Terrible. But how does an 18 year old fatally shoots themselves on accident? Tragic, but damn, how reckless.
So fucking sad. Jesus.
There are thousands of noobs out there handling guns right now. Anyone over 21 with a clean record can walk in a gun store and walk out that day with a deadly weapon. Auto loading pistols take a week and auto loading rifles take a two week wait in washington. In each case all you have to present to show you're qualified is a hokey online certificate that you watched an introductory training video.
If you're not aware, retailers across the nation have little or no inventory of firearms and ammo and haven't since the pandemic started.
I'm making assumptions here that may be way off, but still...auto loading pistols shouldn't be fucked with by noobs. There are so many common and easy mistakes that can cause accidental firing. I actually know a former marine (a drill seargent) who, while cleaning his 9mm in his apartment, had it go off. With many semi-auto pistols you flip a lever then pull the trigger to start basic disassembly for cleaning. He forgot to make that one last check for a round in the chamber. Thjs was a well trained and experienced guy who had cleaned thst gun countless times before. The bullet went through two exterior walls and a floor and across a courtyard and, tragically, right through some woman's head as she slept in bed. He was discharged, lost his right to own guns, and gets to carry that with him forever.
Here's a pretty good video about common causes of accidental discharge by the best gun video guy on youtube. https://youtu.be/1DcsW2JfaQ8
Are you suggesting we don’t have proper gun laws in this country? Take it to the Tug!!
Nope. Walking a fine line here but no I'm not. I'm just saying that a fuck ton of people out there right now have possession of firearms that they don't have the training and experience to handle properly. I shudder to think of how many accidental firing incidents have happened since March. Fortunately most don't hit anything. Some do. This one feels more tragic than most.
Terrible. But how does an 18 year old fatally shoots themselves on accident? Tragic, but damn, how reckless.
So fucking sad. Jesus.
There are thousands of noobs out there handling guns right now. Anyone over 21 with a clean record can walk in a gun store and walk out that day with a deadly weapon. Auto loading pistols take a week and auto loading rifles take a two week wait in washington. In each case all you have to present to show you're qualified is a hokey online certificate that you watched an introductory training video.
If you're not aware, retailers across the nation have little or no inventory of firearms and ammo and haven't since the pandemic started.
I'm making assumptions here that may be way off, but still...auto loading pistols shouldn't be fucked with by noobs. There are so many common and easy mistakes that can cause accidental firing. I actually know a former marine (a drill seargent) who, while cleaning his 9mm in his apartment, had it go off. With many semi-auto pistols you flip a lever then pull the trigger to start basic disassembly for cleaning. He forgot to make that one last check for a round in the chamber. Thjs was a well trained and experienced guy who had cleaned thst gun countless times before. The bullet went through two exterior walls and a floor and across a courtyard and, tragically, right through some woman's head as she slept in bed. He was discharged, lost his right to own guns, and gets to carry that with him forever.
Here's a pretty good video about common causes of accidental discharge by the best gun video guy on youtube. https://youtu.be/1DcsW2JfaQ8
Are you suggesting we don’t have proper gun laws in this country? Take it to the Tug!!
Nope. Walking a fine line here but no I'm not. I'm just saying that a fuck ton of people out there right now have possession of firearms that they don't have the training and experience to handle properly. I shudder to think of how many accidental firing incidents have happened since March. Fortunately most don't hit anything. Some do. This one feels more tragic than most.
This should not be a controversial point at all. Reminds me of "arm all the teachers" and "what could go wrong?"
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One of the very first things we all met and decided to do was get the guns out of the house.