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Colorado teen shot in the face by town councilman after going to home to ask permission to take homecoming photos (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 10 months ago by M0oP0o@mander.xyz to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (43 children)

Great, another article with a misleading headline, and when you read the article the crucial bit is in the last line, where its mentioned its likely an accidental discharge.

Seems like other news sources are mentioning this more explicitly.

Still shouldnt be waving guns around, or have them at all IMO, but thats no excuse for the poor framing of the article by the author.

Edit: I get it, we call them negligent discharges now. Doesnt change my point. This is not a random fit of murderous rage, its a mishandled firearm.

Can't talk about how dangerous guns are though right.

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[–] klisurovi4@midwest.social -2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I am not justifying the guy's actions in any way, but the article says the teens hopped the fence and walked around the property looking for the homeowner. I can certainly understand why the woman would feel threatened. It's not an excuse for anybody to just start shooting, but this feels like an extremely dumb decision on the boys' part.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago (12 children)

You didnt finish the article. It says it was an accidental discharge.

[–] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think waving a gun around and blocking in a car is accidental.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The intention is to stop criminals from leaving a crime. Citizens arrests in america are a thing, and some glorify the idea.

In america, guns are tools like forks and knives. Keep em on your hip, forget they are there type of thing. Other countries would grab a bat or stick, americans grab guns. Its intimidation either way but when you mishandle a stick nothing happens.

Mishandling a firearm happens to every firearm owner at least once, and mishandling a firearm can result in unintended death and destruction.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the US (including Colorado), citizens arrests are only legal for felonies. Last I checked hopping a fence isn’t a felony so blocking them in and waving a gun is just a multitude of gun crimes and kidnapping charges even if he didn’t shoot one of them.

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[–] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like the argument you made is to limit the use of firearms to reduce the amount of accidents.

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