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Originally posted by mrapteam666:
Well it may not be news to some people but it is an incident and of public record.

It was probably announced on the local news just like every other ND, DUI, etc..

I may have overlooked something, and I'll admit that I'm relatively ignorant on a lot of things military. Having issued those disclaimers, I have to ask (based on my own possibly-flawed understandings): if this happened inside her own home, with no injuries or issues, then why is it in the public eye at all? Is there some requirement that a negligent/accidental discharge be reported?

That might possibly have something to do with the neighbors in the apartment building hearing and reporting the gunshot.

If her apartment is a shoddily built as the ones I’ve lived in, I’ll bet the sound of a gunshot was pretty apparent. I’ve often been awakened by the conversations among the drunkards downstairs from me when they come home at 3am. I sure wouldn’t bet on any of the walls stopping a bullet, and maybe not the floor, either.

That sounds reasonable.

Admittedly, it's been a long time since I lived in an apartment, and I really didn't think about that.

Thank you, arfmel.

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Originally posted by vthoky:

quote:

Originally posted by mrapteam666:
Well it may not be news to some people but it is an incident and of public record.

It was probably announced on the local news just like every other ND, DUI, etc..

I may have overlooked something, and I'll admit that I'm relatively ignorant on a lot of things military. Having issued those disclaimers, I have to ask (based on my own possibly-flawed understandings): if this happened inside her own home, with no injuries or issues, then why is it in the public eye at all? Is there some requirement that a negligent/accidental discharge be reported?

of course not

think about what ridiculously low percentage of 'stories' make the news

desk editors typically decide what gets reported from my understanding

then of course -- once one station covers it -- the others are likely to follow

a story has to have a hook to get views / clicks

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