Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Fast Food Firearms Flub Edition
"The 45-year-old man, whom police did not name, was pulling his pants up in the restroom at about 2 p.m. when the gun accidentally discharged and the bullet grazed his leg," journal-news.com reports. "The...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Ashley Redden
Most gunnies are more than familiar with the four rules of gun safety. And if you talk to RF for more than about five minutes, you'll probably hear that in his estimation, there's one...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Skate Park “Vigilante”?
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Thanks to cell phone cameras, YouTube is lousy with teenage fighting videos. (Some would call it the rise of "thug life" but I couldn't possibly comment.) Whether or not YouTube exposure is fueling the phenomena...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: School Resource Officer Ashley Phillips
Hephzibah (Georgia) Middle School resource officer Ashley Phillips is in hot water after leaving an unloaded gun in her purse in her police cruiser. Public Safety Chief Alfonso Williams stated that Phillips had just returned from...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Matt Sinclair
Everyone screws up once in a while, right? It's just that some boo-boos are bigger (and harder to heal) than others. "Matt Sinclair admitted to a Champaign County jury Tuesday that pulling a gun...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Federal Air Marshal
I know many people are a little sensitive about use of public restroom facilities while carrying a firearm. Until the day comes when American public restrooms have stall walls that go all the way...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Troy Don Gibbs
If hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, a disappointed grandparent isn't far behind. Troy Don Gibbs of Chandler, Oklahoma attended his granddaughter's softball game earlier this week, but the little slugger ended...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Lucas Hinch
Who among us hasn't been so frustrated with their computer that they wanted to, uh, troubleshoot it with a volley of white-hot lead? "According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officers responding last night...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Philly Basketball Coach
As a native Rhode Islander, I know that the story is never the story. There's always a story behind the story. Sometimes I'll hold off reporting on a shooting to see how it shakes...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Alan Lee Huerth
Let's say you're having a dispute with your neighbor. The ones with those noisy kids. As if the little brats don't raise enough of a ruckus on their own, the idiots like to play...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Dayton, Ohio Man
Every now and then we stumble upon a story of an irresponsible gun owner who comes clean. The miscreant admits the four-rule firearms folly that led to his or her negligent discharge. These mea culpas are the exception to...
Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Former Detective Mark Garner
I don't know about you, but when I took my first firearms class focused on defensive use of handguns, the instructor -- Randy Cain -- made sure everyone memorized Jeff Cooper's four rules of gun...