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Blaukraut

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18. Good thing the husband got shot and not some innocent bystander

Reply to Robb (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 04:05 PM

Feb 2013

It could just as easily have been a child.

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Wife drops gun in McDonald's, husband shot [View all] Robb Feb 2013 OP

What could POSSIBLY go wrong??? elleng Feb 2013 #1

What!!?! No return fire? RC Feb 2013 #2

Super-sized idiots. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #3

W/ tiny POS guns... Historic NY Feb 2013 #34

Darn don't you just hate it when that happens? gordianot Feb 2013 #4

More armed dumb-asses in action. nt jmg257 Feb 2013 #5

Why in HELL do people carry these things without a holster? PDJane Feb 2013 #6

And I'll bet that up until the moment that the bullet left the barrel of the gun, Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #7

Carrying a pistol requires care PD Turk Feb 2013 #8

This NEVER would have happened if everyone in that McDonalds had been armed. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #9

THEIR dropped guns could have returned fire on the 1st or 2nd bounce pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12

Take ME to McDonald's on MY BIRTHDAY?! We'll see about that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!! benld74 Feb 2013 #10

That Derringer was trained and paid to do that by Obama. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2013 #11

That'll teach him to try to snatch her fries! nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #13

But but but according to the NRA everyone should carry a gun and we all will be safe. libtodeath Feb 2013 #14

Down here in Florida we have a saying for this.... NCTraveler Feb 2013 #15

Ha! Good one. nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #27

Hahaha Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #42

If only a good-guy with a gun had been there to stop her.... Dr Fate Feb 2013 #16

Given that it was McDonald's, it could easily have been a child. Will it never end. OregonBlue Feb 2013 #17

Good thing the husband got shot and not some innocent bystander Blaukraut Feb 2013 #18

Yeah, guns keep you safe alright Taverner Feb 2013 #19

If ya play with fire... libodem Feb 2013 #20

No holster, safety off, BIG FAIL! oneshooter Feb 2013 #21

Thank goddess it didn't hit a child on the big playset. Ilsa Feb 2013 #22

Darwin's Nightmare marmar Feb 2013 #23

this is what pisses me off with all the guns in public. what about our right not getting shot cause seabeyond Feb 2013 #24

If he was carrying a gun, toddwv Feb 2013 #25

"That's what you get for not taking me to Red Lobster, ya cheap bastid!" Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #26

No comment necessary (facepalm). rdharma Feb 2013 #28

maybe if he had a gun he could have shot her samsingh Feb 2013 #29

Freakin' dumbass. one_voice Feb 2013 #30

Thaaaaaat's a shame alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #31

Well at least she was charged. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #32

Let's think about all the money, people, and resources it takes to respond to this dumb behavior NBachers Feb 2013 #33

FWIW think Feb 2013 #35

Accidentally?! nt cbrer Feb 2013 #36

WTF. Are these guns that dangerous? Is there no way to lock them proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #37

Ya see? THIS is why the NRA wants EVERYONE to have a gun. DFW Feb 2013 #38

omg! i'd recommend your post if i could orleans Feb 2013 #39

Full disclosure: it was nearly 10 AM here (CET) when I wrote it DFW Feb 2013 #40

Impossible! Obviously a conspiracy made up by anti-gun commies Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #41