Another ND story...

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I long time ago I was home on leave and ran into a neighborhood friend who I had kinda grown up with (2-3 yrs younger than me). He was sporting a huge cast and sling around his right arm and shoulder.

His story, as best as I can recall follows...

He and two "buddies" were hunting with an odd mix of firearms. My friend was carrying a thompson-center contender in a shoulder holster (he is left handed), buddy #1 had a shotgun and am not sure what buddy #2 had, but think it was a longarm.

They had been out all day and hadn't seen a thing (not sure what they were hunting, maybe small game since the buddy #1's shotgun had birdshot). At the end of the day, they get back to their vehicle, tired and a little frustrated. Buddy #2 sees a rabbit running through the field, and without any forewarning to the other two, jumps up and fires a shot at it.

Well, he was very close to buddy #1, who got very upset at this surprising discharge. So he jumps up, hollering about his ears ringing. Buddy #2 calls him a wimp (or something to that effect). So buddy #1 says "how would you like it if I did this?" and puts his shotgun fairly close to buddy #2's head and fires it!!!!

:what:

Guess who was standing behind buddy #2? My neighborhood friend - who took every pellet into his right shoulder! The doctor said the wide leather strap of his shoulder holster and the shotgun only having small shot probably save him the use of his shoulder.
 
somebody needs flogging!

Wow sheer ignance! (yes I spelled it that way for a reason)

I had an aquaintance do something similar. He thought he had picked up what he thought was a toy shotty and aimed at my buddy sitting at his computer. The Aquaintance said he lifted the shotty a bit at the last minute (he was aiming at my buddy's head) and pulled the trigger. Nice chunk out of the wall over my buddy's head. Note they were kids and very young. The aquaintance had never had a father instruct him in firearms. My buddy and I both were at a young age. Education would have prevented this issue. Of course the fellow is quite educated now due to this and is EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS when handling anything that even looks like a firearm.

I think every father's duty is to educate his children and to demonstrate to them what a firearm can do. Just shooting some of his firearms at a very young age scared me (recoil and noise) and gave me a healthy fear. Not to mention what I saw them do to fruit and vegetable representations of people.
 
Were any charges filed?
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I am tempted to say that no charges were filed as I think I would have remembered that aspect, but I can't be sure at all.

Your question did remind me that he did get some money out of it, but I don't know if it was from an insurance policy or a lawsuit. I remember my parents were talking about how he was pi$$ing the settlement away.

Some people should not own firearms, drive cars, use electricity, sharp instruments, etc...
 
Several years ago my teenage niece was going out with one of her classmates who was an avid hunter. One day my son comes home and tells me "Don't ever go hunting with James. He's about a dumb &#%$ and careless as hell. I told 'im if he ever pointed a gun at me again he'd be eating the thing.'

Several months later James was cleaning a .22 rifle and pointed it at Cindy. She screamed at him and he said "It's not loaded" and pulled the triger. The bullet hit her in the right arm just above the elbow,traveled up her arm and came out the left side of her neck.

She still has the scars. Haven't saw James in years.
 
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