Posted on 07/13/2013 12:39:11 PM PDT by Neil E. Wright
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon man told police he was using his assault rifle as a crutch to help him get up from a couch at a friend's apartment when it fired a burst through the ceiling and killed a little girl upstairs, court records show.
A police affidavit said Jon Andrew Meyer Jr. told investigators the gun went off accidentally June 27 at the Grants Pass apartment, the Grants Pass Daily Courier reported (http://bit.ly/10ROFTZ ).
Defense lawyer Gary Berlant adds Meyer had been assured the gun was not fully automatic.
Meyer is being held on $250,000 bail on charges of manslaughter, assault and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
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If that story is true then why didn’t the rounds go through his armpit? Or into the floor? Idiot.
Somethig made contact with the trigger. It is more than rare that a gun accidently goes off.
“Unbelievably” stupid is the right phrase. I don’t believe it, just as I don’t believe it when someone shoots his wife while cleaning a gun.
If he’s using it as a crutch, it’s possible that the trigger could have caught the edge of his pant leg or cast.
What? What does that have to do with anything?
Sad story that a child had to die due to the stupidity of a moron.
Support to get up might be the better way to put it. Crutch made me think he already had it under his arm, too—automatic associated imagery at work.
The report says the rifle fired a “burst” and a normal semi-auto rifle wouldn’t do that. It suggests that the rifle may have been modified, or possibly had some kind of bump-fire mechanism.
Meyer is being held on $250,000 bail on charges of manslaughter, assault and unlawful possession of a machine gun.
I guess because the article said it fired a burst? Huh? How about a bullet burst forth. Whatever, Sadly he’s still here and a little girl isn’t. Obviously not too well versed in firearm safety. Did he get some safety lessons from difi?
...implying that there are MORE bouncers. That must be some restaurant.
What the heck is going on over there in Grants Pass?
Every time I see this picture of Gore I cry, because the gun didn’t go off!
“Unbelievably” stupid is the right phrase. I don’t believe it, just as I don’t believe it when someone shoots his wife while cleaning a gun.”
How about the guy who “accidentally” shoots himself in the chest while cleaning a revolver?
That one picture tells you everything you need to about global warming if we are supposed to believe this idiot.
You too? He even forgot to put a mag in the well. Dumbass.
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