A bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard

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    7 days ago

    This has to be the most american headline I’ve read this year

    • captainlezbian
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      6 days ago

      It happens round here from time to time. Why? Nobody knows. Well we all know, but the government isn’t legally allowed to say why or do anything to prevent it.

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    The canine revolution has started. They’ve been playing us for fools, making us think it’s the feline population we had to fear, all the while planning this.

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    …c’mon Johnson! Get the fuck up!

    …dog in bed: nah, bang bang! Lemmy sleep!

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    Good. One idiot down, many to go.

    • nyctre
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      7 days ago

      Grazed thigh. So most likely learned nothing and will discipline the dog instead.

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    And that is precisely the reason that I don’t let my dog have a gun.

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    Keep the safety on or use a trigger lock,

    Maybe put that firearm in a safe. Or better yet, get rid of it. Of all the things that say, “I am not a responsible gun owner”, getting shot by your dog has got to be pretty high up on the list.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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      Just simply, why was it ready to fire? I suppose I’m of a Glock kind of mindset, unless you’re seconds from killing something the chamber should be empty.

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    I’m not saying put bulls are the most dangerous breed, but when was the last time you heard of a retriever or a lab shooting someone?

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      I was gonna make the same joke, but then I finished reading the article:

      And in 2019, former Louisiana State University football player Matt Branch publicly discussed how his black labrador retriever stepped on a hunting shotgun that had been placed in the back of a utility terrain vehicle on a hunting trip in Mississippi.

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      Oh, great. Another idiot going on about pit bulls. It’s not the breed, it’s the owner. Any dog can shoot you if you don’t take it to the range and teach it basic gun safety.

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      I don’t want to defend pitbulls, but a chihuahua with a small kalachnikov would be deadly as well.

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        I can confirm. As a person who had a chihuahua for 11 beautiful years, he yearned for the most violent death of any and all that displeased him, which was anything bigger than him.

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        Hey, pit bulls are big huggabugs when they’re not raised by assholes. A pit bull with proper weapons training would never have had poor trigger discipline.

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    The only way to stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun!

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    Poor dog got scared.

    Oh the owner? Fuck him. Got what he deserved. Don’t practice proper gun safety? You got what what was coming to you

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    An average day in the USA.

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    The only thing that’ll stop a bad boy with a gun, is a good boy with a gun.