HarcyPervin
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Just saw this over on live-leak. Just a reminder to all of us. When any or all 4 rules are broken, bad things happen. This happened in Russia recently.
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Summary:
Child left at firing line with loaded gun. Mom & friend go to check targets. Kid shoots mom's friend while handling a gun which was assumed to be unloaded.
Write up on LL:
Apparently, blame is also being laid at the feet of the instructor, who did not check the weapon to ensure it was not loaded.
In shooting club in the Volokolamsk Highway, a 12-year-old student has accidentally killed a friend of his mother with a rifle, which he thought was not loaded with ammunition.
The footage shows the mother of the shooter and her friend going to check the target, the boy moved to the table where instructed and from where he was to shoot the rifle.
A female instructor asked the boy to take the rifle in his hands, without making sure that the weapon at this point was not loaded.
At some point, the child apparently jokingly took aim at the people in front of him, and pulled the trigger, fatally hitting the family friend in the head and killing him instantly.
While police acknowledge the boy is also at fault for playing around with the loaded weapon, charges are expected to be laid against the instructor for not ensuring the rifle was empty at the time.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=181_1381820483#obcHxxuTXfkOBryR.99
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Mods: if inappropriate, feel free to remove the link or close the thread.
Summary:
Child left at firing line with loaded gun. Mom & friend go to check targets. Kid shoots mom's friend while handling a gun which was assumed to be unloaded.
Write up on LL:
Apparently, blame is also being laid at the feet of the instructor, who did not check the weapon to ensure it was not loaded.
In shooting club in the Volokolamsk Highway, a 12-year-old student has accidentally killed a friend of his mother with a rifle, which he thought was not loaded with ammunition.
The footage shows the mother of the shooter and her friend going to check the target, the boy moved to the table where instructed and from where he was to shoot the rifle.
A female instructor asked the boy to take the rifle in his hands, without making sure that the weapon at this point was not loaded.
At some point, the child apparently jokingly took aim at the people in front of him, and pulled the trigger, fatally hitting the family friend in the head and killing him instantly.
While police acknowledge the boy is also at fault for playing around with the loaded weapon, charges are expected to be laid against the instructor for not ensuring the rifle was empty at the time.
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=181_1381820483#obcHxxuTXfkOBryR.99
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