Skip to comments.
Could Gun Used in Deadly Shooting be Safer?
WNEP ^
| 5-7-14
| Jim Hamill
Posted on 05/07/2014 8:09:15 PM PDT by smokingfrog
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-70 next last
You can't make guns idiot-proof, unfortunately.
2
posted on
05/07/2014 8:10:03 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: smokingfrog
Glocks creep me out. And I know im a minority in that. BUT, this guy pulled the trigger. Had that been a 1911, he would have flicked off the safety, and squeezed the trigger.
This isn’t the guns fault.
3
posted on
05/07/2014 8:13:22 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: smokingfrog
Anytime you THINK a gun is unloaded, IT’S NOT.
4
posted on
05/07/2014 8:13:30 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: smokingfrog
I just don’t see how ANYONE could be stupid enough to point a gun at a kid like that. Even a dog would be smarter than that.
“I didn’t know the gun was loaded.” Good grief.
5
posted on
05/07/2014 8:14:09 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: smokingfrog
State police said his uncle was showing off the weapon and pulled the trigger not realizing there was a bullet in the chamber.
I'm not sure you can fix that problem.
6
posted on
05/07/2014 8:14:16 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: smokingfrog
...his uncle was showing off the weapon and pulled the trigger... Could the gun be made safer? No.
7
posted on
05/07/2014 8:14:18 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: smokingfrog
8
posted on
05/07/2014 8:14:33 PM PDT
by
basil
(2ASisters.org)
To: smokingfrog
There’s no Vaccine to prevent Stupidity.
9
posted on
05/07/2014 8:15:09 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: smokingfrog; Norm Lenhart; All
Not so.
Except for the Chicago Community Organized by Obama, most gun shots fired at children are from UNLOADED guns.
Idiot-proffing guns is simple: always assume that all guns are loaded. DUH!
10
posted on
05/07/2014 8:19:26 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Change that to “his uncle was showing off the automobile and hit the accelerator” and the results would be just as deadly . . . because it’s the uncle.
11
posted on
05/07/2014 8:19:45 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: DesertRhino
I am not a Glock fan either, but I agree. This guy is an idiot and would have probably had the same result no matter what gun he bought.
To: FlingWingFlyer
I’m not sure why anyone would purposefully point a real gun at a boy and pull the trigger, even if it were unloaded.
If I saw a man do that, I’d take it out of his hand and pistol whip the SOB to the point of death or toothlessness, whichever came first.
13
posted on
05/07/2014 8:23:13 PM PDT
by
Dogbert41
(Up yours NSA !)
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: FlingWingFlyer
Some 35 years ago my parents taught me gun safety. Never had an accident.
Treat every weapon as if it is loaded until you have personally checked. Don't think you know it is or isn't, check it.
Never point a weapon at anything or anyone you are not willing to shoot and kill/destroy.
Keep your finger off the trigger unless and until you are ready to fire.
Finally, when you shoot be sure of your target, what is behind it, what is to the sides that might enter the path of the bullet/shot.
Follow these simple, overlapping rules and you too can enjoy a lifetime of accident free firearms ownership and handling with nothing worse than slide bite to show for it.
15
posted on
05/07/2014 8:28:56 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: smokingfrog
State police said his uncle was showing off the weapon and pulled the trigger not realizing there was a bullet in the chamber. The question now is: Could the gun be made safer? Yes. Don't sell them to idiots!
16
posted on
05/07/2014 8:33:22 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: jospehm20
I am a Glock fan, but they have to be respected.
They are perfectly safe. They will not go off, even if dropped. They will not go off on their own. They will only fire a bullet when the trigger is pulled with sufficient force.
That being said, there's nothing that can be done to stop us all from being fallible humans:
17
posted on
05/07/2014 8:35:24 PM PDT
by
Dogbert41
(Up yours NSA !)
To: smokingfrog
I only own a Glock 36, is it ok for me to post on a story about a Glock 27?
18
posted on
05/07/2014 8:38:28 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: ThunderSleeps
I was taught the same things. Those years in the Army helped a lot too. I just leave my firearms put away. I really see no purpose in showing anyone what I have for a number of reasons.
19
posted on
05/07/2014 8:39:10 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
Grandpa said “all guns in this house are loaded them unloaded guns keep killing people by accident”.
20
posted on
05/07/2014 8:44:26 PM PDT
by
the_daug
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-70 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson