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Three More in California, The NRA is Tops and the Social Media Minefield — TTAG Daily Digest

August 29, 2018 by Dan Zimmerman

California Lawmakers Approve 3 Bills Imposing New Restrictions on Gun Ownership This must be a day ending with a ‘y’ . . . California lawmakers on Monday approved a trio of bills that would reduce the number of people with access to firearms, including lifetime bans on owning guns for people convicted of domestic violence … Read more

VIDEO: Holstered Pistol Discharges… Negligent or Accident?

June 2, 2018 by Kat Ainsworth Stevens

This video was submitted anonymously by a reader in Nevada. It shows a firearm that had been holstered discharging when the carrier bent over to pick something up. We’re told that the gun in question was a GLOCK 43. The holster was a GCode INCOG. The bullet penetrated the carrier’s groin in a through-and-through wound … Read more

Reason for Bainbridge Island, WA Officer’s Rifle Firing in Casino Remains a Mystery

May 17, 2018 by Dan Zimmerman

Here’s a typical lede to a type of story we’ve read dozens of times before: “Investigators are trying to determine why a Bainbridge Island police officer’s rifle inadvertently fired last month inside the Clearwater Casino while he was hurrying to an emergency backup call.” Well, we have a pretty good idea why “the rifle fired.” … Read more

How to Ensure You’ll Never Have a Negligent Discharge

November 13, 2016 by Dan Zimmerman

By Brandon Curtis of concealednation.org Something that gives all concealed carriers and firearms enthusiasts a bad name is a negligent discharge. Few things give the gun-grabbers as much ammunition – pardon the pun – as reports of people injuring themselves or others with a negligent shooting. People can’t carry guns safely, they’ll say, which is clearly … Read more

The Most Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge News Report in the History of the World, Ever

October 24, 2012 by Robert Farago

Toddler hit when gun goes off in car in Sunnyside, the headline at yakima-herald.com proclaims. “A 3-year-old boy was critically injured when a firearm [not shown] discharged in the vehicle he was riding in Monday night, Sunnyside police say. He’s being treated at Harborview Medical Center for a gunshot to the head. The boy, who was not identified, arrived … Read more

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Tex Grebner [VIDEO]

July 5, 2011 by Robert Farago

It’s time to declare The One Safety Rule to Rule Them All: never point your gun at something you don’t want to destroy. Hmmm. That’s a bit obtuse. You don’t really want to “destroy” a paper target—and paper targets are the target of choice for target shooters (99% of people practicing with a gun, including … Read more

TTAG Irresponsible Owner of the Day (Russian Edition)

April 15, 2011 by ttag

Bond Girl Barbara (Mrs. Ringo Starr) Bach plays a Russian Agent in "The Spy Who Loved Me." — Barbara Bach. She's not really Russian. But it's Friday. Who cares?

Inexperienced shooter. Semi-automatic pistol. Lack of attentive instruction. What could go wrong? Well, let’s see. Aleksandra Voronkova, 33 and her boyfriend like to shoot at the Khishchnik Club and decided to invite friends from work to come out and shoot. Sounds okay, right? But said friends, or at least one of them, had no background in shooting. The new shooters received what appears to be a perfunctory safety briefing but no specific instruction on the particular weapon they were shooting. Whoops.

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