Another sad story,

[kieefer]

News from The Associated Press

So many things wrong with this story. At least someone owned up.

[kb4ns]

Very sad indeed.

[1gewehr]

As usual, it comes with lots of spin. The story talks about 'gun violence' as if this was somehow intentional instead of being simple stupidity. This is tragic for two families, and I am appalled that AP would try and link this to a series of murders.

[Jonnin]

I would be very, very concerned if someone were picking off people from that range on purpose! Accident, maybe, still willing to bet there was a finger on a trigger. Tragic, very.

[daddyo]

WTF is wrong with people? How can someone FORGET TO CLEAR THE WEAPON BEFORE CLEANING IT????

[sigbrown1297]

Very unfortunate. Not like the movies where you see people just shooting into the air. Those bullets have to come down somewhere....

That story doesn't really say if it was a accidental discharge or if he meant to shoot into the air to "clear his gun."

Edited December 21, 2011 by sigbrown1297

[Capbyrd]

As usual, it comes with lots of spin. The story talks about 'gun violence' as if this was somehow intentional instead of being simple stupidity. This is tragic for two families, and I am appalled that AP would try and link this to a series of murders.

I disagree with your assessment of the article. The article was mentioning the "gun violence" because of recent events. Someone has been targeting Amish men in the area and cutting their beards. Investigators originally thought this might be related. Since guns weren't previously used in these attacks, they were creating the link. Its actually good journalism to include that bit. It wasn't about spin.

[1gewehr]

I disagree with your assessment of the article. The article was mentioning the "gun violence" because of recent events. Someone has been targeting Amish men in the area and cutting their beards. Investigators originally thought this might be related. Since guns weren't previously used in these attacks, they were creating the link. Its actually good journalism to include that bit. It wasn't about spin.

Cap, you may be right. I still have to wonder when someone uses the emotionally-charged term 'gun violence' why that is so much more heinous than other types of violence? And I somehow also missed any reference to the Amish beard-cutting epidemic in the article. I thought that they had caught at least one of the miscreants in those cases.