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Kansas

viva la

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17. I'm not a gun owner--

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 04:04 PM

Jan 2023

but is it weird that it's so easy for guns to be fired by creatures who aren't supposed to be able to fire them? Toddlers, first-graders, dogs?

Can you really just step on a gun and it goes off? (I guess so.)

If so, why do men stick guns into their waistband pointing at their precious manhood?

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Kansas hunter died after dog stepped on rifle [View all] KS Toronado Jan 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #1

yup. nt Javaman Jan 2023 #3

yup, your comment at the end. Javaman Jan 2023 #2

+1 CentralMass Jan 2023 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #6

exactly and on your last comment... Javaman Jan 2023 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2023 #8

around 9:40 a.m. Saturday KS Toronado Jan 2023 #16

I was wondering if even the safety was on TheRealNorth Jan 2023 #4

"Bad Dog, No Treat" nt SoCalDavidS Jan 2023 #9

Hope the dog is okay after all this was over. Bluepinky Jan 2023 #10

Glad no one was sitting next to him. That could have been bad. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #11

The truck/dog owner was also in front, in the driver's seat. nt sl8 Jan 2023 #21

i hope the family rehomes the dog as im sure it wont be met with love anymore samnsara Jan 2023 #12

The dog, named Alec, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Sneederbunk Jan 2023 #13

Thanks, my first giggle today KS Toronado Jan 2023 #14

Darwin Award? Does he have kid? 3Hotdogs Jan 2023 #15

I'm not a gun owner-- viva la Jan 2023 #17

"step on a gun and it goes off?" KS Toronado Jan 2023 #18

That would sure discourage a guy with the gun down his pants from, uh, getting excited. viva la Jan 2023 #22

Hope the dog will be ok. PlutosHeart Jan 2023 #19

Who's a Good Boy........... OverBurn Jan 2023 #20