Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:12 PM Nov 2015

Defensive gun use

Saturday, Oct. 31

12:17 a.m. A woman reportedly shot herself in the foot with a .45 caliber semi automatic handgun after someone approached her front door on the 1200 block of Jackson Street. A second round reportedly passed through a wall and over a sleeping roommate. Admitting she was unfamiliar with the weapon, the woman was ticketed for prohibited use of a weapon and reckless endangerment. The woman reportedly shot herself in the same foot earlier this year.

http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20151109/COMMUNITY01/151109843/Police-blotter-

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Defensive gun use (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP

Guess she did not learn the first time... deathrind Nov 2015 #1

Always train with your personal safety device....the life you save could be yours. ileus Nov 2015 #2

Odd forsaken mortal Nov 2015 #3

I get hate from both sides, but: I like guns *AND* idiots with guns scare me. The Green Manalishi Nov 2015 #6

Where does the "defensive" part come in? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #4

What did the predatory criminal at the front door do? OakCliffDem Nov 2015 #5

Hang ad on door knob, someone inside shoots her foot. Curious S-R bond relationship. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #7

deathrind

(1,786 posts)

1. Guess she did not learn the first time...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:17 PM

Nov 2015

"The woman reportedly shot herself in the same foot earlier this year."

If it is true..."reportedly"

ileus

(15,396 posts)

2. Always train with your personal safety device....the life you save could be yours.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:35 PM

Nov 2015

forsaken mortal

(112 posts)

3. Odd

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:41 PM

Nov 2015

I'm not a gun expert, so maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't you wait until the gun is pointed away from all of your extremities before sticking your finger on the trigger? I guess panic might cause things to get a bit premature with the trigger.

The Green Manalishi

(1,054 posts)

6. I get hate from both sides, but: I like guns *AND* idiots with guns scare me.

Reply to forsaken mortal (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 17, 2015, 10:31 PM

Nov 2015

I like target shooting and I have ZERO problem with a law abiding citizen ventilating an attempted robber, rapist or carjacker.

However people without training, a background check, the requisite cognitive capacity, and common sense shouldn't have guns. Period, regardless of what the Constitution, the NRA or anyone else says.

The two concepts are not mutually exclusive.