brooklyn1 wrote:

>> Always.
>>
>> I'd NEVER shoot at a shadow.
>>
> That's what ALL gun toters say... but talk ain't the same as doing.
> Licenced gun toters are those who have shooting accidents... criminals have
> no accidents, they shoot you on purpose.
>
> Anyway, the argument is moot... since ALL shooting incidents were
> preventable there is no such thing as a gun accident (gun accident, an
> oxymoron if there ever was one)... ALL shooting is on purpose.


FWIW I have been the victim of a gun "accident", a careless hunter
shooting across a road. I was driving a truck and some dork of a mighty
hunter was shooting blackbirds in an orchard with a 12 gauge. It
spattered the door of the truck hard enough that the number 5 shot was
stuck in the door and some of it came in through the open window and hit
me. It smarts. It hit me on my arms, face and back. Most of it just
bounced off but I had 4 or 5 little holes in my back. It did not
penetrate, but it did puncture the skin and left huge bruises. I was
lucky.


Years later when I was working in enforcement and we had to start
wearing bullet proof vests I was very much opposed to the idea. I
figured that the chances of getting shot on the job were minimal, and
that having to wear those bulky vests and the chances of suffering from
the heat were far greater than the risk of getting shot. Some of the
newer guys thought they were a great idea. I made the mistake of asking
"Who do you know that has been shot on the job? ...... other than me."