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John H.[_5_]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 11:45:22 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 2:04:15 PM UTC-4, Wayne. B wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 10:50:59 -0700, jps wrote:

Another example of how humans and guns don't mix. This idiot can't
have an IQ that breaks 80 but has no trouble obtaining nor mailing a
loaded gun through the postal service.

We are apparently a nation of fools, including lawmakers. The disease
of guns needs to be addressed.

BOISE, Idaho -- An Idaho woman who mailed a loaded handgun that
discharged within the package while being handled by a U.S. Postal
Service employee has been sentenced to a year of probation.

Forty-seven-year-old Tami Dee Bachart of McCall also on Tuesday in
U.S. District Court in Boise was ordered to serve 200 hours of
community service, pay $3,400 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.

Bachart pleaded guilty May 12 to mailing injurious articles and
causing a firearm to be present in a federal facility.

U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson says Bachart mailed a Ruger Blackhawk
.357-caliber revolver in December to Connecticut. But at a processing
center in Springfield, Mass., it fired when an employee picked it up.

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Likely story. It probably fired after the postal employee dropped it.
That doesn't excuse stupid of course and mailing a loaded gun is
certainly that.

Bingo. Poorly packed, left loaded (duh!), and it was likely an old 3-screw Blackhawk that has no protection to prevent the hammer from striking the firing pin if dropped. Ruger will fix that for free, from my understanding. If that would have been done it wouldn't have fired when the package was dropped, or thrown into a bin.

It would be interesting to get the whole story on this. I'm betting the pistol was inherited or left behind by an ex. She didn't want it (or was scared of it, having no gun experience), so she sold it. Didn't have enough gun knowledge to even be able to check or unload it. That's a good reason that all young folks, at the appropriate age, should be taught basic gun safety and operation. Then there wouldn't be as many gun accidents.

You can bet I taught my wife how to handle one. She's a darn good shot!

My wife is a better shot than I am with the P938.
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Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.