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[chunksmediocrites]

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[SkepticX]

Originally Posted by ChuckF

Ok. Before we rush to judgement, have we stopped to consider whether, when appropriately framed in precise hypothetical circumstances that any thinking person is capable of imagining, this incident might possibly, in real actual fact, be a demonstration of excellent gun safety practices? Because I am concerned about magical thinking.

Well, you're certainly asking the right crowd, here. If yous can't come up with the magical thinking you're after, no one can. I think it's just two or three particularly talented specialists though, really.

[Dingfod]

A Florida woman drops her purse in Starbucks, forgotten .25 auto in purse goes off, hits a friend. She didn't have a concealed carry permit. Charges are pending.

[SR71]

Originally Posted by SR71

Man accidentally shoots himself at Jupiter Bowling Allley, scares other bowlers

[Adam]

Originally Posted by SR71

Man accidentally shoots himself at Jupiter Bowling Allley, scares other bowlers

Have we considered the possibility that he was simply reprimanding himself for having been over the line and failing to have marked it zero? Was it a league game? This isn't 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules.

[Stormlight]

[Dingfod]

If you have so many guns that you don't remember where they all are, maybe you need to have a lot fewer guns.

[Clutch Munny]

Not firmly convinced, I guess.

[ImGod]

Originally Posted by Clutch Munny

Not firmly convinced, I guess.

Adair's husband, Shane, and other witnesses told police she was drinking with friends in her garage Tuesday night and wanted to show off the weapon. It fired twice, hitting her once in the head as she brought it to the room and passed it to Shane.

You just shot an unarmed brain.



Then it should have armed itself.

[Dingfod]

Un policier québécois se tira une balle dans la jambe lors d'une fête, a blâmé un tireur inconnu, provoquant police pour détenir et interroger 30 fêtards pendant des heures. Médecins s'est mis à soupçonner de sa version des faits quand ils ont découvert la plaie est allé vers le bas dans sa jambe. Pardonnez mon français, je ne le parle pas.

Police Officer Shoots Self In The Leg, Causes Search For Non-Existent Gunman

[The Man]

[ChuckF]

"Even if the gun was made safe, mistakes can happen and people can be hurt or killed. Any well trained person knows not to do such a thing," [Johan Burger* of the Institute for Security Studies] said.

magical thinking!

*Dr Johan Burger joined the ISS Tshwane (Pretoria office) in August 2006 as a Senior Researcher in the Crime and Justice Programme. He served in the South African Police Service for 36 years, the last 9 years as an Assistant Commissioner and Head of Operational Coordination at police head office in Pretoria. In May 2004 he took early retirement from the police to join the Tshwane University of Technology as a Senior Lecturer in Policing. Johan holds a B Iuris degree, BA (Hons) in Strategic Studies, MA (Strategic Studies) and a D Tech in Policing and has also completed a number of training / development courses both in South Africa and abroad. In 2011 he was appointed as a Professor Extraordinarius in the Department of Police Practice at the University of South Africa.

[erimir]

Is Johan Burger from South Africa a real person?

Is he from Johannesburg?

[Clutch Munny]

If the gun was made safe, then it was safe!

[But]

No gun can ever be safe. No two projectiles will fall to the ground after a collision in mid-air, for they are pointy and shiny and bounce off one another. Modifications in this respect are out of order because they cause too much pain in the event of a stomach hit.

What was that?

Red stuff, red stuff on the wall
brains on every Thing 2 3 4

What was the point? I forgot.

[Adam]

A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses : All Tech Considered : NPR

A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.

It's called the TrackingPoint rifle. On a firing range just outside Austin in the city of Liberty Hill, a novice shooter holds one and takes aim at a target 500 yards away. Normally it takes years of practice to hit something at that distance. But this shooter nails it on the first try.

The rifle's scope features a sophisticated . The shooter locks a laser on the target by pushing a small button by the trigger. It's like a video game. But here's where it's different: You pull the trigger but the gun decides when to shoot. It fires only when the weapon has been pointed in exactly the right place, taking into account dozens of variables, including wind, shake and distance to the target.

I'm calling it at about 6 months, plus or minus a month, until no one could possibly have foreseen how this could have gone wrong.

[BrotherMan]

Originally Posted by Adam

I'm calling it at about 6 months, plus or minus a month, until no one could possibly have foreseen how this could have gone wrong.

Sorry, Adem, your prognostications are already moot.

Also,

The rifle's scope features a sophisticated .

How could rifles with a sophisticated possibly go wrong anyway?

[ceptimus]

The new smart rifle will revolutionize the sport of range shooting: it's almost as good as getting a crack marksman to go to the range and shoot the gun for you!

I would still choose that second option myself because it frees up valuable time for shopping or watching TV or whatever - but for those who can't get someone else to shoot for them I suppose this self-aiming gun is still quite a time saver as it takes away all the tedium of learning to aim and shoot straight.

[Ymir's blood]

Hmm, can we get a, "wars will be too terrible to wage!" hmm?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BrotherMan

Sorry, Adem, your prognostications are already moot.

Mistar Bort.

No one could have predicted that planes might be used as missiles to attack buildings.

No one could have predicted that invading Iraq would be a disaster.

No one could have predicted that deregulation allowing exotic financial instruments would lead to a crisis.

No one could have predicted that underfunding infrastructure would lead to collapsing bridges.

And no one will have been able to predict that a gun that does the aiming for the angry-but-not-all-that-competent disaffected white male behind the trigger would lead to higher body counts.

[ImGod]

Originally Posted by Adam

And no one will have been able to predict that a gun that does the aiming for the angry-but-not-all-that-competent disaffected white male behind the trigger would lead to higher body counts.

Sure discount the wheel chair bound 80 year old stroke patient. Bastard.

I'm so mounting these to my house with camera and joystick setup. Then my shoot from phone android app will finally work.

Liberals will squash it like they did Remote Hunting and fishing with explosives.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by ImGod

Sure discount the wheel chair bound 80 year old stroke patient. Bastard.

I'm sure he's disaffected and white.

[mickthinks]

Originally Posted by ChuckF

Ok. Before we rush to judgement, have we stopped to consider whether, when appropriately framed in precise hypothetical circumstances that any thinking person is capable of imagining, this incident might possibly, in real actual fact, be a demonstration of excellent gun safety practices? Because I am concerned about magical thinking.

Originally Posted by Clutch Munny

Not firmly convinced, I guess.

Mockers may mock, but irony and sarcasm are not in themselves valid refutations of the arguments they appear to attack.

I don't believe Chuck can take issue any other way, but Clutch could if he wanted. I don't understand why Clutch wouldn't want to argue his case more honestly.

[ChuckF]

[Dingfod]

Originally Posted by But

No gun can ever be safe.

Demonstrably false.