To liberals, gun control means passing laws that criminals will ignore but strip law-abiding people of their 2nd Amendment rights. To sportsman, gun control is a nice tight group on the target. To me, gun control is not doing stupid crap with your firearms. Recently a man showing off a gun shot a baby when it “just went off” and another dude managed to shoot himself in the stomach while twirling his gun like a cowboy in a 1950’s Western. Maybe what’s really needed in this country is some kind of “stupidity control” laws.
Q13 Fox reports that a 21-year-old man in Olympia, Washington was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment for this party foul:
Investigators say six adults were in the house having a party, when a man with a concealed carry permit removed his gun and holster, handing it to another man, so he could remove his pants and show his leg tattoo.
The person who was handed the gun then handed it to a third man…
Deputies say that third man took the gun out of the holster and began to “show it off” to the 20-year-old woman holding the baby.
A single round was fired, hitting the baby’s leg and continuing to the woman’s pelvis.
Nothing impresses a woman more than shooting her and her baby. I bet this guy gets those digits when he is released from jail. Just so I don’t leave you hanging, the woman and the baby survived and will be fine.
Now here’s the best part of this story:
Deputies said ecstasy, alcohol and marijuana were present at the party.
Well, there’s yer problem.
The question is, what was this next guy on? ABC13 reports on Houston’s newly-crowned “ King of the Jackasses.”
A father has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach at his daughter’s 16th birthday party.
Authorities say the party was at the family’s home on Wintergreen and Crestline in northeast Harris County.
Deputies say the man was spinning the gun with his hand when it accidentally went off.
Well no, the gun didn’t accidentally go off. His finger was on the trigger and he was twirling the gun. Accidents are unpredictable and this was something that was obviously going to happen. An accident would be like if the gun was in a holster and the trigger got caught on something causing it to discharge. When you’re f*cking around with a gun, with your finger on the trigger, it’s not an accident, just dumbassery.
That must have been one hell of a Sweet 16 party, huh? “Hey sweetie, look what dady can do.” Was he doing trick shots like from a Wild West show or was he simply wasted at his own daughter’s birthday party and trying to show off beyond his capabilities?
There’s actually next to no information on the Houston self-shooting, but many news outlets are suggesting that the gun wasn’t entirely owned legally. That’s one crazy way of outing yourself to law enforcement about illegal possession of a firearm.
So maybe the true definition of gun control is: partying and goofing around with firearms don’t mix. I’m a guy who likes a beer or 12 and a gun enthusiast, but I never mix my passions. The 4 rules of gun safety are: treat all guns like they are loaded, never point a gun at anything you aren’t willing to destroy, keep your finger off the trigger until ready to fire, and know your target and what is beyond. Apparently we have to add a 5th: don’t get hammered and play with a gun.
