Oscar Pistorius accidentally shoots and kills GF (Page 6)

Not unless you're married to Mary Winkler...

This was the best one and completely flew under the radar!!

As far as the weapon that discharged in the auto accident after being damaged by the force of the accident that he didn't cause.  Sorry......no.

For the sake of clarity, you don't really need rule #1 (treat every gun as if it was loaded) I've never been able to figure out why they have it in there.  It doesn't actually tell you what that means.  "ok, so the guns loaded, now what?"  It insinuates reference the the next 3.  Kind of like the rules for your boss: 1) The boss is always right 2) if the boss is wrong, refer to rule #1.

::golf clap::  

indeed.

No, there is better battle cries for supporting gun rights like "....from my cold dead hands" or the words written between amendment 1 and 3. Preaching about four rules just make use gun owners sound like hall monitors. 

I don't know if you are a gun owner, but when you make a decision to take ownership of a firearm or use a firearm you are obligating yourself to the highest level of responsibility you fellow man. You are assuring your fellow man that you understand that there is zero tolerance for f-ing up. Because the most minimal f-up can get some you care about a lot or even not so much killed, period. 

Responsible gun owners, and there are examples of them in this thread, have no tolerance for anything less than 100% attention to safe handling of firearms. That is why anything less is not an accident, it is in fact negligence. It has nothing to do with gun rights (well other than avoiding bad pr) and everything to do with understanding personal responsibility.

This country is filled with a lot of a-holes and stupid people. That still doesn't mean we should take away their right of citizenship without due process.

I agree with just about everything you wrote.  However, anything less is not, in fact or per se, negligence.  It's just not.  You are establishing a construct that makes an accident impossible if certain rules are followed.  That is not the definition of an accident.  As I mentioned, an accident can certainly be negligent.  You seem to assume these terms are mutually exclusive.

In regards to gun ownership, I do. If someone gets unintentionally injured or killed with my guns for what ever reason and in any manor I am negligent. The day I don't understand that it the day I should no longer be a gun owner.

In other things in life I am actually a pretty fun laid back guy who is quick to give the benefit of the doubt.

That's fine for you and a good approach for any gun owner.  However, that has nothing to do with the definition of accident.

Call Johnny Cochran...or maybe Jose Baez...

Does this mean he can qualify for the biathlon?

Too soon?

The comment from her that started it all...

"If you were that fast in London you woulda had gold."

Wow... I can't even compete.

Well that's a shame. I'm a big fan of dry, and you can never have enough sarcasm... but it's all completely lost on the internet.

I'm not a big fan of internet bravado, and I can't stand endless "what ifs" by pro gun folks where a gun is the ultimate trump card and assures you of only positive outcomes in every possible bad situation. I personally could not comprehend taking somones life. Not saying I couldn't under certain circumstances... but I imagine it would be quite traumatic to me.

At the end of the day, I don't want someone dead... I just don't want them in my house. If they are in my house, I just want them gone. If a DVD player goes with them, I'm OK with that. If me and my family are unharmed, that's all that matters. And if it is the police showing up that gets the job done, I'm good with that too. I just want options.

Johnny Cochran is dead.