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Re: Rachel Yoder, 15-Year-Old Amish Girl, Shot Dead In Buggy By Man Cleaning Gun: Sheriff

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re: "This is a glaring example of why 'up' isn't a safe direction."

Up *IS* a safe direction. But it must be sufficiently "up" that the actual forward velocity of the bullet when it comes "down" is negligible.

This was proven on MythBusters, by the way. Falling bullets are no more deadly than falling pennies.

The fact that this bullet killed someone a mile and a half away tells me that the gun was aimed "up" about as much as it would be if I knelt and took a bead on someone's head across the room.

Negligent homicide, open and shut.




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Re: Rachel Yoder, 15-Year-Old Amish Girl, Shot Dead In Buggy By Man Cleaning Gun: Sheriff
By: Riana
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Wed, 21 Dec 11 10:25 PM
Msg. 37276 of 65535

Tragic indeed. An innocent life lost due to someone else's negligence.

The firearm's owner disregarded two vital rules:
1. Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction. This is a glaring example of why 'up' isn't a safe direction.
2. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are on-target and ready to fire. Unless he was trying to shoot clouds, he obviously wasn't 'on-target', and therefore shouldn't have been 'ready to fire.'

Now watch - someone will take this story and run with it, about how evil guns are and how they should all be banned. When will people realize that it's not the guns that are bad?


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