It's sometimes difficult for those of us born and raised outside the United States to understand the American love affair with firearms.
Especially when we read stories like these two, pulled from the Fox News website this morning.
Story #1
Man Accidentally Kills Pregnant Wife While Cleaning Gun
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died in central Florida after being accidentally shot by the woman's husband, authorities said.
Yailen Abreu, 23, and the fetus died Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Orange County sheriff's officials said Abreu was hit in the stomach while her husband was cleaning his gun late Monday at their Orlando-area home. She was six months pregnant.
The bullet struck 39-year-old Enio Abreu in the hand before hitting in his wife, authorities said.
Seriously tragic.
Story #2
Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
Associated Press
POTTER VALLEY, Calif. — A Mendocino County woman who was trying to kill mice in her trailer with a gun ended up shooting herself and another person.
The 43-year-old woman pulled out her .44-caliber Magnum revolver after she saw the mice scurrying across the floor of her trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, sheriff's officials said.
But she accidentally dropped the gun, which went off as it struck the floor. The bullet went through the woman's kneecap, bounced off the keys sitting on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer and grazed the man's groin before ending up in his coin pocket.
Authorities did not release the shooting victims' names.
The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.
I'm somehow comforted that the mice escaped unharmed.
4 comments:
Mr Bear, I too am glad the mice escaped, shooting mice is serious overkill.
Ungh. are stupid people born, or are they made? a gun in the hands of any human is dangerous enough but a gun in the hand of STUPID one?
jeeze. that's got disaster written all over it.
I am in favor of a mandatory intelligence certification in order to keep and bear arms.
I'm still convinced that the Second Amendment is a soelling mistake, and the the American Founding Fathers were really talking about the right to wear short sleeved shirts.
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