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In reply to the discussion: Wife accidentally kills husband during gun lesson [View all]Skittles
(153,261 posts)95. LOL
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Yep, guns really keep people safe and save lives. Especially after hours of casually drinking vodka
appleannie1
Apr 2013
#3
I've never heard of a real gun safety training class where instructor and students are liquored
Common Sense Party
Apr 2013
#98
Because gun nuts exhibt so much compassion for victims of gun violence, right?
baldguy
Apr 2013
#124
I suspect they thought they were responsible gun owners, right up till they weren't.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#19
The difference between "responsible gun owners" and this couple was a bottle of scotch.
Marr
Apr 2013
#150
Yep. How would you like to live in a thin-walled apartment adjacent to such yahoos.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#37
"Police had been called to the couple's house just once, a year ago, for a domestic argument, but by
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#57
But of course. "Normally" when sober people are pulling the slide back and releasing it
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#87
That's why semi-autos need to be restricted. Even "experts" screw up with the dang things.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#136
Hey, can you guys tell me what that loser is doing. Do gunners call that training for self-defense?
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#149
Whatever the shooter is doing, he's not engaging in mindless name-calling.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#151
Sorry, we need to label folks using guns for such crap what the are. I was generous.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#153
yup.... 'Guns and alcohol: Gun owners drink more and take more risks, study says'
PeaceNikki
Apr 2013
#121
If you handle, carry, or shoot while even slightly inebriated, you are a danger to others as well
Ikonoklast
Apr 2013
#71
After the ammo is locked up, the guns are stripped and soaking in Hoppe's, then maybe
sir pball
Apr 2013
#99
No joke. More to point, neither should have owned a gun, certainly not a semi-auto.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#133
The odds of the slide actuation causing a discharge are extremely rare.
Gravitycollapse
Apr 2013
#75
After "casually drinking vodka" for awhile, perhaps she got some of the details wrong
BlueStreak
Apr 2013
#101
The guns were locked up. Maybe some other than an idiot should have had the keys to the safe.
bluestate10
Apr 2013
#59
If you can, compare the famous Hemingway story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."
dimbear
Apr 2013
#104
Bookmarking this thread for use next time someone claims most DUers are compassionate or decent.
Donald Ian Rankin
Apr 2013
#108
I imagine they will allow your sentiment all the attention it indeed warrants...
LanternWaste
Apr 2013
#131
What better time to give a gun lesson than when both people are half in the bag?
Ganja Ninja
Apr 2013
#144
That's what they all say. (I live here; the abbreviation is not "PENN."!!!! It is "PA." TY.)
WinkyDink
Apr 2013
#158