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re: Matt Branch, former LSU FB player, seriously injured in hunting accident
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 1/3/19 at 5:26 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I agree, but don’t most OB pistoleros leave one in the chamber? What’s the difference?
And as for this particular case, they were throwing their gear in the Ranger to move down the way to a different location. Still no excuse for not unloading your gun, but a little different than packing it in for the day. I think when calling it a day most people’s first move is to unload their gun. Just swapping spots may not trigger the same thought process.
And as for this particular case, they were throwing their gear in the Ranger to move down the way to a different location. Still no excuse for not unloading your gun, but a little different than packing it in for the day. I think when calling it a day most people’s first move is to unload their gun. Just swapping spots may not trigger the same thought process.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:44 am to LSUballs
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I agree, but don’t most OB pistoleros leave one in the chamber? What’s the difference?
Pistols are used more for personal defense where anything can happen at any time. It's a relevant point, but that's the difference, and it's a notable one.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:03 am to LSUballs
I guess the pistol isnt as bad because it's in a holster with the trigger protected, you arent actually handling it. I've never heard of an accidental shooting where somebody wasnt handling the gun in some way. To me, loaded pistols are much more dangerous than loaded long guns for many reasons.
Either way it's a shame. I know of a guy who shot himself pulling a shotgun out the backseat of his truck by the barrel end. Thought it was unloaded, safety had gotten pushed off by something else in the seat and something got hung up on the trigger. Perfect mix of a bunch of things going wrong at the same time, which was likely the case here as well. It can happen though.
Eta: luckily it was fine shot and he survived just fine. Had it been buckshot which everyone kept in the truck at all times back then, hed be gone. Dad was always militant about us not loading the gun until we were on the stand and unloading it before we got off. Thankfully it stuck
Either way it's a shame. I know of a guy who shot himself pulling a shotgun out the backseat of his truck by the barrel end. Thought it was unloaded, safety had gotten pushed off by something else in the seat and something got hung up on the trigger. Perfect mix of a bunch of things going wrong at the same time, which was likely the case here as well. It can happen though.
Eta: luckily it was fine shot and he survived just fine. Had it been buckshot which everyone kept in the truck at all times back then, hed be gone. Dad was always militant about us not loading the gun until we were on the stand and unloading it before we got off. Thankfully it stuck
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 8:05 am
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:50 am to LSUballs
quote:which is exactly how a guy i grew up with lost an arm.... but it was someone else's gun that got him....
I think when calling it a day most people’s first move is to unload their gun. Just swapping spots may not trigger the same thought process.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 12:11 pm to LSUballs
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. Just swapping spots may not trigger the same thought process
It does me.
We moved segments running dogs Saturday. When I left my spot a d got on the four wheeler to move I took the round out if the chamber.
When I got to my new spot I cycled a round in.
I've seen a few "accidental discharges" with one where the person "was sure the safety was on". A little girl from someone we know was killed in one such discharge.
I look at it differently than I do my carry weapon. A shotgun as such will be sat down or leaned up again something at some point in a hunt where I might walk away. My concelead never leaves me and does not come out of it's holster eaven when I take it off and put it straight away into it's locked home where I can trust it's safe.
As another poster said, you can't reel back in a fired bullet.
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