GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

(carried over from IN THE LINE OF FIRE - OFFICER DOWN thread for response)

This father was shot and killed in California by a legal and trained firearms owner -- another cop.

The detective who fired the fatal bullet has not been named, but authorities said he was extremely upset following the incident (well, no shit).

My God!

These kinds of shootings don't surprise me anymore. :(

Remember the video of all the off-duty officers accidentally shooting themselves and others upthread. And, the Georgia chief who 'accidentally' shot his wife, TWICE, in the back while she was sleeping? And, the several people shot to death during gun safety training classes this year alone? And, the two police officers (that we know of) this year who shot themselves to death after staging their suicides as on-the-job murders?

I just read about a North Carolina deputy named Misty Flowers. She was showing off her gun at a Halloween Party and 'accidentally' shot her 11-year-old daughter in the abdomen. Someone called 911 from the house and said someone else was 'playing with a gun' when it went off, but claimed not to know who fired the shot. The girl was seriously injured, but is expected to recover, thankfully.


^ Flowers was fired for negligently handling her firearm and not securing/storing it off duty (a department policy) - good to see. A criminal negligence investigation is also underway.

I don't care if law-abiding, stable people own and carry guns legally. But, sometimes those who are among the best trained gun owners are among the least responsible, sadly.

Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/misty-flower...een-party/