Heavy Barrel Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 (edited) http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798...;u_sid=10553228 Edited February 5, 2009 by Heavy Barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atbarr Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798...;u_sid=10553228 This was an avoidable shame! A.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Med Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.Hylton Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Sad and sobering. It's too easy to be complacent with guns. I had an AD a long time ago and it scared the living daylights out of me. Fortunately no one was hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 If you deal with firearms long enough, chances are you will have an AD...some end more tragically than others...very sad story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino_aki Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My AD's thankfully have all been at the range...and duly DQ'ed for, although that does not in any way come close to the price that young man paid. It said he took a gun safety course the week before. How did he not remember "THAT GUN IS ALWAYS LOADED!? Or NEVER point a gun at anything you don't want to destroy? 21 years old...Jeez. SAFETY!!!! People...check that gun...check it again....and YEAH one more time...CHECK THAT GUN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Barrel Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) UPDATE!!!! http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798...;u_sid=10555424 http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/02/04...3a862528290.txt Edited February 5, 2009 by Heavy Barrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow thats really admirable of the girls father to offer to testify for the young man. And I have to agree that sentencing him to any length prison term is likely to corrupt him. He meant no wrong. He's just stupid, and as we all know stupidity is not illegal. His punishment is his own memory of that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayouSlide Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) If you deal with firearms long enough, chances are you will have an AD...some end more tragically than others...very sad story. When that AD comes, you've already failed the rule "Treat every gun as if it were loaded." But if you follow the "Never point the muzzle at anything you not willing to destroy", the result may scare you but it won't cause tragedy. The first rule will avoid the problem, the second will save you from the dire results of your brain fade. Scares the heck out me sometimes to see the sloppy muzzle control of even some well-experienced shooters who should know better Thankfully, they never seem to be shooters with a USPSA or other competitive shooting sport background. Stories like the above are heartbreaking...especially because it was completely avoidable. Painful reminders never to be complacent around firearms. Curtis Edited February 6, 2009 by BayouSlide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtBob Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Wow thats really admirable of the girls father to offer to testify for the young man. And I have to agree that sentencing him to any length prison term is likely to corrupt him. He meant no wrong. He's just stupid, and as we all know stupidity is not illegal. His punishment is his own memory of that day. edited to comply with guidlines... my apologies....... I agree, very sad story. Edited February 6, 2009 by MtBob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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