joether -> RE: Another "successful" carry story (1/21/2015 5:45:28 AM)
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ORIGINAL: igor2003 So you would use that same standard for a woman that was in the store alone, with no children? Just curious. I don't know, since I wasn't there, but I doubt that she was more than about an arm's length away. To say that that is "unattended" is a bit of a stretch to me. Like I said, though, I can definitely see negligence. I just don't feel that she was far enough away to call it unattended. If the woman was there all alone, explain how the firearm leaped up and shot her? Which is to say that....SOMEONE ELSE....would be in....POSSESSION....of the firearm. Which would further mean, that the woman was....NOT....in control of her firearm. That the person holding the firearm can range in age from two years of age to near death; is not enough of an excuse to maintain control of the firearm at ALL TIMES! Well, she was far enough away, and without observation of said gun, to know her demise was close at hand at the time. That would be far enough to be defined as 'unattended'. If you place your gun on the coffee table and walk out to get the morning paper, is your gun unattended? If you lock your gun in your car, and its stolen, is it unattended? If you place your gun in the drawer of the nightstand, when your kids know its there, is it unattended? The answer is 'yes', since there are hundreds of examples of firearm deaths. If you have a firearm, you are RESPONSIBLE for it. No "If's", "Ands", or 'Buts" about it. If you can not handle that sort of responsibility, then turn it in at the local police station. He didn't say that the woman was there all alone. He asked, "So you would use that same standard for a woman that was in the store alone, with no children?" If she is all alone, then explain how the gun got out of her purse and shot her to death? Scientifically of course.... quote:
ORIGINAL: ThirdWheelWanted In regards to your questions, if you have kids in the house, and you leave a loaded weapon on your coffee table or unsecured in a drawer, then you're an idiot. And yet, it happens time and again. There are hundreds of news stories in which tragedy befell a community in which the child got ahold of a firearm and fired one or more rounds. Teen suicide due to depression with a firearm. Two children that thought it was a toy. The special needs child that stumbles upon the firearm the parents thought was hidden. Yes, every single one of them a sad reminder that stupidity and foolishness seem to follow firearms, like a politician seeking re-election. And when these events take place, it shows up on this here forum. The gun nuts defend things in ever increasing levels of insanity; while the gun controllers demanding even further and in-depth restrictions. Common sense as it is.....isn't.....so common. quote:
ORIGINAL: ThirdWheelWanted If you lock your gun in the car, then you've secured it behind a lock. (Personally I have a lock-box in my trunk to be extra safe, but still.) If someone steals your car, you're no more responsible then if a thief broke in and stole them from your house while you weren't home. Or if you're mugged and it's stolen from your holster. At that point, you're responsible for reporting them stolen. I'm sure we can say its not your fault for leaving the gun under some stuff in the backseat to the family of the victim, right? Because that too has happened in history. Or from the gun locker. How many individuals, whom owned firearms, went to the victims and apologized after learning their firearm, once stolen, killed someone? Would take some serious courage to 'man up' and beg forgiveness. Yes, legally there is nothing they can do. But does show acknowledgement of responsibility. quote:
ORIGINAL: ThirdWheelWanted Now personally I don't like leaving a gun in the car, but sometimes you have no choice. You always have choice. That you choose the wrong one, is where trouble begins. How you made that choice, may determine criminal fault.
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