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Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] 38 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Pretty dumb to keep a round chambered.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    He also has Parkinsons.

    You can't make this shit up lmao

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    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...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    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?!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Unless you are paranoid.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Every gun owner I met is scared of everything.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    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.

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