Gun Control & RKBA

vkkv

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5. How is it "good news" that a gun went off at all?

Mon May 2, 2016, 09:00 AM

May 2016

He should be charged at the level of a Federal Crime. Period.

Lucky for him he wasn't black... Where is equal justice?

See::

New York (CNN) -- Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 20 months on a weapons charge stemming from a shooting incident (accidental discharge) at a nightclub.

The former New York Giants player accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol he was carrying in his waistband. The incident occurred in November 2008, in the VIP area of the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan.

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Plaxico shot himself in the leg - that should be punishment enough, right? Nope. 20 months in prison.

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Man whose gun discharged at swim lesson faces misdemeanor [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

I want everyone who's gun "accidently" discharges or gets into the hand of a child arrested.... marble falls May 2016 #1

How is it "good news" that a gun went off at all? vkkv May 2016 #5

Uhhh, that this is one of those rare occassions some bystander wasn't shot? To me that was GOOD news marble falls May 2016 #9

Plaxico and some other info discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #11

Plaxico... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #13

Equal justice. Straw Man May 2016 #37

what federal crime? gejohnston May 2016 #38

Proper holster... ileus May 2016 #2

Perhaps he was carrying.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #17

I'm not a gun guy, so someone explain it to me: Orrex May 2016 #3

Exactly. vkkv May 2016 #6

"Band HAND GUNS NOW!!" What are you doing to achieve your goal, aside from keyboard use? friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #12

Band HAND GUNS NOW!! CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #14

They do, but the smart ones will notice that the gun prohibitionists aren't nearly as active... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #16

They tend to..... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19

So who are the nutjobs that are killing people with handguns? vkkv May 2016 #25

Mostly CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #26

There are a LOT of bad guys but THE ONLY bad guys killing people WITH HANDGUNS vkkv May 2016 #27

Are you shouting at the guy standing behind me??? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #28

You still didn't get it. Are you dense? vkkv May 2016 #29

It must be the rain today... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #30

RSO cert - Got one, thank you anyway. vkkv May 2016 #31

Excellent. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #32

I vote. I've written letters to Congressmen... you? vkkv May 2016 #18

Do you go to legislative and municipal hearings? Donate to organizations that represent you views? friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #22

I count three things.. and none of the gun owners at the range I go to do any vkkv May 2016 #24

There are ca. 80 million gun owners in the US- *that* is the group I mean friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #39

it doesn't. gejohnston May 2016 #8

According to the local news linked report, the gun went off while in his back pants pocket.. vkkv May 2016 #21

A gun in a pocket without a proper holster ManiacJoe May 2016 #40

A gun discharges when the trigger is pulled. ileus May 2016 #35

I don't consider myself a violent person packman May 2016 #4

You don't consider yourself a violent person... theatre goon May 2016 #7

Some of the gun control tribe are bloodthirsty- posts like that can be seen regularly friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #10

"I hope all gun people get killed...." CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #15

There's a long thread dedicated to preserving utterances like that: friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #20

The gun owner was trying for a Darwin Award.. but failed at that, too.. nt vkkv May 2016 #23

So close to helping the gene pool underpants May 2016 #34

He was just practicing starting a race underpants May 2016 #33

LOL...that's funny. Kang Colby May 2016 #36