Mercifully, just five kids accidentally shot this week, ages 5, 8, 14, 15 and 15.

[Robb]

GunFAIL XL

(snip)

I do have a few other stories worth sharing, though they pertain to incidents not included in this week's compilation. The first involves a GunFAIL episode from last year, before we began our count, but which provides interesting perspective on the many accidents we read about which aren't fatal, and reports of which indicate that victims "are expected to recover."

The Cumberland County (NC) Sheriff's Office chief jailer, Maj. John R. McRainey, was wounded in late October of last year, when his gun accidentally discharged. "Although it is always a tragedy anytime that anyone suffers a gunshot wound, we are just thankful that it was no worse than it was," Sheriff Moose Butler said at the time. But this week comes news that Maj. McRainey—after eight surgeries, 129 days in the hospital, and thrice-weekly dialysis due to damage to his kidneys—has died.

Another is a follow-up on an incident we covered in GunFAIL XXXIII, in Chardon, OH, from which video footage has now emerged. This story is hard to summarize succinctly, and really is such an EverythingFAIL, it really has to be seen to be believed. So here it is.....

Read More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/19/1246961/-GunFAIL-XL

[rdharma]

1. But thankfully no HD TVs were stolen from the homes of any of these gun aficionados! nt

[WilliamPitt]

2. You missed one.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/two-year-old-north-carolina-girl-dies-after-accidentally-shooting-herself

[BluegrassStateBlues]

3. Casualties in the war for owning whatever the fuck you want. nt

[BlueToTheBone]

4. Sorry, no. It was six. There was a 2 year old

as well. He found the gun, but is still alive.

Sorry, call it Sunday night sundowner syndrome. It's after sundown and I'm too tired to search.