Tag: gun accident

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Father Learns Hardest Lesson About Gun Safety

And he's now facing felonies.

This is one of the saddest stories we have heard. If the report is to be believed, a father is facing felonies after accidentally shooting his 9-year-old daughter while trying to teach her gun safety. This Indiana father, Eric Hummel, 33 years old, fatally shot…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Detroit DA Going After Parents of Kids Involved in Gun Accidents

She believes kids being able to access a gun is a crime.

A Detroit district attorney named Kym Worthy is on a campaign to prosecute parents whose kids die in accidental shootings because they accessed a gun in the home or car. She believes accidental shootings like this are a punishable crime. We agree. In Detroit, over the…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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NY Hunting Accident Man Pleads Guilty

He killed his sister-in-law.

The Livingston County News reports that a Rochester, New York, man pleaded guilty to one county of criminally negligent homicide. The incident took place in November 2016 while they pair were out hunting. John Lander, 50, plea bargained and is expected to serve four months of…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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Mardi Gras Shooting is a Gun Safety Reminder

Was it an accident or stupidity or both?

A bizarre and horrifying shooting during Mardi Gras in New Orleans last week serves as a reminder to follow basic gun safety and obey the law. Even though law enforcement called it an accident, we can still learn from it. During one of the many Mardi…
Posted 7 years ago
By Franny McCarthy
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Hunting Accident Claims Life of Young Girl

11-year-old girl was hunting with family members.

New reports from Georgetown, South Carolina, are talking about this tragic accident. Not much information was released at first about the accident that claimed the life of Anna Grace Cook. We now know a little more. Anna Cook was hunting with her grandfather and uncle when…
Posted 7 years ago
By Reed Gilchrist
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