Gross Negligence

Stories like these make me sick!

Police affidavit: Gun fired accidentally

Oh what happened?

According to the affidavit, Halloran told police that just before the shooting, “Andrew Holland texted her to say he was coming over to hang out with her and Ryan (Ouimet). Andrew Holland showed up and they smoked marijuana and listened to music for a half hour or so. Ryan (Ouimet) then removed the gun from a drawer and held it.”

Halloran, who rents the apartment at 117 High St., told police that Ouimet was putting the cartridge into the gun and popping it out repeatedly, and Holland was doing the same, according to the affidavit.

Halloran told police that Ouimet was tossing the gun between his hands when it fired, according to the affidavit.

Ouimet told police that he was holding the gun and dancing to music just before the shooting. He went to change the song, turned, and the gun went off and hit Holland in the chest, according to the affidavit.

“Accidentally” If you’re doing this bullshit you’re going to be very LUCKY to not shoot something you don’t want.

-If you are going to get intoxicated, don’t carry or handle a gun. Use your judgement, but if the intoxicant you choose happens to be an illegal drug, DON’T! I don’t agree with the war on drugs, and I strongly believe on the second Amendment, but mixing illegal drugs and guns is a REALLY bad idea.

-As Tam Says “Stop Touching That!” every gun owner will need to handle loaded guns at some time, unless you are at a gun range or an area with a proper backstop and safety, its best to keep this handling to the barest of minimums. Don’t fiddle with a loaded gun, don’t handle a loaded gun, and keep the amount of times you arm and disarm throughout your day to the barest of minimums. If you DO have to traverse a “Gun-Free Zone” or otherwise choose to disarm, pick a holster that can easily be removed from your body without handling the gun and handle only the holster not the gun inside.

-Do NOT chamber and re-chamber ammunition just for fun. Every time you do that you run a risk of bullet setback. I’m pretty anal about this. I don’t unload my gun unless I need to, and I store it with a round in the chamber in my gun safe. Tho if I empty the gun, I will not chamber a new round until just before the gun is placed in a holster. I also won’t rechamber the same round more than 3x (and generally that 3rd time is at the firing range to “Burn off” old ammo). Also cambering and ejecting a round are two times when a round might go off from odd handling or a mechanical issue. Minimize this time!

-When you are handling firearms that’s what you’re doing right then. As in that’s the ONLY thing you are doing. If there is music or TV on, you are not listening to, or watching it. If there are people around you your only awareness of them should be what direction is “Safe” and not to muzzle them. Handle your gun safely and get it into a holster or into storage, or cleared ASAP. Don’t be dancing to music or fiddling with the stereo with a live gun in your hand!

-Follow the 4 Rules at all times, gun loaded or unloaded. Also note Uncle’s 5th Rule: Never catch a dropped gun! This includes the tomfoolery of tossing a gun from hand-to-hand!

Doing any of these dumb things can cause bad things to happen, doing them all together is a recipe for disaster.

He faces as much as 30 years in prison on the manslaughter charge

GOOD! I hope he gets every day of that, this is NOT somebody who I trust with a gun, or a car, or even a sharp stick! Why this jerk will likely lose his right to keep and bear arms, but retain his right to drive or buy power tools et al, is one of those stupid ideas in American Culture, that somehow a gun is different from any other dangerous tool!