Col. Harrumph
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This couldn't have been anyone I know....
A gentle reminder
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RETG
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A reminder of what, guns can be dangerous? Don't handle unless you know how to handle or that if you are old you should not touch a gun?
Make sure it is unloaded when cleaning?
Make sure it is unloaded when cleaning?
GBExpat
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Be more careful. Glad to hear that you were not hurt worse than that.
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Col. Harrumph
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Heh. I should have pointed out it wasn't me. 
(I've made many mistakes, but not that one. Not yet, anyway.)
(I've made many mistakes, but not that one. Not yet, anyway.)
Sounds much better than "while he was goofing off" or "while working on his appendix carry quick draw".
At least 90% of the time someone killed while "cleaning their gun" was simply a suicide. Or if someone else is injured they were playing with it.
I don't clean my guns very often because it seems it's the most dangerous thing one can do with them.
I don't clean my guns very often because it seems it's the most dangerous thing one can do with them.
Curious where that statistic comes from? Anyway, I doubt that was the case here, since the guy was injured in the abdomen and hand.
I've been told that by several LEOs from different departments. It's a sop thrown to the family of the deceased by the media.
22250Rem
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Based on the number of accidental discharge incidents that occur while the gun was being cleaned, I personally find it hard to believe and there's no sarcasm intended in that statement.
We're talking about where there was ONE person present and that person dies. Or as one cop told me. There's no gun cleaning equipment at the scene but the paper says the death occurred while cleaning the gun.
Charlie Horse
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There is that, and I know of one case where they wrote it up that way so the kids would get his life insurance.
Had one ND in my life and was due to pure stupidity. Wasn't me but my son. Want go into details but no one was injured. A hole in the wall and a lesson learned. He has tinitus in his right ear. I don't believe in accidental only negligent.
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One of my other hobbies is genealogy. Fortunately for me, some of my relatives were famous enough to be written about in various media of the past. And with the advent of free online newspaper scans, it's become easier than ever to find those pieces. One in particular struck me though, since it detailed the exact sort of thing you're talking about. In short, a relative was killed in a "gun cleaning accident". For years prior, there was only a vague obituary and that person was curiously not in the family cemetery plot with practically everyone else. It's only a guess of mine, but it's probably because that accident was actually a suicide.
that's about 1/2 hour from here. it is good to get reminders IMHO. people make mistakes and accidents do happen - you really can't be too diligent. from my little knowledge about gun accidents, the quote "I really thought for sure it was unloaded" is a common refrain.
LaneP
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I always love the ubiquitous phrase found in almost every article of this type . . . .
.......".. .while he was cleaning it. .. ."
Ain't that the truth. It seems like the universal answer given as a reason for having a negligent discharge, about like someone who gets pulled over absolutely smashed always tells the cop they only had "two beers".
Trey Veston
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Ain't that the truth. It seems like the universal answer given as a reason for having a negligent discharge, about like someone who gets pulled over absolutely smashed always tells the cop they only had "two beers".
Last time I got pulled over, I really did have just two beers. Didn't even get a field sobriety test...
And I know one person who shot themselves while playing with a gun. Dude lost a pinky. He's as dumb as a bag of hammers.
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