Posted on 11/14/2017 11:17:23 AM PST by BenLurkin
Authorities say a teenage girl has been killed in a hunting accident in Alabama.
News outlets report the 15-year-old was shot on Monday about 20 miles southwest of Birmingham.
Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies believe the girl and an adult family friend had been on a youth hunt. Authorities say the girl climbed down from a tree stand while they prepared to leave. As the friend passed down her rifle, deputies say the gun fired and struck the teen.
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Of course See-BS just isn’t interested in Chicago shootings...doesn’t meet their agenda criterion.
My bet would be that in this case someone’s finger got in the trigger guard as the gun was being handed off. Purely an educated guess.
Have they blamed Roy Moore yet?
It was an issue of rifles that were altered after they left the factory and disregarding basic firearm safety.
Common sense is not so common. Unload and pass down with open breech
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