Greensburg woman shot while neighbor cleans firearm

[ArcadiaGP]

Come on people. Unload your damn guns when you clean them.

Greensburg woman shot while neighbor cleans firearm - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

 

[halfmileharry]

Shannon Watts will stop at nothing.
What a tool for cleaning a loaded gun.

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

"cleaning" uh huh...

I wonder how many of these "cleaning accidents" are really just bubba lacking the ability to keep his paws off of the D!@# gun.

 

[yepthatsme]

"cleaning" uh huh...

I wonder how many of these "cleaning accidents" are really just bubba lacking the ability to keep his paws off of the D!@# gun.

^^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^^

It is an easy out for those who have been mishandling a firearm.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Using one's property as a weapon? So, that really happens? Go figure.

Bullets pass through walls now? When did this start?

I read on INGO that we can just wave guns around because the Four Rules are old and I am too cool to follow them.

 

[Classic]

This is proof that cleaning guns is dangerous. Stop cleaning your guns!
Purple implied.

 

[chipbennett]

"cleaning" uh huh...

I wonder how many of these "cleaning accidents" are really just bubba lacking the ability to keep his paws off of the D!@# gun.

It shouldn't matter. Whether cleaning or coon-fingering, he should be charged with an appropriate crime. He negligently discharged his firearm, and not only endangered others with deadly force, but caused actual harm/injury.

 

[MCgrease08]

For me personally, I don't start cleaning my gun until it's been cleared and field stripped.

I'm not sure who these idiots are that think pulling it out of the closet or gun safe and pointing it at the wall counts as being in the process of "cleaning it."

 

[223 Gunner]

It shouldn't matter. Whether cleaning or coon-fingering, he should be charged with an appropriate crime. He negligently discharged his firearm, and not only endangered others with deadly force, but caused actual harm/injury.

Agreed!

 

[cbhausen]

Transported via Stat Flight? That's gonna cost someone dearly, hopefully the negligent Shooter. Wonder what his INGO handle is...

 

[223 Gunner]

For me personally, I don't start cleaning my gun until it's been cleared and field stripped.

I'm not sure who these idiots are that think pulling it out of the closet or gun safe and pointing it at the wall counts as being in the process of "cleaning it."

Exactly, mine are field stripped, if not even further disassembled before I begin to clean.

 

[JettaKnight]

Shannon Watts will stop at nothing.
What a tool for cleaning a loaded gun.

Watts? Didn't see or hear anything about her in the link. Is there something else I'm missing?

Was she the one "cleaning" the gun?

 

[JettaKnight]

Mental note:
Keep a bag filled with cleaning supply and trash: dirty patches, newsprint sloshed Hoppes, etc.

This way I'll be ready to set the scene when I "accidentally" shoot my wife or neighbor with the annoying dog.




Wait, Am I typing this out loud?

 

[worddoer]

"cleaning" uh huh...

I wonder how many of these "cleaning accidents" are really just bubba lacking the ability to keep his paws off of the D!@# gun.

Yep...this is it. There are far to many people now days who just cannot accept responsibility for anything. Suck it up and own it people.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

So just what is the "cleaning" process here? Did he spray it with windex and wipe it down, then he'd just gotten to wiping the trigger and let the boom out?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Maybe he was "fire lapping" the barrel to clean it. I hear it all the time with Mosins... "It'll shoot clean."

 

[churchmouse]

Come on people. Unload your damn guns when you clean them.

Greensburg woman shot while neighbor cleans firearm - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS DAMN IT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[stephen87]

Using one's property as a weapon? So, that really happens? Go figure.

Bullets pass through walls now? When did this start?

I read on INGO that we can just wave guns around because the Four Rules are old and I am too cool to follow them.

Usually I'm with you, but I haven't seen anyone saying that the four rules don't apply or are old and antiquated or anything of the sorts. I would say all, or maybe I just have a bad memory, INGO posts that I have seen lately are right there with you that the rules are important and we should all follow them.

 

[littletommy]

Usually I'm with you, but I haven't seen anyone saying that the four rules don't apply or are old and antiquated or anything of the sorts. I would say all, or maybe I just have a bad memory, INGO posts that I have seen lately are right there with you that the rules are important and we should all follow them.

I'm on my phone at the moment, or I could link some pretty recent threads, but yeah, there is usually at least one member who shows up in these threads to say it isn't unsafe to do dumb stuff with guns.