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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago

Dog shoots owner in the back after jumping on shotgun left on bed: Police

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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours ago
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A 53-year-old man in Pennsylvania has been hospitalized after his canine accidentally fired a shotgun at him, police said.
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  • JustTheWind@lemmy.world
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    Owner shot from behind by their own shotgun due to negligent firearm storage. Dog didn’t shoot shit.

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    Looking at the news I would guess American houses are buit mostly out of loaded firerarms coddled together by zipties. And oversized fridges.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      Hey! I will have you know, mine also involves copious amounts of knives, duct tape, and drywall joint compound.

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      Can confirm. My anti intruder body pillow is a little uncomfortable sometimes.

  • sureshot@discuss.online
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    Blaming the dog???

  • acme401@lemmy.world
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    Good boy

  • DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Pretty dumb to keep a round chambered.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Unless you are paranoid.

      • AA5B@lemmy.world
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        Only if your paranoia includes your dog being out to get you

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          Every gun owner I met is scared of everything.

          • skisnow@lemmy.ca
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            I accidentally got dragged into a conversation at work with a gun owner who seemed to have it mapped out exactly how they thought a home invasion would play out. In their scenario they’d have the drop on the robbers, who’d never be expecting someone to keep a loaded gun by their bed while sleeping…

            There was so much detail in there that it made me wonder if they actually wanted someone to come into their house so they could have an excuse to kill someone.

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    This will be the most American thing I’ve read all 2025.

  • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml
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    NEXT CONAN HINT!

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    The revolt begins!

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    I mean, I like things that go boom as much as the next human. But how hard is it to; 1, not fucking literally sleep with the thing. And 2; leave it unloaded if you are‽

  • QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    Why was a loaded gun on the bed? That seems like terrible firearm safety.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world
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      Fun fact! 90% of gun owners treat firearms like this!

    • Qwel@sopuli.xyz
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      WHO DOWNVOTED THIS JESUS CHRIST

  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Poorest excuse for a friend accidentally shooting you. “My dog ate my homework.”

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    I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.

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      This was a scene in Plague Dogs that I thought was super unrealistic, a dog steps on a gun, which discharges into a man, and people blame the dog as if he shot the man on purpose. I thought it couldn’t happen in real life.

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      Not in US. In US gun owners are never responsible for what happens with their guns. It can be the kid’s fault, the dog’s fault or even fault of the gun itself but it’s never the gun owner’s fault.

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        You’re right, I forgot about the Dick Cheney rule.

        • InputZero@lemmy.world
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          Remember kids, when you’re a powerful politician and you shoot your friend in the face, remember to drag your friend and his family around on a PR campaign so they can apologize to you for the time you shot them.

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        You wouldn’t just do that! Go on the internet and lie!

      • crandlecan@mander.xyz
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        I bet it’s Obama’s fault!! 😤

        • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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          And those goddam immigrants!

          • crandlecan@mander.xyz
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            Dem taek’n urrr jobbs!!

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    So this must be what the pigs are scared of when they’re shooting people’s dogs.

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    I’m not American but even I know you need to keep your dogs secured in a dog safe when you’re not using them. It’s just basic dog safety

    • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.ca
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      Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns kill people.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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        I guess it wasn’t a good dog with a gun.

      • regedit@lemmy.zip
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        Username knows.

      • not_me@piefed.social
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        Guns don’t kill people . Bullets kill people

        • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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          Bullets don’t kill people, homeostatic imbalance kills people.

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            Bullets kill people ,politicians kill people

        • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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          Depends if you pistol-whip someone to death

          • not_me@piefed.social
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            Didn’t work

        • dracs@programming.dev
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          Guns don’t kill people. Physics kills people.

          • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world
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            Triggers don’t kill people. They start cutscenes.

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    He forgot to buy a second gun to stop his dog from using his first gun against him.

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      The only thing that stops a good dog with a gun is a bad dog with a gun.

      Or maybe a cat with a knife, I guess? I dunno.😸

      • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        Cats already have little knives, though. Around 18 of them…

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          I found a shiv made of a sharpened toothbrush in his litterbox. I think this is why he tries to follow me to the shower.

          • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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            No, they’re just curious. They don’t understand why you go into the rain partition, but hope you are okay in there!

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          You’re saying as if a cat with 19 knives wouldn’t be even scarier.

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        It is the cat. The problem is then you need a mouse with a rusty needle to deal with the cat.

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          And then a parasite with a Tylenol to deal with the mouse, and so it ever was.

    • slothrop@lemmy.caOP
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      Where were all the good dog gun owners to defend the victim?

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      But then you’d have to buy a third gun to protect you from the second one

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