http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/12/1199518/-GunFAIL-XIII
Some important #GunFAIL events this week:
I believe this week's entry from El Dorado, Kansas, is the first post-12/14 instance of an armed security guard accidentally shooting a student. It's happened before, but this is the first time since the NRA has ramped up its push for armed guards in schools.From East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, comes a cautionary tale about how you can go in an instant from training to be the "good guy with a gun" so you can stop things like school shootings, to becoming an alleged "school shooter" yourself. Only guns make it possible!In summary: I found 18 people who accidentally shot themselves, eight who shared their liberty projectiles with neighbors and/or their neighborhood, four who let arguments or road rage incidents escalate into gunplay, two carriers who shot themselves on the draw, seven who had accidental discharges while cleaning loaded guns, four cops or armed guards involved in accidents, three children who found guns and shot themselves or others, and two people who drew weapons in a fight and quickly found themselves disarmed.
the rebuttal to guns being all that and a chicken in every pot have been grossly overstated, overrated, and their need in schools over calculated.
- got into an argument at the friend's uncle's house in Midvale on Sunday when the man pulled out a gun and put it to his friend's head, according to the charges. The friend grabbed the barrel of the gun and tried to move it away when it went off, shooting him in the stomach.
- WHITE MARSH, MD, 3/31/13: A man accidentally shot himself after dropping his father's .22 Dickson Cheyene Revolver.
- VINELAND, NJ, 4/02/13: Yet another idiot who won't keep his bullets on his own property. Shot through the floor while moving his .357, left a hollow point bullet in his downstairs neighbor's couch.
- FRIEDENS, PA, 4/03/13: Martin's friend was interviewed about 30 minutes later. His friend said that just prior to midnight he was at Martin's home trying to calm him down from an argument with his wife, according to the affidavit. He was leaving the residence when Martin's sister ran out of the house and yelled that Martin had a gun. His friend went back into the residence and saw Martin sitting at the kitchen table with the rifle between his legs, the muzzle pointed toward the floor, police said. His friend told police that Martin was on the phone arguing with his wife. The rifle accidentally discharged into the floor. Police said the round went through the floor and into a home heating fuel tank in the basement.
- ORLANDO, FL, 4/03/13: A 40-year-old man is the latest person to be arrested in the Orlando International Airport after TSA agents said he was caught trying to carry a loaded handgun though a security checkpoint. OIA Federal Security Director Jerry Henderson said it's becoming a a serious issue in Orlando. Adolfo Requena's 9mm handgun is the 11th gun TSA has intercepted this year, authorities said.
- WORTHINGTON, OH, 4/03/13: Another concealed carry ninja has shot herself on the draw. Good luck in a crowded theater!
- BISMARCK, ND, 4/04/13: Another Patriot has Freedomed a Liberty Projectile into a neighbor's home and been greeted as a liberator. This time with an AK-47 that he "did not know" was loaded. Show me in the Constitution where it says I have to know!
- TRAVERSE CITY, MI, 4/04/13: A woman is recovering after authorities believe her boyfriend accidentally shot her in the leg. The woman and her boyfriend were discussing different shooting scenarios. The man took a 9mm handgun out of a holster to demonstrate something when it discharged.
