father "accidentally" shoots daughter

[robbiev]

Girl remains in critical condition after being accidentally shot by father | StarTribune.com

"The bullet "could have gone anywhere," Cole said. "But it hit her.""

Actually, I'm going to guess that if the gun was pointed at the girl, then no, the bullet couldn't have gone "anywhere." Bullets generally go where the muzzle is pointed.

"We've grown up around firearms," he said. "We know the safety and we practice it."

And, I'm going to go with, no, apparently you don't.

[eapking]

and next..."it just went off!"

Sorry to hear this but negligence is all this is.

[bubbadavis]

I really feel for the little girl and her family. I can't imagine what her father is going through.

You have to violate multiple firearms safety rules for someone to get accidentally shot.

[Garufa]

There is no such thing as an "accident". Negligence, stupidity, foolishness, carelessness, whatever you want to call it is what it is. That applies to everything in life.

[vontar]

You have to violate multiple firearms safety rules for someone to get accidentally shot.

3 rules have to be break together.

My question is, why is it almost always someone minding their own business that happens to be at the intersection of 'any place the bullet could have went'? almost never is it the person holding the gun, unless they get shot in the

[bubbadavis]

I've got a good friend that shot himself in the hand - he will readily admit it was his fault and he violated multiple safety rules. Thankfully, he healed completely (well accept for the ration of crap he takes from his friends about it).

Always make sure your Glock is unloaded prior to field stripping.

[vontar]

Sounds like your friend had a close call with a self correcting mistake with constant reminders. Bet he never ever repeats that mistake and is hopefully now one of the safest people around guns you now know.

A boy I grew up with, shot the tip of his toe off in deer season when he was 14 playing with the hammer on his shotgun. I still would not trust him with a BB gun.

[bubbadavis]

Yep, my friend is extremely safe. That is one event that he will never forget. I've shot with him multiple times and he is one of the safest people I know. Unfortunately, all it takes is one brain fart to undo a lifetime of safety. We can never be lax with safety, or else!

[dats82]

How old is your friend?

[bubbadavis]

He is around 46. I don't know his exact age. His 'incident' happened over 10 years ago.

[dats82]

I was just curious. I have a friend that lives in Nashville that just did this recently; wondering if it was the same guy.

[Guest friesepferd]

"her father's gun went off "

"it discharged"

how about "he pointed a loaded gun at his daughter and pulled the trigger"

-.-

[Guest monkeyhumper]

how about "he pointed a loaded gun at his daughter and pulled the trigger"

The article does say "The gun had been malfunctioning", but the truth is, this would make his negligence much WORSE.

If I were carrying a firearm known to be malfunctioning, I'd be treating it with an extraordinary amount of caution.

[bigwakes]

1) it was loaded (obviously not a defensive weapon)

2) he did not practice indexing (his finger WAS on the trigger)

3) he did not practice muzzle awareness

If he had only followed one of these he would have prevented such a huge disaster.

[LagerHead]

I've got a good friend that shot himself in the hand - he will readily admit it was his fault and he violated multiple safety rules. Thankfully, he healed completely (well accept for the ration of crap he takes from his friends about it).

Always make sure your Glock is unloaded prior to field stripping.

That can be a great teacher. Too bad a hole in the hand had to be added. Glad he's ok. Well, except for his pride.

The article does say "The gun had been malfunctioning", but the truth is, this would make his negligence much WORSE.

If I were carrying a firearm known to be malfunctioning, I'd be treating it with an extraordinary amount of caution.

There's a lot of wisdom in that statement.

[eapking]

"her father's gun went off "

"it discharged"

how about "he pointed a loaded gun at his daughter and pulled the trigger"

-.-

Ha! I knew it...."it just went off". Nobody to blame but the gun, that apparently has a mind of it's own.

[Caster]

I hate it for the daughter. I hate it that she got shot, I hate it even more that she has a frickin' moron for a father.