTomH Dec 2015 #36

... SunSeeker Dec 2015 #38

just sayin'... NoMoreRepugs Dec 2015 #42

Our nation is drowning in guns. liberalnarb Dec 2015 #43

+10000 trillion Dec 2015 #99

She was just being the 'Good guys with a gun' LynneSin Dec 2015 #45

Gun Safety Rule #4 ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #48

Yeah, I'll try to keep that one in mind..... Paladin Dec 2015 #53

For various definitions of "sight deprived". ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #56

In Kansas some years ago our RW legislature removed blindness as a disqualifier tblue37 Dec 2015 #63

Was that legal blindness or physical blindness? ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #73

Any blind at all. Here is an article from the UPI shortly tblue37 Dec 2015 #75

That's pretty low on the list. JackRiddler Dec 2015 #71

The four rules: ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #72

Sounds nice, but when adrenalin or paranoia is pumping, it's forgotten, as mom in this tragedy. Hoyt Dec 2015 #78

That is where your training kicks in. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #80

You'd be better off spending your time meditating or something. Screwing around with gunz is Hoyt Dec 2015 #81

Meditating would certainly be cheaper given ammo prices. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #102

Or when your lizard brain reacts in panic when you have been suddenly wakened from tblue37 Jan 2016 #116

Exactly, but gunners think they don't make mistakes -- they are so well trained and all. They have Hoyt Jan 2016 #119

I Think It's To Her Benefit To Be Identified SoCalMusicLover Dec 2015 #60

this is some fucked-up reasoning Skittles Dec 2015 #77

I don't think it's f'd up reasoning at all. The woman should have her name out there regardless of trillion Dec 2015 #93

she is a dispatcher, not a cop Skittles Dec 2015 #97

At least she got to live out her lifelong dream of taking out an intruder with her precious gun. Aristus Dec 2015 #64

While I am sorry the daughter is dead, SheilaT Dec 2015 #66

What story would you hear if she intended to shoot her daughter? JackRiddler Dec 2015 #70

Police: Daughter Shot by Mother Was Visiting for Holidays Judi Lynn Dec 2015 #74

This is why a loaded gun by the bedside is a bad idea indeed. tblue37 Dec 2015 #79

If only the daughter had had a gun!!! tabasco Dec 2015 #76

I see a lot more of this type of story Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #82

Me to. trillion Dec 2015 #92

I wish former gun lovers who learned the hard way that guns in the home are tblue37 Dec 2015 #96

A good idea right there Blandocyte Jan 2016 #115

A break down in communication Kaleva Dec 2015 #98

The mother was a dispatcher, hubby an undercover police officer.. I wonder if she was laying in jtuck004 Dec 2015 #104

Why would anyone shoot at anything before identifying it somehow? PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #113

Mom's husband is a cop Blandocyte Jan 2016 #114

Another "good guy with a gun" story... workinclasszero Jan 2016 #117