Much Fun With Guns: Sister and Shooting Range Edition
In Houston, Texas, a 17 year old brother tells the cops that a drive-by shooter shot his 16 year old sister in the leg with a .45 caliber.
Except that didn’t happen. Oh, his sister got shot, for sure, because she’s in the hospital, but the brother now fesses up that he was playing with the gun. And it went off. And hit his sister.
“He then attempted to hide the weapon. He informed us of what he did. We retrieved the weapon,” said Sgt. Eric Batton. “He’s very upset about it. He didn’t mean to do it.”
He says he got the gun from a relative.
Then there’s this story about a Michigan man who got shot at a Chicago shooting range.
Authorities say 49-year-old Michael Babinski was shot Tuesday afternoon at Midwest Guns in Lyons. He’d been shot in the neck and head and died several hours later after being taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Police say they believe the shooting was an accident, but they’re investigating and reviewing surveillance footage.
Anybody know where the good guy with a gun was?
Thanks to Carl for the heads up.
Starbucks is taking out ads asking customers to leave guns behind both inside & outside seating areas. However, customers packing heat will still be served & not confronted, nor will signs be posted ~ yet.
Gun Nuts (GNs) have staged ‘Starbucks Appreciation Days’ w/out corporate backing & opponents have staged ‘Skip Starbucks Sundays’ boycotts.
According to the New York Times: “Customers in the 44 states that allow legal gun owners to carry weapons openly have been permitted in its stores there, while those in the six other states – New York, California, South Carolina, Illinois, Florida and Texas – have not, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/19/business/starbucks-in-a-reversal-to-bar-guns-from-stores.html?_r=0
1Repeal the second amendment. It negates the rest of the Bill of Rights.
2If this man was shot twice it wasn’t an accident.
Anyone know where Cheney was at the time?
3Why we don’t have guns. I’m still hunting for the bullets.
4Maryelle, we don’t need to repeal the second amendment. We just need to enforce the part about organized militias. If you’re part of an organized militia, you get a gun– sort of like Switzerland. But at least you get some training and instruction in how not to shoot your own or someone else’s body parts off through carelessness or stupidity. Malice and craziness could still be a problem.
5He was protesting in front of Starbucks,demanding a cup of joe and a side of ammo for his Glock,since they asked nicely not to bring guns.
6According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Lyons police this afternoon (one day following the shooting) are disputing the accuracy of news reports that claimed several gunshots were fired. The circumstances are still under investigation.
7Shooting range=safe place?
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