Accidental shootings

[barbara]

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The tragedy is that everyone thinks it won't happen to anyone they know and love.

[nailer]

Everyone needs to realize there's no such thing as an accidental shooting.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by nailer

Everyone needs to realize there's no such thing as an accidental shooting.

A good way to foster such a realization would be an explanation of the above statement which, on it's face, would seem to be self-evidently false.

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by nailer

Everyone needs to realize there's no such thing as an accidental shooting.

say what?

[sheltiedave]

Guns do not shoot themselves.

[barbara]

Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Guns do not shoot themselves.

Right..... And just saying that justifies the fact that irresponsible people are allowed to have guns and innocent children kill themselves with that gun.
Guess it makes it all ok because.... Guns don't shoot themselves. 😏

It doesn't have to be all or nothing. There should be a way to minimize the damage guns do to the innocent.

[donquixote99]

Guns seldom shoot themselves, though sometimes they can go off when accidentally dropped.

Firemen worry about guns in fires because if a round is chambered in a gun, the heat can cause it to shoot with possible deadly effect. That would be an accident.

People do shoot guns without intending to. You can call that 'accidentally.'

A child getting access to a gun without that being intended can be called an accident.

[Pio1980]

The simple fact is that, minus the presence of the firearm, none of these tragedies would have occured.

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[nailer]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

The simple fact is that, minus the presence of the firearm, none of these tragedies would have occured.

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Exactly.

[sheltiedave]

A gun without a trigger guard is a deliberate decision.

A gun not locked in a case or rack is a deliberate choice.

A gun that has a chambered round is a deliberate choice.

All three of these deliberate choices have to be made before there can be an "accidental" shooting.