This is stupid! This is not a gun issue, it is an issue of being stupid. For all the anti-gun folks out there - since I am sure you have never heard them - there are four rules for gun safety.
1. Treat all firearms as if they are loaded. Even if you think you have unloaded it, refer to rule number 1.
2. Never point the muzzle (business end) at anything you are not willing to destroy (and remember rule number 1).
3. Keep your finger off of the trigger unless you are willing to destroy the object in your sights (and remember rule number 1).
4. Be certain of what you are aiming at - your target - and what it beyond it.
If I need to go through those and point out which ones this tragic figure violated, then you are close to being as stupid as he was. It is not the firearm's fault when a person does stupid things, any more than it is the car's fault when people drive off the road and kill themselves and/or their families.
Yep - no doubt - those who have gun-phobia as well as gun-related intellectual disabilities will see this as more fodder for taking guns away from intelligent adults (Yes, Huffington Post, that one is for you). But just as the actions of criminals should not be used to justify disarming us, neither should stupidity.
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