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Gun Control & RKBA

Kang Colby

(1,941 posts)

25. Guns just don't go off as the misleading headline states.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 05:55 PM

Jun 2016

Whenever you read a story like this, you know without reading it that the gun just didn't go off. That is so super rare as to also be combined with a ND is almost unheard of. C&Rs or antiques, sure maybe if they are dropped, but not modern handguns.

I would support criminal charges for this guys negligence.

The point of stories like this is to scare people into thinking guns just go off, "spontaneous discharge" is nonsense.

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Man drops gun, causing it to fire [View all] SecularMotion Jun 2016 OP

He admitted he pulled the triggar Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #1

Did it go off when it fell (unsecured, from his truck) or did he pull the trigger? My Good Babushka Jun 2016 #2

I love the snark of this comment! Locrian Jun 2016 #3

He also fled the scene My Good Babushka Jun 2016 #4

“(He said) he dropped the slide and accidentally pulled the trigger." IronLionZion Jun 2016 #5

Terrible reporting sarisataka Jun 2016 #6

Negligent discharge...people have to be more responsible. nt jmg257 Jun 2016 #7

Must be a scary place, that Sam's Club. mountain grammy Jun 2016 #8

Teleporters only exist in science fiction so it's not possible to Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #14

You don't actually READ these articles, do you, Sir Spamsalot? Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #9

Get it out of your system SecularMotion Jun 2016 #10

Condescension from a Camp Weathervane acolyte...how unexpected. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #11

See post #10 SecularMotion Jun 2016 #12

See post 9. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #13

Wow! You really think Skinner is going to magically fix things for you? DonP Jun 2016 #16

Then you better get busy moderating Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #26

I read this as they're going to start trolling for bans again like the old days. ileus Jun 2016 #32

Headline is incorrect. Straw Man Jun 2016 #15

Hey, it's MSM, and teh subject GUNZ! Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #17

The only important thing is ... it fits a key desperate grabber's fantasy meme DonP Jun 2016 #18

They need better reference materials. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2016 #19

One of my favorite graphics. theatre goon Jun 2016 #24

Bottom row second from the left, is wrong. beevul Jun 2016 #29

As expected My Good Babushka Jun 2016 #20

my opinion beergood Jun 2016 #21

I guess if the truth is unimportant sarisataka Jun 2016 #22

Wow! What thread are you reading? DonP Jun 2016 #23

Actually ... Straw Man Jun 2016 #28

The crux of the story? Straw Man Jun 2016 #27

Please point to the posts where anyone is giving this incident "a pass." Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #30

Guns just don't go off as the misleading headline states. Kang Colby Jun 2016 #25

Proper holster.....always. Modern SD sidearms have a drop safety. ileus Jun 2016 #31