Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Anyone Who Doesn’t Lock Up His Guns

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For some reason, gun control advocates and their media mouthpieces like to focus on the source of guns used in crime. The ATF's Gunwalker scandal is but the most evil manifestation of the misguided...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: The San Francisco Police Department

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"Given the high number of gun-toting officers on the force -- more than 2,000 -- and the number of their daily interactions with firearms, an accidental discharge is rare," sfgate.com reports. "Almost statistically...

Irresponsible Gun Owners of the Day: Unnamed AZ Gun Seller and Elmore Marine Corps...

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A familiar caveat: if you are in control of a gun, you "own" it. If someone hands you a gun it's "yours." You are responsible for its condition and disposition. No matter what anyone...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Officer Jeffrey Stenroos

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What if I created a negligent discharge in my own home? I'm days away from a yes/no on my CCW permit. The Providence police have grilled me like a burger on a Weber S-670,...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Gun Fu Guy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZg1tzO882I Anyone who knows anything about guns knows that Gun Fu Guy's done a bad, bad thing. Namely, he's "lasered" himself---pointed the muzzle of one of his guns at his own body---seven times. And the cameraman...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Brett Reese

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Speaking as one scrupulously-law-abiding citizen who doesn't do anything, ever, that would endanger the status of his concealed handgun license, I'm scratching my head over Greeley, Colorado school board member/DJ Brett Reese and his...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: RI State Rep. Peter Petrarca

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It's been over 100 days since I applied for a concealed carry permit in Providence. Discretion being the better part of valor, I pass this story on without comment. No punches pulled. It speaks...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Daniel Johnson [Not Shown]

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It's no great leap of imagination to suggest that a man who shoots his own cousin by mistake is an irresponsible gun owner. Or is it? Depending on your perspective, you can file this...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Officer David Blake

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This series has never shied away from the ugly truth that good people do stupid things with guns. These irresponsible gun owners represent a small percentage of all gun owners, and they come from...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Bank Customer

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"A bank customer tried to take matters into his own hands as he fired close to half a dozen shots at an armed robber who was fleeing from a Sheridan Drive bank he had...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Daveman57by28mm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw1Mg02gm7Q Earlier today, I took an Alabama-based columnist named Josh Moon to task for suggesting that the state should force aspiring gun owners to take a week's gun safety/education class before purchasing a firearm. I...

Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unidentified LA Rifleman

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"A man sighting his rifle on his Christmas tree farm in DeSoto Parish is getting the blame for the accidental shootings of a train engineer and conductor," klfy.com reports. Only because he did. I...