I just saw this. Aren’t guns supposed to be safe from accidental discharge when dropped? Aren’t guns with the safety on supposed to be safe?
It depends on the gun. But my understanding of the safety is that it only disables/prevents a trigger pull. Something else could cause a discharge.
It’s almost as if her family would have been safer without a gun in the home.
Nothing bad will ever happen to that kid anymore, she is permanently safe now…
( Thoughts and prayers )
Some designs have multiple interlocks that prevent firing unless the trigger is actually pulled. And some (or all?) modern revolvers have a trigger-raised strike plate, preventing the hammer from otherwise making contact. And some guns are cheap-ass knock-offs. Obviously there is no possible way to regulate standards in firearms to prevent dangerous crap from reaching the shelves.
She stopped the little girl from getting the draw on her.
That story mentions a couple of other child-shooting stories where the gun owners either face trial or have been sentenced for incidents. Makes me wonder: do white people ever get charged in these kinds of cases?
And remember, guns don’t kill people.
Well, except when they do.
Perhaps this belongs in the Unarmed Men are Manly thread but I don’t know where that thread is.
Travis Reinking, a white man, attempted a mass murder in Nashville (with an AR-15-style rifle!) but was disarmed by James Shaw Jr, an unarmed black man. I hope the police are filing charges against Shaw, who took it upon himself to deprive Reinking of his Second Amendment rights. :eek:
Despite Shaw’s bravery, 4 are dead and 4 more injured. Victims and families get our thoughts and prayers. Let’s hope the anti-gun fanatics who hate American values allow a respectable period of mourning before making this all about politics.
Doesn’t count: a Muslim.
Ah, I missed that.
Here’s this Genious, pretty sure it’s been featured in this thread before.
Another mass shooting by a gun nut with an assault rifle, in Nashville this time. And the usual rotten, worthless gun filth on this Board will be in soon to defend his right to shoot up Waffle Houses.
Well, he *is *white …
He had had his weapons privileges revoked by the FBI after his arrest in 2017 for being in a restricted area near the White House,* including the AR-15 used in the shooting.* The weapons were then given by them to this scumbag’s father, whom admitted to giving them back to the shooter.
Good fucking grief.
That’s why all legally seized guns should be destroyed.
According to a follow up,
… Reinking’s father was present when those deputies came to confiscate the guns, Huston said. The father had a valid state authorization card and asked the police if he could keep the weapons. Deputies gave Reinking’s father the weapons …
More importantly, though,
… (Nashville Police Chief Steve) Anderson said he was not immediately aware of any Tennessee law Reinking would have violated by possessing guns in Nashville. …
There is apparently no reciprocity in gun laws.
Wonder if the father is an NRA member. His poor little boy would be heartbroken without his toys, right?
Wonder if giving this shit his gun again is against the law. At the least the father had best kiss his bank account goodby.
BTW, the shooter was disarmed while reloading - by a good guy without a gun.
Maybe Trump will propose armed guards in Waffle Houses now.
- What’s a respectable period of mourning?
- Can you guarantee that another gun disaster won’t happen during that period?
Fuck your stalling.
QFT.
Every time a gun nut tries to stall, it just makes us more determined.