D.B. Cooper
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There were a number of incidents related where people who neglected safety concerns caused guns to fire, resulting in tragedies.
Just happened up here last night. Somebody was showing off a rifle and killed a guy. Police are calling it a homicide.
One involved a boy and his friend at the home of the former. They had a family heirloom muzzle loader rifle on wall holders. They actually knew the real date of the last time the rifle had been used! The kid brought the rifle down, jokingly aimed it at his friend ("ha ha all good fun and all that") cocked the weapon and pulled the trigger.
And killed his best friend.
One hundred + years.... the rifle had hung on a wall. Doing nothing. But, loaded : BECAUSE THE GUN'S LAST OWNER HAD CLEANED IT AND LOADED IT, ANTICIPATING FUTURE NEED.
But he could never have guessed what his great, great grandson might do in a future he'd never live to see.
I believe that is the main premise of Gary Paulsen's book "The Rifle"