True North wrote:
On Friday, March 8, 2013 4:29:08 PM UTC-4, F.O.A.D. wrote:
...off "accidents" this past week.



Oooops.







CHARLOTTE, NC, 2/11/13: Missed this one, apparently. A

four-year-old child shot herself in the leg Monday evening after police

say she found a gun in her mother's bedroom. Police say the child found

the gun in her mother's and mother's boyfriend bedroom. The child pulled

the trigger and shot herself in the leg.

WARMINSTER, PA, 2/19/13: Police involved in an armed standoff with

a shooter accidentally shot and killed the shooter's 89-year-old

neighbor when she appeared in her apartment doorway.

LUBBOCK, TX, 2/22/13: Nice armed society/polite society story here,

as a man frustrated by long lines for ammo at the gun shop decides to

pull a gun on everybody else. It's not just that it's unwise, it's that

it supposedly was never going to happen.

WINNEMUCCA, NV, 2/26/13: Matthew Furnare-Biggs, 18, was charged

with brandishing a firearm, disturbing the peace, and disorderly

conduct. Witnesses alleged the subject pulled a firearm and reportedly

said he was going to shoot cops. Bail was $3,754.

CLARKSBURG, WV, 2/27/13: A gunshot was fired last Friday inside the

Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, The Exponent Telegram has learned.

“On Friday, Feb. 27, there was an accidental discharge of a concealed

weapon. There was no injury to patients, staff or visitors,” said Wesley

Walls, spokesman, releasing a statement from Beth M. Brown, director of

the Louis A. Johnson VA Healthcare System. Walls confirmed that no

weapons are permitted on federal property.

ORANGE CITY, FL, 2/27/13: This is what we have to look forward to

in our armed future. A concealed carry permit holder attempted to stop a

suspected shoplifter making a getaway from a WalMart. The suspect jumped

into his car and began driving away, and our hero opened the car door,

screamed "Freeze! Don't move!" The suspect took off, and Captain

Bullseye opened fire, blowing out the back window and putting a couple

holes in the trunk (not to mention a few nearby cars). He later said he

was trying to "mark" the suspect's car, and he's basically shocked he's

been arrested for being such a hero. God help us!

HOMESTEAD, FL, 2/27/13: A man who pulled the trigger and shot and

killed his wife with a gun he thought was unloaded is facing a

manslaughter charge, Miami-Dade Police said. According to police, Inesta

was sitting on the couch unloading his gun while his wife, 45-year-old

Glenda Inesta, was making drinks in the kitchen. Inesta, believing there

were no more bullets in the gun, pointed it at his wife's head and asked

"Where's my drink?" and pulled the trigger, police said. The gun

discharged, hitting Glenda Inesta in the left eye. She later died at the

scene.

ORANGEBURG, SC, 2/27/13: He was just a little drunk, so he only

almost shot off his little finger.

AUGUSTA, GA, 2/28/13: Another guy who shot himself, but first sent

police on a wild goose chase by pretending someone else did it.

PASCAGOULA, MS, 2/28/13: Pascagoula police Sgt. John Morosky, the

firearms instructor at the Pascagoula shooting range, was performing

routine maintenance on a weapon last week when he went to check the

setup of another weapon for comparison and it discharged, resulting in

burns to Morosky's thumb and forefinger, Police Chief Kenny Johnson said

Tuesday.

STOCKTON, CA, 3/01/13: Julio Zuniga, 27, admitted to police he

accidentally shot himself in the leg. That's pretty boring, but only to

us. Julio was probably deeply bummed.

TERRE HAUTE, IN, 3/01/13: For those who thought guns on campus

wouldn't mix badly with drunk fraternity bros: A local fraternity

brother accidentally shoots and kills himself. The Terre Haute Police

Department says 21-year-old Brandon S. Perrine was playing around with

his gun because the safety lock appeared to be on. The Indiana State

student and ATO Fraternity brother was drinking when he decided to put

the gun to his head and pull the trigger. Police say he never intended

to kill himself.

PARIS, TX, 3/01/13: No details on this one yet. But any time

there's a bullet in a 4-year-old, it's a #GunFAIL.

BALTIMORE, MD, 3/01/13: A sheriff's deputy shot himself in the hip.

RAPID CITY, SD, 3/01/13: A 42-year-old Rapid City man shot himself

in the hand while working on a pistol around 11:30 p.m. Friday. The

bullet traveled through the man’s hand and lodged in the wall of a

residence at 3113 Grandview Drive. The victim sought medical treatment

on his own.

VADER, WA, 3/01/13: Don't you think this should really have been a

#LightSaberFAIL? Well, it wasn't. A man and his 12-year-old son were

injured when a gun discharged as the owner was trying to remove the

slide from his pistol Friday afternoon. Investigators believe that while

trying to remove the slide the weapon discharged. The bullet traveled

through the man’s hand and into a wall where shrapnel from the shot hit

his son in the arm and abdomen.

MARKLE, IN, 3/02/13: Two friends decided to clean some guns. Turns

out they were still loaded, and one got shot in the head with a .45, and

later died.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, MI, 3/02/13: The 4-year-old son of a Jackson

County Sheriff's Deputy accidentally shot and killed himself Saturday night.

SEATTLE, WA, 3/02/13: Two tough guys got in a fight in the middle

of Seattle's Pike's Peak Place Market and pulled guns on one another.

Who got shot? A 23-year-old woman who just happened to be walking by.

LAWRENCE, MA, 3/02/13: A third dog-fires-gun story in the space of

a month. It's an uprising at this point. A police dog searching for a

stolen pistol thrown into a snowbank was able to located it, but

accidentally fired it, putting a bullet into a nearby home.

LORAIN, OH, 3/02/13: Nobody's really sure what happened here,

except that it's pretty clear that the teenager who was shot was

observed by the police lying on the ground, Tweeting his friends that

he'd been shot. “We’re still investigating to see whether the juvenile’s

statements are plausible or whether this is a potentially accidental

shooting,” Lorain police spokesman Lt. Roger Watkins said.

MADBURY, NH, 3/02/13: Emergency officials responded to a report of

an “accidental shooting” that left a woman injured Saturday night. The

victim was described as a 26-year-old woman who had been shot in the

right side abdomen. The wound was described by medical personnel as

being caused by a 9-millimeter bullet with an entrance wound, but no

exit. Radio transmissions stated the woman was conscious, breathing,

alert and “complaining of pain.”

CHICAGO, IL, 3/02/13: A 20-year-old man accidentally shot himself

in the leg about 5:23 a.m. in the 3500 block of West 58th Place in the

Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

WALDORF, MD, 3/02/13: Police say a Hughesville man accidentally

shot and killed himself at an indoor shooting range Saturday. Patrick

Allen Richards, 61, was found suffering from a gunshot wound and

pronounced dead at the scene. Police say Richards’ gun discharged,

striking him in the upper body. There were no signs of foul play and the

shooting is being investigated as an accident.

ADAMS, WI, 3/02/13: American Pistorius. Man startled by his

girlfriend shoots her to death with the bedside shotgun.

SPRINGDALE, AR, 3/02/13: Here's a well-trained and Responsible Gun

Owner who decided to point a loaded weapon at his ex-wife during an

argument, as well as put it to his own head and pull the trigger. But

the gun malfunctioned, and in trying to clear the jam, he shot the

refrigerator. Probably a tyrannical refrigerator, but the point is, this

is a #GunFAIL even if it accidentally struck a blow for Teh Freedom.

EVERETT, WA, 3/02/13: She accidentally shot herself, officers! But,

she was hit in the back, sir. Hmm. Oh, right. Well then, it must have

been that the gun fell off a counter, shot through the ceiling, then

through a couch, and then into her back. But I clearly had nothing to do

with it, because I am a convicted felon and cannot by law possess this

gun. See?

LEWISTON, ID, 3/02/13: Here's a young fella who accidentally shot

his girlfriend during a "domestic dispute." The gun parachuted in from

out of nowhere. He really had no business butting in like that and then

creating this accident. For shame!

CHARLESTON, WV, 3/03/13: Let me show you how to use a gun

proper-like, little lady! First, you... KA-POW! Augh! My leg! My ego! Augh!

DES MOINES, IA, 3/03/13: Follow me here. Guy cleans his gun.

Inserts the magazine. Racks the slide. Pulls the trigger to see if the

gun is working. And guess what? It was! And he still manages to say he

"didn't realize the gun was loaded!" Well, he shot the tip of his finger

off, and his mother had to drive him to the hospital. Your Responsible

Gun Owners of America, ladies and gentlemen.

LINTON, IN, 3/03/13: Another concealed carry ninja deftly drops his

gun out of his pocket and blasts himself in the leg.

INDEPENDENCE, OR, 3/03/13: If we outlaw stealing guns and then

accidentally shooting yourself with them, then only outlaws will steal

guns and then accidentally shoot themselves with them. Which might not

be so bad, on balance. But then again, laws don't work, so forget it.

Burglar killed by the AR-15 he'd just stolen.

NEW LLANO, LA, 3/03/13: The definition of "accidental shooting"

seems to be getting kind of stupid. In this case, one guy pointed a gun

at his friend and pulled the trigger. He said shooting him was an

accident, though, because he didn't realize that the safety wasn't on. Hmm.

ASHFORD, CT, 3/04/13: State police are responding to a reported

accidental shooting in Ashford.

RAPID CITY, SD, 3/04/13: This is not a typo. Apparently, Rapid City

is not named for any nearby river rapids, but rather the rapid rate at

which its citizens accidentally shoot themselves. The second incident

occurred early Monday morning at 215 Mount Rushmore Road. According to

police, he was attempting to put his handgun into his holster when the

weapons discharged, striking him in the foot.

COURTLAND, VA, 3/04/13: A 17-year-old was accidentally shot by a

family member. Gee, I wonder if the gun was bought to protect the family?

MONKEY JUNCTION, NC, 3/04/13: According to the sheriff's office, a

step father accidentally shot his 3-year-old son in the leg while

attempting to put a safety on a small caliber rifle. Officials say the

little boy is in stable condition and is expected to be okay. The

stepfather originally told 911 operators someone outside had shot his son.

DES MOINES, IA, 3/04/13: A Polk County Sheriff reserve deputy

suffered a minor injury Monday when gun accidentally went off in her

hand, officials said. Reserve Deputy Donna Britt was at a meeting at the

sheriff’s headquarters preparing to hand her gun over to a firearms

instructor for an annual inspection and cleaning when the weapon fired,

injuring Britt’s left hand

DYERSBURG, TN, 3/04/13: Dyersburg Police are saying an incident

that was first reported to them on Monday afternoon as a home invasion

that resulted in a shooting is now a false report by the victim. "The

reported home invasion and shooting on Lake Road has been determined to

be a self-inflicted injury, and false report to law enforcement," said

Dyersburg Police Capt. Steve Isbell.

COSTA MESA, CA, 3/04/13: Don't know exactly what went on in this

mess, but the relevant bit is this: Police heard another gunshot in the

500 block of Victoria and spotted St. Sauver trying to leave through a

bedroom window, authorities said. Police determined St. Sauver lived at

the home and accidentally fired the small handgun.

BATTLE CREEK, MI, 3/05/13: The new "try-before-you-buy" program is

helping prospective gun owners #GunFAIL on a budget. The victim said he

was looking at a gun he was interested in buying from two men. He said

he put the gun in his waistband and it discharged. Hmm. No, thanks! Just

browsing!

MEMPHIS, TN, 3/05/13: A Memphis police officer was accidentally

shot in the leg Tuesday when a fellow policeman opened fire on three

dogs while serving a search warrant.

HIGHLAND, NY, 3/05/13: A school resource officer’s gun accidentally

fired today in a hallway at Highland High School, police and the school

district said. No one was injured. The officer, Sean McCutcheon of the

Lloyd Police Department, was on foot patrol in a hallway when the shot

fired at 1:38 p.m., the district said in a statement on its website. The

statement said no students or staff were nearby at the time. McCutcheon

was assigned as a resource officer following a Jan. 3 special meeting in

response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School according to the district

website.

ARP, TX, 3/05/13: Two men are in a Tyler hospital after shooting at

a Smith County home. Smith County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the

home Tuesday night on State Highway 135 near Arp. Public Information

Officer John Moore said one man was shot multiple times, including in

the neck, and the shooting suspect accidentally shot himself in the leg.

EAU CLAIRE, WI, 3/05/13: Quick question. Should your guns be loaded

or unloaded when you clean them? Ah, right. Unloaded. Dang. That's what

went wrong.

LAKESIDE, CA, 3/05/13: Drunk. Playing with a gun. S-M-R-T. Cost:

hand and thigh.

MOSS POINT, MS, 3/05/13: Moss Point K-9 officer Cora was

accidentally shot and injured during a Tuesday night search warrant

after she was mistaken for a vicious dog, Chief Keith Davis said today.

Cora, who received an entry/exit injury to her left leg, was immediately

transported to a veterinarian and underwent surgery. The veterinarian

reported she will fully recover and should not have any complications,

Davis said.

FARGO, ND, 3/05/13: A bullet pierced two walls before stopping in

an apartment here. No one was hurt, but a man admitted he was loading

his .44-caliber handgun when it accidentally went off. The bullet went

through his closet, through the hallway, and into his neighbor’s wall.

Police said the man could face charges of unlawful discharge or neglect.

Fargo police Sgt. Mark Lykken said similar incidents are happening “more

often than we’d like.”

DOVER, AR, 3/05/13: Larry Lindsey shot a .45-caliber pistol at his

wife for making too much noise while cleaning and moving things around

the house. She supposedly had disturbed his nap.

HILLSDALE, MI, 3/05/13: 16-Year Old Accidentally Shoots Himself. A

16-year-old Hillsdale boy is in stable condition after shooting himself

in the face. The public safety director says the teen was found in the

driveway of his home on Westwood street Tuesday afternoon.

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, 3/05/13: After an extended chase, police and SWAT

units cornered and ultimately shot and killed Parrish Clayton Dennison,

an armed man with a long criminal history and alleged ties to a white

supremacist gang. Several moments before Dennison was shot, however,

another SWAT officer accidentally fired his weapon. That shot did not

strike Dennison. Probably one of our least dangerous #GunFAILs, but

proof that it can happen even to highly trained personnel, in the heat

of the moment. Even if there's nobody shooting at you.

MANCHESTER, CT, 3/06/13: A police officer responding to reports of

a man with a gun on the campus of a community college shot himself in

the foot, Manchester, Connecticut, police said Wednesday.

ROUND ROCK, TX, 3/06/13: A Round Rock police officer accidentally

shot himself in the foot during a training exercise on Wednesday

afternoon. According to Round Rock Police Department spokesperson

officer Dee Carver, the officer was involved in a training that was

conducted by an outside provider.

SHREVEPORT, LA, 3/06/13: Another ass has been injured in an

accidental shooting. Also wounded: some buttocks. Authorities say the

woman told them that while mishandling a firearm, the gun discharged,

striking her near the buttocks. She is expected to make a full recovery

after suffering only minor injuries.

TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP, MI, 3/06/13: police say the 18-year old suspect

and the 16-year old teen were horseplaying around 9 p.m. Wednesday when

the suspect fired a round from a .22 caliber handgun, striking the

victim in the face. At last check he was in critical condition at

Spectrum Butterworth Hospital. Police say four other teens, ages 17 to

19, were also there. They were not injured. SO WHY DON'T I WRITE ABOUT

THEM? HUH?

CHARLESTON, WV, 3/07/13: a man who accidentally shot himself in the

abdomen went to Thomas Memorial Hospital for treatment, Sisson said. His

name and condition were not immediately available.

TULSA, OK, 3/07/13: A gathering ends with gunfire inside a Tulsa

senior living complex early Thursday morning. Investigators say four

people were in an apartment having a party when the owner decided it was

time for everyone to leave. The visitors didn't go, so the man grabbed a

gun and shot one of them in the chest. Seconds later, the shooter shot

himself in the arm.

VERNONIA, OR, 3/07/13: A domestic dispute between a father and a

son devolved into a wrestling match over a loaded rifle. The rifle won,

putting both of them down for the count with a single bullet.

MACON, GA, 3/08/13: Freedom and thighs cannot coexist. It's one or

the other, people. Shortly before 2 a.m., a man was accidentally shot in

the thigh when his weapon discharged when he was pushing a vehicle,

dispatchers said.


What the 'ell??
Firearms should be declared a 'clear and present dangerous in the USA.

No shortage of dumb Americans ...I expect herring will be on one of these
lists soon...