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Yes, it did happen in Florida. Mr. Trigger shot himself at the dollar store and goes to jail.http://m.baynews9.com/content/...er_s_gun_goes_o.html Less is more. | ||
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| Freethinker |
I don’t understand the “happy” part.  The fact that a felon was in possession of a gun or that we have another story of someone’s dropping a gun in a public place and having it discharge—? It was good that the law-breaker was arrested, but nothing else about the story seems to be something we should celebrate. ► 6.4/93.6 “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Plato | |||
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The fact that he went to jail, maybe? | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I think the happy ending is that the guy was a felon and shouldn't have had a gun in the first place. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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This Space for Rent |
Well, I gess one can say the gun was Trigger happy.  We will never know world peace, until three people can simultaneously look each other straight in the eye Liberals are like pussycats and Twitter is Trump's laser pointer to keep them busy while he takes care of business - Rey HRH. | |||
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| Freethinker |
Yes, it was good the perpetrator was identified and arrested, but I’d have been much happier if career criminals didn’t have guns to drop. The supposed ease with which such people can acquire guns illegally is one of the most effective arguments possessed by the people who would restrict our gun rights, and this incident is just one more drop in their bucket. I know I’m making a big deal about a relatively minor matter in the grand scheme of gun control, but from my perspective the perpetrator’s arrest was nothing more than an it could have been worse ending. ► 6.4/93.6 “Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” — Plato | |||
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Essayons |
The article reeks of too much bullshit. Maybe it was a .25 caliber. Maybe it did fall out of his pants while he was doing "Mexican carry". Maybe it's an old antique and it did go off. But it's more likely that it's a more common caliber modern pistol with all the drop safety features that have been common for about a century. I'd bet that what happened is that he dropped it then, embarrassed and in a hurry, he put his finger inside the trigger guard and pulled the trigger as he picked it up. The reporters never get this stuff right. Thanks, Sap | |||
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Pretty high I guess. I have a WWII era FN baby in .25. Hedley Lamarr: Wait, wait, wait. I'm unarmed. Bart: Alright, we'll settle this like men, with our fists. Hedley Lamarr: Sorry, I just remembered . . . I am armed. | |||
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| 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor  |
If it is a .25 The chance of it being an Antique is better than it not being one.. They dont make them anymore for a reason, And most of them that were made were junk. Jennings comes to mind. _______________________________ 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but > because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton NRA Endowment Life member NRA Pistol instructor...and Range Safety instructor Women On Target Instructor. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
a) he shot himself b) he went to jail at least that my take. | |||
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Ammoholic |
As long as they only get two years for gun running your wish will not come true. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Coin Sniper |
I see happy ending here, and some funny Felon in possession of a firearm drops same, only hurts himself Wounded felon goes to bayonet point hospital (that's funny right there) Patched up feeling is arrested and charged, now off the streets (happy ending) Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Who else? |
A convicted felon named "Trigger" drops a .25 ACP (probably a Raven, which is a joke right there) in a Dollar store where it discharges, hitting him in the ankle, where he is taken to the hospital (Bayonet Point - this story just gets better and better), where police catch up with him to put him back in prison. This story is so full of win and humor, I'm glad AT shared it. I would suggest not getting too wound around the axle over criminals having firearms. They are ALWAYS going to have firearms. And when they shoot off fireworks and hobble themselves announcing, "Look at me, I'm a winner!", it just doesn't get much better than that. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
@Sappersteel: Raven, Lorcin, Jennings-Bryco and about a half dozen other names over the decades. Same company. Same pot metal .25 Saturday Night special. I had one, sold it to a guy who liked tinkering with garbage guns. I replaced it with a Baby Browning in .25 which I also no longer carry. I have no problem believing either pistol would discharge if dropped and landed just right. You having a hard time believing it doesn't make it impossible, it doesn't even make it unlikely. Just because you can't find .25 ACP at your local Walmart doesn't mean there's not a number of loaded .25's being carried all over this nation. I'll paraphrase Para's reply to a recent thread asking about whether the .25 ACP was obsolete: "You and I will be dust in the ground, and yet the .25 ACP will still be in use. It's the smallest centerfire carrridge and can be chambered in guns that can be hidden where other guns cannot." ______________________________________________ Carthago delenda est | |||
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| Ammoholic |
I guess the thing that seems happy to me is that LE actually followed up on a felon in possession and arrested him. Heck, he might even face Federal charges if all goes well, not something that would have happened in the not so distant past. Agreed that from a gun control standpoint it would have been better if no ND occurred, but given that it happened this was a pretty good result. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
My local Walmarts all have .25 ACP FMJ on their shelves. It's my understanding that these little .25's are actually popular with the thugs and gangbangers since they can just stuff them right down their pants. Was probably some kind of junky Saturday night special like this:  | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
I have one, why? I don't know.  __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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| Essayons |
OK. I stand corrected. Thanks, Sap | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
You need to get out more often, among the common folks, to see that all we can afford is these Saturday Night Specials.  Q | |||
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| Doing my best to shape America's youth  |
I have a Sterling pocket pistol that was made in Lockport, NY. Got it as a souvenier of a trip to Lockport, and it's actually a pretty cool little gun. Kind of a rudimentary striker- fired pistol. Precock with manual safety, and a button in the back to disassemble it. Very accurate little cap gun even out to 15-20 yards- and ammo is readily available here in the Commonwealth of Mass. A little nugget of history about Sterling, they imported the Sig P232 in the mid 1970s, per: http://weaponsman.com/?p=12351 Clarior Hinc Honos BSA Dad, Cheer Dad | |||
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