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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police

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Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police

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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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A 53-year-old man in Pennsylvania has been hospitalized after his canine accidentally fired a shotgun at him, police said.
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    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good boy with a gun

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    Owner shot from behind by their own shotgun due to negligent firearm storage. Dog didn’t shoot shit.

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      Once they get a taste for blood, they never stop.

      Prequel to the critically acclaimed ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’ we present to you: ‘Dog with a Shotgun’.

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    Looking at the news I would guess American houses are buit mostly out of loaded firerarms coddled together by zipties. And oversized fridges.

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      Similar words: coddled is treated carefully, cobbled is poorly constructed.

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      And those fridges show ads now

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      Hey! I will have you know, mine also involves copious amounts of knives, duct tape, and drywall joint compound.

    • Poik@pawb.social
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      Can confirm. My anti intruder body pillow is a little uncomfortable sometimes.

  • DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Pretty dumb to keep a round chambered.

    • phaedrus@piefed.world
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      My father, an NRA member sucker that claims gun safety first, leaves a 12g fully loaded (buckshot) with one in the chamber and safety off in a soft bag with the zipper open right under him while he sleeps. He also has Parkinsons.

      You’re giving these people way too much credit by presuming they do any form of critical thinking.

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        He also has Parkinsons.

        You can’t make this shit up lmao

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      Number one rule of weapons safety, treat every weapon as if it were NERF.

      • DanVctr@sh.itjust.works
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        So like the bullets are made of sponge?

        • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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          I think they’re making a joke.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Unless you are paranoid.

      • DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Even then it’s dumb, but you can always load it if you think you will need it. It shouldn’t be chambered all the time though. Guns are too dangerous to use like that.

        • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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          Especially shotguns, most are notoriously not drop safe.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        Only if your paranoia includes your dog being out to get you

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          Every gun owner I met is scared of everything.

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            Most of the ones who aren’t don’t reveal they are gun owners or think about it so much.

          • village604@adultswim.fan
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            I own guns. Not because I’m scared of anything, but because I inherited one, and my mom has a farm and shooting clay pigeons is fun. Plus, I have to kill a chicken snake for her every so often.

            • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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              Seriously, I got a $20 thrower and for a box of ammo and pigeons it’s probably the cheapest way to spend an hour or two.

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            I accidentally got dragged into a conversation at work with a gun owner who seemed to have it mapped out exactly how they thought a home invasion would play out. In their scenario they’d have the drop on the robbers, who’d never be expecting someone to keep a loaded gun by their bed while sleeping…

            There was so much detail in there that it made me wonder if they actually wanted someone to come into their house so they could have an excuse to kill someone.

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              Oh, yeah. They live for this fantasy. We have an Airstream travel trailer, and there are people in that group that are absolutely certain that someone WILL try to break in sooner or later while they’re camping, and they will be Ready For It.

              I assume they are the same group of people that end up shooting an innocent person that had their car break down at 2 am and just wanted help, or knocked on the door to what they thought was a friend’s house.

              It’s really disturbing how certain they are that this will happen. Too much Fox News, I assume.

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      So par for the course…

  • sureshot@discuss.online
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    Blaming the dog???

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    This will be the most American thing I’ve read all 2025.

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    Good boy

  • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    Why was a loaded gun on the bed? That seems like terrible firearm safety.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      Fun fact! 90% of gun owners treat firearms like this!

    • Qwel@sopuli.xyz
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      WHO DOWNVOTED THIS JESUS CHRIST

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        LMAOOOO

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    I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.

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      This was a scene in Plague Dogs that I thought was super unrealistic, a dog steps on a gun, which discharges into a man, and people blame the dog as if he shot the man on purpose. I thought it couldn’t happen in real life.

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      Not in US. In US gun owners are never responsible for what happens with their guns. It can be the kid’s fault, the dog’s fault or even fault of the gun itself but it’s never the gun owner’s fault.

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        You’re right, I forgot about the Dick Cheney rule.

        • InputZero@lemmy.world
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          Remember kids, when you’re a powerful politician and you shoot your friend in the face, remember to drag your friend and his family around on a PR campaign so they can apologize to you for the time you shot them.

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        I bet it’s Obama’s fault!! 😤

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          And those goddam immigrants!

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            Dem taek’n urrr jobbs!!

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        You wouldn’t just do that! Go on the internet and lie!

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    I’m not American but even I know you need to keep your dogs secured in a dog safe when you’re not using them. It’s just basic dog safety

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      Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns kill people.

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        Guns don’t kill people, nuh uh. I kill people, with guns!

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        I guess it wasn’t a good dog with a gun.

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        Guns don’t kill people . Bullets kill people

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          Bullets don’t kill people, homeostatic imbalance kills people.

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            Bullets kill people ,politicians kill people

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          Depends if you pistol-whip someone to death

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            Didn’t work

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          Guns don’t kill people. Physics kills people.

          • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world
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            Triggers don’t kill people. They start cutscenes.

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        Username knows.

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    I mean, I like things that go boom as much as the next human. But how hard is it to; 1, not fucking literally sleep with the thing. And 2; leave it unloaded if you are‽

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      I’m always amused by the stories about loaded guns being confiscated at airports in people’s carry on bags. The one place everyone should know that you cannot take a gun. Inevitably, they say, “I forgot it was in there.”

      Stories like these don’t inspire my belief in safe gun owners. I’m sure they’re out there, but so are a lot of idiot gun owners.

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    He forgot to buy a second gun to stop his dog from using his first gun against him.

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      The only thing that stops a good dog with a gun is a bad dog with a gun.

      Or maybe a cat with a knife, I guess? I dunno.😸

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        Cats already have little knives, though. Around 18 of them…

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          I found a shiv made of a sharpened toothbrush in his litterbox. I think this is why he tries to follow me to the shower.

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            No, they’re just curious. They don’t understand why you go into the rain partition, but hope you are okay in there!

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          You’re saying as if a cat with 19 knives wouldn’t be even scarier.

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        It is the cat. The problem is then you need a mouse with a rusty needle to deal with the cat.

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          And then a parasite with a Tylenol to deal with the mouse, and so it ever was.

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      Where were all the good dog gun owners to defend the victim?

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      But then you’d have to buy a third gun to protect you from the second one

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    So this must be what the pigs are scared of when they’re shooting people’s dogs.

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    Poorest excuse for a friend accidentally shooting you. “My dog ate my homework.”

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    The revolt begins!

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