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Man taking trash to dumpster with gun slips, shoots and kills self accidentally, police say (www.ksat.com)

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A man taking his trash to an apartment dumpster was shot and killed after he slipped while walking and the gun he was carrying went off accidentally, according to San Antonio police.

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[–] miseducator@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, no shit. And having a safety makes it near impossible to pull the trigger. I don't think anyone here doesn't understand the concept of a safety mechanism.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 9 points 3 months ago

There's also a safety on some guns, which I personally hate, that allows you to pull the trigger, but the safety disconnects the mechanism from the pin, or blocks the pin from going forward.

Personally I'd rather they just not allow a trigger pull at all. It's especially freaky when you get one that still moves the hammer.

[–] Liz@midwest.social -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's loads of people who have no idea how guns work. It's somewhat specialized knowledge.

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This too. You'd be bafflef how many people think the shell casing is part of the bullet that's fired. Like little rockets lol.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

It's literally that xkcd geologist cartoon, where they think the average person knows the chemical formula for feltzbar and quartz. Everyone vastly overestimates the average person's knowledge level for areas they themselves already understand.