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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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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago (35 children)

USE THE FUCKING SAFETY YOU IDIOTS

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (31 children)

Some guns, shockingly, don't have a safety.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I remember reading the manual for a new powertool and it said something like this:

To start the blade, disengage the safety (European models), then press the trigger.

Baffled me.

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