An Oklahoma man who was doing target practice in his backyard on Christmas is believed to have shot and killed an elderly woman a few blocks from his home, authorities said.

Cody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection with the deadly shooting, court filings show.

The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche when she was shot Thursday afternoon, according to the probable cause affidavit. She was holding a baby in her left arm while seated on a love seat when she was struck in her right upper arm, according to the affidavit. The bullet then entered her chest cavity, it said.

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[–] 26 points 10 months ago (6 children)

It’s genuinely wild to me that Americans let just anyone have the capability to do that.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    I agree, frankly. I am expert qualified (former military), and inherited firearms when my mom died. I don’t have any firearms currently, as I sold those off (very very old farm weapons; we were on a farmette) nor do I ever intend to get more. All that training, and I’m still not comfortable owning something that is designed specifically to kill something.

    That is to say you can hypothetically do nothing, and still end up with firearms, which is a really big problem. Zero background check on inheritance..

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  • [+] -20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    If you aren't absolutely chicken shit it isn't a problem. Idk I think u should have to get a licence to own a firearm, maybe if you can't figure out bullet-go-far you can't fucking own a gun

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    The guy from this post clearly wasn't chicken-shit about guns.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Can you elaborate? He was the only property in that area WITHOUT a suitable backstop to fire at, and was firing off rounds by the handful from a newly acquired firearm out of excitement. Sounds about as fucking chicken shit as you can get with a firearm short of shooting randomly in a city centre, but what would I know haven't killed anybody yet after years of shooting safely. Know where you are pointing the barrel, and know whatever is down range of it is liable to get killed. And yes, a house being behind where your shooting is a pretty basic consideration if you ask me but nobody knows gun safety anymore and instead choose ignorance. Not sure in what fantasy land you could say Adams from the article WASNT being chicken shit in, maybe if you read the article you will understand better what happened.

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