Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:38 PM

Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wife [View all]

A Palm Coast man was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison on a manslaughter charge in the February shooting death of his 30-year-old wife.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said Merrill was pointing an AK-47 with a laser scope at his wife, Stefanie Merrill, talking about how bright the light was when the assault rifle went off and struck her in the chest. The couple’s 3-year-old daughter was in the home taking a bath when the shooting occurred.

The Sheriff’s Office said 25 firearms were recovered from their home.

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-10-29/story/palm-coast-man-gets-25-years-accidental-shooting-his-wife#ixzz2AundyTQC

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Palm Coast man gets 25 years in accidental shooting of his wife [View all]	SecularMotion	Oct 2012	OP
Good.	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Oct 2012	#1
What's good about it? nt	rrneck	Oct 2012	#13
Just the sentencing.	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Nov 2012	#37
So agreed. nt	rrneck	Nov 2012	#40
Oh my God.	MissMarple	Oct 2012	#2
Basic gun safety should be taught in public schools	slackmaster	Oct 2012	#3
You and I disagree on this. Who teaches chain saw safety in schools? Or swimming?	Logical	Oct 2012	#7
Band saw safety and table saw safety were taught in my 7th grade woodshop class	slackmaster	Oct 2012	#9
Guns would be way down on the list. As you know gun accidents kill very few kids a year.	Logical	Oct 2012	#10
Guns?	fightthegoodfightnow	Oct 2012	#17
Unsecured guns constitute an environmental hazard, like unsecured rattlesnakes	slackmaster	Nov 2012	#36
How about we just keep children away from guns	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#38
Why are you opposed to teaching children a valuable survival skill?	slackmaster	Nov 2012	#39
Ignorance really does = strength for certain people- the "abstinence only" types...	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#41
You ask	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#43
I've never suggested that a person couldn't survive without a gun	slackmaster	Nov 2012	#44
Ok	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#47
how about a bow?	gejohnston	Nov 2012	#48
Nah	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#49
want to bet?	gejohnston	Nov 2012	#50
Bet What?	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#51
no,	gejohnston	Nov 2012	#52
I was taught safe use of several power saws, safety while swimming (in lakes, most often),	Eleanors38	Oct 2012	#14
I had to take shop also in the 70s. Things sure do change. Not even drivers ed at my kids school.	Logical	Oct 2012	#15
Worth noting that he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter charge.	DreamGypsy	Oct 2012	#4
The rifle did not go off	former-republican	Oct 2012	#5
I watched a show	RegieRocker	Oct 2012	#6
+1	darkangel218	Oct 2012	#8
25 Years For Killing Wife With One of 25 Guns	fightthegoodfightnow	Oct 2012	#11
He would probably not do any more time if he did.	friendly_iconoclast	Oct 2012	#18
Right	fightthegoodfightnow	Oct 2012	#19
There's that pesky "freedom of choice" thing again. One can own 0 guns or 500...	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#20
What part of a well regulated militia did you miss?	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#21
And what part of District of Columbia v. Heller did you miss?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#24
A friend of mine killed his wife, he didn't spend a whole night in jail.	ileus	Oct 2012	#12
Right or Wrong	fightthegoodfightnow	Oct 2012	#16
Would it make you feel any better if they was pushed outta windows?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#22
No	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#23
If you've got any evidence that gun ownership compels criminal behavior, please produce it.	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#25
Ah...yes....the semantics of the gun lobby	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#26
"Drivers...do no such thing." Really? DC has no laws against vehicular homicide?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#27
Guns are designed to kill. Cars are not.	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#28
And yet cars kill more people in the US than guns do, and there are fewer guns than cars.	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#29
Correction: Guns are designed to save lives.	ileus	Nov 2012	#33
LOL	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#35
"How's that working out?" Violent crime and murder rates are down, so why don't you tell us?	friendly_iconoclast	Nov 2012	#42
Covered and Answered	fightthegoodfightnow	Nov 2012	#45
I don't think it is any of those either	gejohnston	Nov 2012	#46
Ahemmmm.....	Remmah2	Nov 2012	#31
There was a study done in Italy recently.	Remmah2	Nov 2012	#30
I read about that one...there's needs to be a one strike law.	ileus	Nov 2012	#34
Seems about right.	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#32
Should six year olds	freedomboogie	Nov 2012	#53