An amazing case for reducing gun ownership in America

1. Treat all guns as if they were loaded.
2. Keep your aim in a safe direction.
3. Don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

http://wncn.com/2017/11/16/2-accidentally-shot-at-church-during-church-shooting-discussion/

"Somebody else walked up and said, 'Can I see it?' " <Police Chief Russ> Parks said. "He pulled it back out and said, 'With this loaded indicator, I can tell that it’s not loaded.' "

He pulled the trigger.

"Evidently he just forgot that he re-chambered the weapon," Parks said.
 
espola said:
1. Treat all guns as if they were loaded.
2. Keep your aim in a safe direction.
3. Don't put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

http://wncn.com/2017/11/16/2-accidentally-shot-at-church-during-church-shooting-discussion/

"Somebody else walked up and said, 'Can I see it?' " <Police Chief Russ> Parks said. "He pulled it back out and said, 'With this loaded indicator, I can tell that it’s not loaded.' "

He pulled the trigger.

"Evidently he just forgot that he re-chambered the weapon," Parks said.
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Care should be taken with any dangerous tools.
I hope you wear your safety goggles, and have the guards operational on your harbor freight power tool collection.
Weekend warriors like yourself can end up in the ER.
 
Ricky Fandango said:
Care should be taken with any dangerous tools.
I hope you wear your safety goggles, and have the guards operational on your harbor freight power tool collection.
Weekend warriors like yourself can end up in the ER.
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I think the only thing I have from Harbor Freight is a pocket-sized scale that they were offering last year as a loss leader. I got one for myself and one for each of my kids last Christmas as stocking-stuffers.
 
espola said:
I think the only thing I have from Harbor Freight is a pocket-sized scale that they were offering last year as a loss leader. I got one for myself and one for each of my kids last Christmas as stocking-stuffers.
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Just the same, be careful.
Even professionals like me make mistakes.
 
Overdoses now leading cause of death of Americans under 50
Overdoses are now the leading cause of death of Americans under the age of 50.
According to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times, deaths last year likely topped 59,000 -- 19 percent more than the year before.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdoses-are-leading-cause-of-death-americans-under-50/

Accidental gunshot deaths are around 700 per year..
Mass shootings account for less than 2% of all gun deaths

Around 44,000 suicides are committed yearly about half (22,000) use a gun
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/
 
Lion Eyes said:
Overdoses now leading cause of death of Americans under 50
Overdoses are now the leading cause of death of Americans under the age of 50.
According to preliminary data compiled by The New York Times, deaths last year likely topped 59,000 -- 19 percent more than the year before.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/overdoses-are-leading-cause-of-death-americans-under-50/

Accidental gunshot deaths are around 700 per year..
Mass shootings account for less than 2% of all gun deaths

Around 44,000 suicides are committed yearly about half (22,000) use a gun
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/
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Point being? The number of people that die from eating shards of glass is low, but we don't need to encourage that either do we?
 
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The Sling that will Kill a Ding a Ling !
 
Wez said:
He's thinks he's being smart, pointing out ways people can die other than by guns.
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As Jim Morrison said, "No one gets out alive!" . . . but I would think limiting the unnatural ways of dying prematurely would benefit us as a society. Especially the blatant ones like semi auto match, bump stocks, nuclear bombs, etc. We don't want North Korea to have a nuke, but it's fine for little Timmy to have a shotgun . . . that way he won't miss.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
As Jim Morrison said, "No one gets out alive!" . . . but I would think limiting the unnatural ways of dying prematurely would benefit us as a society. Especially the blatant ones like semi auto match, bump stocks, nuclear bombs, etc. We don't want North Korea to have a nuke, but it's fine for little Timmy to have a shotgun . . . that way he won't miss.
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We have proven, over and over, that America is not able to conduct itself in a mature manner, when it comes to guns.
 
Wez said:
We have proven, over and over, that America is not able to conduct itself in a mature manner, when it comes to guns.
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The only ones that think that guns are for everyone is the gun industry and their paid spokesmen. Have we ever once heard from a gun manufacturer about the use of their products ending up in the wrong hands or being used in a way not intended by them? It's like arms dealers selling to both sides in a war, the bigger the conflict the better.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
The only ones that think that guns are for everyone is the gun industry and their paid spokesmen. Have we ever once heard from a gun manufacturer about the use of their products ending up in the wrong hands or being used in a way not intended by them? It's like arms dealers selling to both sides in a war, the bigger the conflict the better.
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See the US Constitution pinhead...
Refer to the US Supreme Court if still unclear.
 
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