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Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:56 am
by philip964
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Sure is a lot of not carefully handling guns going around.
Drinking, not an accident?
RIP
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:20 pm
by Pawpaw
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:14 pm
by StewNTexas
I cannot consider this an accident. It is a ND all the way.
If you don't know what you are doing, leave it the hell alone.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:22 pm
by MoJo
Some adults need to heed the advise of Eddie Eagle
1. Stop
2. Don't touch
3. Leave the area
4. Tell an adult (that knows what they are doing)
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:10 pm
by SRH78
"the weapon discharged"
Seriously? It didn't do anything. The fool was reckless and pulled the trigger.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:23 pm
by FishInTx
Title should read, Friend shoots Marine. Sad story it seems. Drunk and or stupid .
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:26 pm
by WildBill
FishInTx wrote:Title should read, Friend shoots Marine. Sad story it seems. Drunk and or stupid .
Or something else.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:33 pm
by Carry-a-Kimber
With friends like that, yada yada...
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:34 pm
by WildBill
Carry-a-Kimber wrote:With friends like that, yada yada...
I only shoot friends with a small caliber handgun....
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:49 pm
by Hoosier Daddy
WildBill wrote:Carry-a-Kimber wrote:With friends like that, yada yada...
I only shoot friends with a small caliber handgun....
You're underqualified to be Vice President.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:52 pm
by philip964
FishInTx wrote:Title should read, Friend shoots Marine. Sad story it seems. Drunk and or stupid .
Sorry I'm wrong. Friend shot Marine. Reading to fast. A Marine is dead, but at least he wasn't the one who was what ever the friend was to cause him to pull the trigger.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:30 am
by jmra
Weapons today are just getting too smart. Take this shotgun. The guy pointed the shotgun at his friend and it just discharged. This means that the gun was smart enough to wait until it had acquired a target (can't imagine the technology required for that alone) and then once the target was acquired it activated it's automated fire sequence program and discharged. Amazing!
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:20 am
by Jumping Frog
One of my pet peeves is people referring to a negligent discharge by calling it "accidental".
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:54 am
by Glenn61
An Iraqi war vet kills his Marine friend. I just don't understand why these stupid things continue to happen--especially between individuals who are presumably familiar with firearms. I can't imagine how many times these guys have gone through training before being deployed or annual requal
The guy who shot him was just charged with manslaughter today.
to Jumping Frog: I agree with you--this should not have been called "accidental." More like incompetent.
Re: Marine accidentally shoots friend with shotgun
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:48 am
by G26ster
Jumping Frog wrote:One of my pet peeves is people referring to a negligent discharge by calling it "accidental".
Yup, negligence for sure, but still by definition, an accident. Most "accidents" involve negligence on someone's part. Our language is what it is.
ac·ci·dent/ˈaksidənt/
a : an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance
b : lack of intention or necessity : chance <met by accident rather than by design>
a : an unfortunate event resulting especially from carelessness or ignorance
b : an unexpected and medically important bodily event especially when injurious <a cerebrovascular accident>
c : an unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on the part of the person injured but for which legal relief may be sought