11 people that didn't read the article. Says he went into surgery. Not dead. Owner is still a dumbfuck who should have their gun privileges taken away.

MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d (2 replies)

I really dont understand when people say gun privilige. Like owning a gun is something people should aspire towards.

Guns should be responsibilities, not privilieges.

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social · 4 pts · 287d (1 reply)

Responsibilities usually come with privileges. If you fail to fulfil your responsibilities, you lose those privileges. I'm not really sure what you're getting at here because I don't think we really disagree.

MrFinnbean@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 287d

I dont thing owning a gun is something people should be aspiring.

Qwel@sopuli.xyz · 48 pts · 287d (4 replies)

Looking at the news I would guess American houses are buit mostly out of loaded firerarms coddled together by zipties. And oversized fridges.

Infinite@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 287d

Similar words: coddled is treated carefully, cobbled is poorly constructed.

Bongles@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 287d

And those fridges show ads now

dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 287d

Hey! I will have you know, mine also involves copious amounts of knives, duct tape, and drywall joint compound.

Poik@pawb.social · 3 pts · 287d

Can confirm. My anti intruder body pillow is a little uncomfortable sometimes.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 43 pts · 288d (13 replies)

He was cleaning his (loaded) gun... Sure...

NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 288d

Its actually a very common problem. Gun nuts all think they are John McClane and need to keep one in the chamber at all times. They remove the magazine but never properly run the action and yeah. Its especially a problem with glocks because disassembly actually involves squeezing the trigger.

Responsible gun owners are only slightly more common than good guys with a gun.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 288d (6 replies)

I've met some people who really should not have guns...

XTL@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 288d (4 replies)

Most people I've met really should not have guns. And don't, as far as I know.

chunes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 288d (3 replies)

Even in America, the vast majority of people don't own a gun. Something like 70%.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 287d

and yet, there are 120 guns for every 100 people. pehaps on loan from the gun library? Donde esta la bibioteca di boom boom?

Rothe@piefed.social · 3 pts · 288d (1 reply)

Still, only the US has an annual toddler/dog gun killing rate (as in the toddler/dog shooting somebody else).

Also 44% of Americans live in a household where a gun is present.

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 287d

Both those statements track, more or less, since the guns are usually owned by one person in the house.

CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 284d

Like my brother? Has anger issues, and thinks he is allowed shoot people in self-defence(which is illegal in my country).

shalafi@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 288d (3 replies)

Those cases are failed suicide attempts or they were otherwise doing something they know damned well was stupid.

Any given weapon is stupid easy to clear, in 3-4 seconds, and be certain it's clear. Not like bullets are hiding in there somehow.

kn33@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 288d (1 reply)

Agreed. There are a lot of people and a lot of guns in the world, so I won't say that it's never happened. The vast majority of those cases, though, are suicides or failed suicides where they're trying to save face and/or make sure the life insurance still pays out.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 288d

Life insurance does pay in the event of suicide! Depends on the length of time between taking the policy and, uh, execution. Terms and conditions may apply!

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 287d

Yeah but if a transexual immigrant libtard jumps you, you ain't got no time to get a round in the chamber.

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 288d

stuff like this makes a real strong case for taking guns away from everybody

DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 38 pts · 287d (19 replies)

Pretty dumb to keep a round chambered.

phaedrus@piefed.world · 18 pts · 287d (4 replies)

My father, an NRA ~~member~~ sucker that claims gun safety first, leaves a 12g fully loaded (buckshot) with one in the chamber and safety off in a soft bag with the zipper open right under him while he sleeps. He also has Parkinsons.

You're giving these people way too much credit by presuming they do any form of critical thinking.

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 286d (1 reply)

He also has Parkinsons.

You can't make this shit up lmao

phaedrus@piefed.world · 3 pts · 286d

Yea... that's the scariest, darkest part of it. He's also the guy standing next to you in the grocery store line proudly displaying his Glock on his hip. No idea how he carries that (i.e., chambered, hammer cocked, safety on? no clue). Imagine if something went down that actually warranted the use of the pistol while you're standing in line...

J92@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d

You mean its not clipped into a swivel bracket on the underside of the slats for when your new partner escapes having his brains blown out in a bathtub?!

How will we know whether he's surgical with that bitch, Jake?!

DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 284d

Wow that is very dumb and very dangerous.

Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 287d (2 replies)

Number one rule of weapons safety, treat every weapon as if it were NERF.

DanVctr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 287d (1 reply)

So like the bullets are made of sponge?

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 287d

I think they're making a joke.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 287d (9 replies)

Unless you are paranoid.

DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 287d (1 reply)

Even then it's dumb, but you can always load it if you think you will need it. It shouldn't be chambered all the time though. Guns are too dangerous to use like that.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 287d

Especially shotguns, most are notoriously not drop safe.

AA5B@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 287d (6 replies)

Only if your paranoia includes your dog being out to get you

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 287d (5 replies)

Every gun owner I met is scared of everything.

skisnow@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 287d (1 reply)

I accidentally got dragged into a conversation at work with a gun owner who seemed to have it mapped out exactly how they thought a home invasion would play out. In their scenario they'd have the drop on the robbers, who'd never be expecting someone to keep a loaded gun by their bed while sleeping...

There was so much detail in there that it made me wonder if they actually wanted someone to come into their house so they could have an excuse to kill someone.

limelight79@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 286d

Oh, yeah. They live for this fantasy. We have an Airstream travel trailer, and there are people in that group that are absolutely certain that someone WILL try to break in sooner or later while they're camping, and they will be Ready For It.

I assume they are the same group of people that end up shooting an innocent person that had their car break down at 2 am and just wanted help, or knocked on the door to what they thought was a friend's house.

It's really disturbing how certain they are that this will happen. Too much Fox News, I assume.

Verat@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 287d

Most of the ones who aren't don't reveal they are gun owners or think about it so much.

village604@adultswim.fan · 8 pts · 287d (1 reply)

I own guns. Not because I'm scared of anything, but because I inherited one, and my mom has a farm and shooting clay pigeons is fun. Plus, I have to kill a chicken snake for her every so often.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 287d

Seriously, I got a $20 thrower and for a box of ammo and pigeons it's probably the cheapest way to spend an hour or two.

Tja@programming.dev · 1 pts · 287d

So par for the course...

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 288d (8 replies)

I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 37 pts · 288d (6 replies)

Not in US. In US gun owners are never responsible for what happens with their guns. It can be the kid's fault, the dog's fault or even fault of the gun itself but it's never the gun owner's fault.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 288d (2 replies)

I bet it's Obama's fault!! 😤

Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 287d (1 reply)

And those goddam immigrants!

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 287d

Dem taek'n urrr jobbs!!

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 287d (1 reply)

You're right, I forgot about the Dick Cheney rule.

InputZero@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 287d

Remember kids, when you're a powerful politician and you shoot your friend in the face, remember to drag your friend and his family around on a PR campaign so they can apologize to you for the time you shot them.

Godric@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 287d

You wouldn't just do that! Go on the internet and lie!

sureshot@discuss.online · 5 pts · 287d

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expatriado@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 288d (5 replies)

The victim told police that before the incident, he was cleaning his firearm

getting shot by own gun and cleaning it, these often come together, maybe is safer to keep them dirty

orbitz@lemmy.ca · 47 pts · 288d

Somehow he was cleaning it and it still had rounds to fire or he cleaned and reloaded and left it unsecured so it had rounds to fire. Sounds like sort of person who should own a gun for sure.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 287d (1 reply)

Also complete bullshit. If you're cleaning it, you wouldn't have a round in the chamber.

LePoisson@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 287d

Not unless you're really dumb, people accidentally shoot themselves with "unloaded" guns all the time.

dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 287d

Nobody is ever actually shot while "cleaning" their gun. Unloading it is step 1 in this procedure for basically every firearm ever made, and that assessment stretches back several hundred years by now.

This is just a culturally ingrained lame excuse people pathologically fall back on thinking they're going to save face over capping their own damn selves with an easily avoidable negligent discharge. And everyone who tries it inevitably thinks they're the first person to think of it, because they're stupid.

LePoisson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 287d

If you get shot cleaning your gun you have MAJORLY fucked up.

Like, you have to try to be that level of stupid and it still happens. People are just incredibly dumb it would seem. I mean, I know we must have a ton of morons in this country in order for Trump to get elected because ... Everything.

CubitOom@infosec.pub · 29 pts · 288d

Ruff

Strider@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 287d

This will be the most American thing I've read all 2025.

j_z@feddit.nu · 25 pts · 287d

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good boy with a gun

Steve@communick.news · 22 pts · 288d (6 replies)

I'm pretty sure I read about this exact scenario almost a decade ago.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 19 pts · 288d

Dogs are smart, they actually learn from history 👍

JollyG@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 288d (1 reply)

It happens a lot. They even made a lifetime movie about one incident.

crandlecan@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 288d

That was heart wrenching to watch. I remember the first time we watched this... The whole family ended up crying their eyeballs out 🥹

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 288d (2 replies)

The dogs are rising up in a very calculated slow burn plan!

Well it's either that, or come to the realization that guns are dangerous, and should always be treated with care. Always respect the lethal nature they can inflict if mishandled. And admit that casually storing them on your bed is really not a good move.

Guns don't kill people.

Idiots with guns kill people by accident.

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 288d

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RaoulDuke85@piefed.social · 2 pts · 288d

Dogs are angry about all the selective breeding we've been doing for centuries, digressing further away from the wolf.

QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 287d (4 replies)

Why was a loaded gun on the bed? That seems like terrible firearm safety.

Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 287d

Fun fact! 90% of gun owners treat firearms like this!

Qwel@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 287d (1 reply)

WHO DOWNVOTED THIS JESUS CHRIST

FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 286d

LMAOOOO

johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 286d

The dumbass was cleaning it with it loaded...

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 288d (1 reply)

If only there were a good boy with a gun

OpenStars@piefed.social · 4 pts · 288d

This was the good boy with a gun - that's the problem!

the_q@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 288d (1 reply)

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jj4211@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d

I'm thinking this dog:

Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 288d

So this must be what the pigs are scared of when they're shooting people's dogs.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 287d (5 replies)

I mean, I like things that go boom as much as the next human. But how hard is it to; 1, not fucking literally sleep with the thing. And 2; leave it unloaded if you are‽

limelight79@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d (4 replies)

I'm always amused by the stories about loaded guns being confiscated at airports in people's carry on bags. The one place everyone should know that you cannot take a gun. Inevitably, they say, "I forgot it was in there."

Stories like these don't inspire my belief in safe gun owners. I'm sure they're out there, but so are a lot of idiot gun owners.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 286d (3 replies)

I've only ever seen a handful of stories like that. But I agree with you. How dumb are you‽

limelight79@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 286d (2 replies)

I haven't seen one lately, but there for a while it seemed like I was seeing them about every other month.

YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 286d (1 reply)

Just wanted to point out that when I said "how dumb are you?" Was not directed at you as much as the idiots sleeping with their guns.

limelight79@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 286d

Yeah, I was like "WTF" for a moment, then I realized. All good!

tal@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 288d

The shooting appears to be accidental, but police said they are still investigating the incident.

"On any occasion prior to this, had your dog exhibited hostility towards you, sir?"

butwhyishischinabook@piefed.social · 9 pts · 288d (1 reply)

Yeah that makes sense, he was just cleaning his shotgun... with a shell in the chamber. That's definitely how that works.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 288d

Yup, my thoughts exactly.

Argument with the son?

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 288d

Guns don’t kill people, dogs kill people.

TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 288d

Poorest excuse for a friend accidentally shooting you. "My dog ate my homework."

NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 288d

Awww, who's a good boy.

SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 288d (1 reply)

sureshot@discuss.online · 1 pts · 287d

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QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 286d (1 reply)

AGAIN????

Quexotic@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 286d

Looking for stats, I found this: https://open.substack.com/pub/armedwithreason/p/dog-shoots-person-again

not_me@piefed.social · 6 pts · 288d (1 reply)

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YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 287d

Yippiaaaa, bang!

Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 286d

The clown claimed he was "cleaning his shotgun," while it was fucking loaded. I would give his dog a treat for making attempt to get rid of an idiot gun owner.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 287d

The revolt begins!

acme401@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 287d

Good boy

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 288d (2 replies)

Too dumb to live. What idiot leaves a gun ready to fire, probably with safety off, unsupervised?

Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 288d

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Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 288d

They were sleeping together, the gun just wasn't a morning weapon and still in bed at the time.

sureshot@discuss.online · 5 pts · 287d

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shalafi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 288d (2 replies)

I almost never believe these stories. More likely the man did something stupid and is covering it up.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 288d

Huh? This story is literally about the man doing something stupid: leaving in unsecured, loaded firearm where an animal could accidentally trigger it.

I mean, I guess they could be even dumber than that,* but the prior offense should be more than enough to bar them from ever owning a firearm again, right?

... right? ...

... What do you mean, they work for ICE now? ...

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social · 3 pts · 288d

There's lots of time and people in the world. Sometimes unlikely dice rolls happen. It's just a matter of probabilities

Undearius@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 288d

This is crazy, officials said.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 4 pts · 288d

I really don't get having loaded guns sitting around. Its not like the black powder days were prepping for a shot took minutes. Its not hard to load a shotgun. I mean Im just not worried about this fantasy scenario of having to quickdraw and shoot a home intruder.

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 288d

“Dog bites man” is famously not a story, whereas “man bites dog” is. Replace biting with shooting and it’s the other way around.

stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 288d (2 replies)

That cop car has got to be the coolest cop car I've ever saw.

OozingPositron@feddit.cl · 5 pts · 288d

And they took the photo with such a good angle too lol

tal@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 288d

I think that it's a Ford Taurus-based Ford Police Interceptor Sedan.

melonhusk@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 288d

guess 'trigger discipline' extends to household pets now. who knew they needed the lecture too?

SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 286d

McGruff proving, once again, that all cops are bastards.