rainbowbob
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Questions for those with more shotgun experience than I (with zero experience):
How does a man get shot in the ass by his dog? Can a shotgun really be discharged by jumping on it?
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Questions for those with more shotgun experience than I (with zero experience):
How does a man get shot in the ass by his dog? Can a shotgun really be discharged by jumping on it?
WardenWolf
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With a boat like that, the shotgun would most likely be leaned against a seat and angled up slightly. Chances are the dog just jumped into the boat and his paw landed on the trigger. Freak thing.
John Wayne
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My guess would be the dog's foot went inside the trigger guard. There also could have been an object inside the trigger guard which pressed the trigger when the dog moved the boat.
Either way, it means the shotgun was already pointed at Mr. Marcum's backside.
Either way, it means the shotgun was already pointed at Mr. Marcum's backside.
highorder
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The story may also be BS. No one but he and the dog know for sure.
The Bushmaster
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Putting a loaded gun into a boat and out of his control. That's how...
He should have put an empty gun in the boat and loaded it when he was ready to hunt and not until...
He should have put an empty gun in the boat and loaded it when he was ready to hunt and not until...
Funderb
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whatever, that dog had it out for him.
jdinor
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Safety?
I would bet the hunter had his safety off on the gun. It is highly unlikely that the dog could have pushed the safety off and pulled the trigger.
It was all over the news here in Oregon today. I guess he was shot in the hips and butt. That's one time a guy would prefer steel shot over lead.
Use your safety.
I would bet the hunter had his safety off on the gun. It is highly unlikely that the dog could have pushed the safety off and pulled the trigger.
It was all over the news here in Oregon today. I guess he was shot in the hips and butt. That's one time a guy would prefer steel shot over lead.
Use your safety.
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At the very least, the gun should not have had a shell chambered until it was in his control. Lucky he got it in the backside.
jnyork
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Whatever happened to "dont load until you are ready to fire"? No excuse for having a loaded firearm lying around in the boat.
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Sounds to me more like the dog had been hanging around a bit too much with Mr. Cheney.
Kind of Blued
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Who has that photo of the guy using his shotgun muzzle as a chair? That might be especially fitting.
JImbothefiveth
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I think a dogs paw can fit inside a trigger gaurd. Of course, I'm not going to try and find out, don't want to end up like this guy. 
MT GUNNY
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Since animals "supposedly" have rights we need to prosecute that dog!!!
walker944
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My guess would be that the guy was out duck or goose hunting, so the shotgun had a chambered round in it, waiting for the next duck to fly over. Yes, he should have had the safety on, since it sounds like the gun was not in his hands. Dog jumped in, paw went inside trigger guard, gun went off, ass got hit. Stuff happens!
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That dog should be prosecuted for assault. Why not? People don't kill people guns do. Or is that dogs, I mean guns or is it the other way around?
ServiceSoon
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I'm suprised more people don't think animals have rights.
Frog48
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I've heard of several instances of "dog shoots man".
Last year there was a guy in Iowa who was shot by his dog when he set down his gun to climb over a fence. Apparently the dog somehow managed to pull the trigger with its paw. I'm guessing that the dog was excited and jumping against the fence.
Last year there was a guy in Iowa who was shot by his dog when he set down his gun to climb over a fence. Apparently the dog somehow managed to pull the trigger with its paw. I'm guessing that the dog was excited and jumping against the fence.
Does anyone know the dog's political affiliations? Has he posted on THR?
Is it possible this was self-defense?
If the dog were on trial, I imagine his lawyer would articulate that all sorts of terrible things happen to dogs and dogs can't tell anyone. Defense through force or a retreat are their only recourse...this dog simply had access to a force multiplier.
That, or the guy may have been a bleeding-heart liberal and picked the dog up at the pound and trusted it around his gun. Mistake #1.
Is it possible this was self-defense?
If the dog were on trial, I imagine his lawyer would articulate that all sorts of terrible things happen to dogs and dogs can't tell anyone. Defense through force or a retreat are their only recourse...this dog simply had access to a force multiplier.
That, or the guy may have been a bleeding-heart liberal and picked the dog up at the pound and trusted it around his gun. Mistake #1.
ServiceSoon
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I'm so lost in this conversation.
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the best dog shoots man i read of was some hero went to club his wifes 20 pound dog . hit it with butt of rifle. bang! right between the eyes.
My old Mossberg does not have a drop saftey so all you need to do is chamber a round switch off the saftey and drop it. It will go off. I believe the 870 Remmington is the same way. Just remember that before you start carrying that Serbu super shorty stuffed in your pants.
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