Alberta man shot in stomach by unsecured truck rifle [not shown] cbc.ca proclaims. Wow. No wonder careful gun owners strap their firearms down or lock ‘em up. Of course our neighbors to the north are hardly alone in this ballistic anthropomorphism. The U.S. media uses the phrase “a gun discharged” more than Tal Brodi says “no I don’t have a Facebook page.” In this case, the “RCMP in Three Hills says the 32-year-old was driving with the gun leaning against the passenger seat and pointing up. But as the man turned onto a different highway, the gun fired when it slid off the seat and struck something in the truck. The man from Wetaskiwin, Alta., required surgery and is in stable condition in hospital. Police say the man will be charged with careless use of a firearm.” Technically, the unnamed Wetaskiwinian didn’t “use” the gun. But point taken. Let’s hope our Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day has a full recovery even as he realizes that his gun rights—such as they are in The True North—won’t.
In Canada, starting the engine while the gun had a mag attached (or rounds in a fixed mag or tube), let alone a round in the chamber, is already a crime.
About as bad as a Range Safety Officer shooting his foot off with a riffle a few years ago.
Or the famous DEA agent that shot himself while telling a classroom of kids he was the only one qualified to use a gun.
It is the Evil Firearms Aliens trying to take us out so they can take over the world!!!
I think I’ve finally decided that what I want to be in life is a photographer of Israeli models.
More specificaly the bikini and M-16 clad ladies of the Israeli Defense Forces.
I could die happy on an Israeli military base. Even if I died alone. Well until Hillary Clinton walked in, since she is the poster boy of the seize fire on all the US MSM
Must be one of those evil Remington 700s.
Maybe the rifle was ticked off that it didn’t get a say in the driver’s route planning.
Didn’t the gun have a safety? Why didn’t he use it?
This bozo really ruins it for all other firearm owners in Canada. The mandatory safety course usually helps but sometimes you just can’t fix stupid.