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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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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Literally the ONLY way to have Prevented this was if he Shot his GUN first before his Gun could shoot HIM! LITERALLY nothing else could have Prevented this! Nothing like background checks or safe storage laws or other things to ensure only safe gun owners have Guns!

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A “good guy with a gun” should have shot him first, so we wouldn’t have this problem

[–] lightstream@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Guy should've just called in an airstrike on his trash

[–] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How would background checks or safe storage laws prevented this?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 3 months ago

Presumably because they wouldn't have given the loon a gun in the first place.