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Man taking trash to dumpster with gun slips, shoots and kills self accidentally, police say (www.ksat.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A man taking his trash to an apartment dumpster was shot and killed after he slipped while walking and the gun he was carrying went off accidentally, according to San Antonio police.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

I kept reading "Man taLking trash to a dumpster" and I was like lol get rekt noob it wasn't even armed. Then I read "dumpster with gun" and thought hmm, maybe it was. I should go to sleep.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Literally the ONLY way to have Prevented this was if he Shot his GUN first before his Gun could shoot HIM! LITERALLY nothing else could have Prevented this! Nothing like background checks or safe storage laws or other things to ensure only safe gun owners have Guns!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A “good guy with a gun” should have shot him first, so we wouldn’t have this problem

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How would background checks or safe storage laws prevented this?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

One of the worst King of the Hill arcs.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Welcome to sugarfoots, sugarfoot

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[+] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure how your comment applies to

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Can you explain?

The Second Amendment was written with the expectation that the United States would not have a standing army. That's why why the first clause is there. The well-regulated Militia in this context means (potentially) every citizen with a gun willing to fight in the defense of the state. Essentially, the amendment guarantees every capable and trustworthy person access to weapons of war for the explicit reason that if a large portion of the populace is armed, then it becomes impossible to forcefully occupy the country.

[+] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Your interpretation of the 2nd amendment is based on decades of propaganda.

No, the decades of propaganda weren't so sophisticated. My opinion comes from a reading by an anarchist who closely studied the writings of the founding fathers, and based his interpretation on that and the context of who now qualities as a "person" (women and people of colour). It's very obviously influenced by what he wants it to mean, but it's not an unreasonable interpretation.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the funniest lecture on reading comprehension I've ever gotten. Not a whole lot of competition, but still.

You clearly didn't understand what I said, even slightly.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago

Yet if there's any discussion about better gun safety and education it turns into "you're taking our rights away!"

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I really underappreciated King of the Hill when I was growing up.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You guys are making jokes but we can all be grateful he died free with his 2nd amendment rights intact. GOD BLESS AMERICA!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Did he breed? Is this a Darwin Award win?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Edit: I was going to try to add to the comedy but I feel like it's not actually funny. I get the irony, but I started thinking how I'd feel if I had a family member or friend that died in such a dumb way.

Well he's in the arms of Jesus now. If there's any lesson here it's use a damn holster, people, and take your safety training seriously.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (15 children)

What POS gun goes off from a slip and fall? This sounds like some serious stupidity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Congress gave gun manufacturers immunity, so they don’t have to concern themselves with safety mechanisms or quality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's not what that meant.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Simple. A gun whose owner doesn't ~~honor~~ respect the safety.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Even the ones that don't have manual safeties still have automatic safeties these days.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Right. He probably wasn't too keen on upkeep and maintenance, treating it like a used Toyota Corolla.