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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours 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 · 20 hours 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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  • Qwel@sopuli.xyz
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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.

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

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Unless you are paranoid.

  • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml
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    NEXT CONAN HINT!

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    This will be the most American thing I’ve read all 2025.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    The revolt begins!

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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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‽

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

    • Qwel@sopuli.xyz
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      WHO DOWNVOTED THIS JESUS CHRIST

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

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Poorest excuse for a friend accidentally shooting you. “My dog ate my homework.”

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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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.

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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        You’re right, I forgot about the Dick Cheney rule.

      • Godric@lemmy.world
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        You wouldn’t just do that! Go on the internet and lie!

      • crandlecan@mander.xyz
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        I bet it’s Obama’s fault!! 😤

        • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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          And those goddam immigrants!

          • crandlecan@mander.xyz
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            Dem taek’n urrr jobbs!!

  • Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    So this must be what the pigs are scared of when they’re shooting people’s dogs.

  • Worx@lemmynsfw.com
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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

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns kill people.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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        I guess it wasn’t a good dog with a gun.

      • regedit@lemmy.zip
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        Username knows.

      • not_me@piefed.social
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        Guns don’t kill people . Bullets kill people

        • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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          Bullets don’t kill people, homeostatic imbalance kills people.

          • not_me@piefed.social
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            Bullets kill people ,politicians kill people

        • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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          Depends if you pistol-whip someone to death

          • not_me@piefed.social
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            Didn’t work

        • dracs@programming.dev
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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.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    He forgot to buy a second gun to stop his dog from using his first gun against him.

    • OpenStars@piefed.social
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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.😸

      • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        Cats already have little knives, though. Around 18 of them…

        • stephen01king@piefed.zip
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          You’re saying as if a cat with 19 knives wouldn’t be even scarier.

      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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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.

        • OpenStars@piefed.social
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          And then a parasite with a Tylenol to deal with the mouse, and so it ever was.

    • slothrop@lemmy.caOP
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      Where were all the good dog gun owners to defend the victim?

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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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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    The victim told police that before the incident, he was cleaning his firearm

    getting shot by own gun and cleaning it, these often come together, maybe is safer to keep them dirty

    • LePoisson@lemmy.world
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      If you get shot cleaning your gun you have MAJORLY fucked up.

      Like, you have to try to be that level of stupid and it still happens. People are just incredibly dumb it would seem. I mean, I know we must have a ton of morons in this country in order for Trump to get elected because … Everything.

    • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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      Also complete bullshit. If you’re cleaning it, you wouldn’t have a round in the chamber.

      • LePoisson@lemmy.world
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        Not unless you’re really dumb, people accidentally shoot themselves with “unloaded” guns all the time.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
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      Somehow he was cleaning it and it still had rounds to fire or he cleaned and reloaded and left it unsecured so it had rounds to fire. Sounds like sort of person who should own a gun for sure.

  • itisileclerk@lemmy.world
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    Justice for the dog.

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