Amazing how less dead that lady would be if this guy wasnt handling a magic
gun pointing it at people on a scene that had no call to point at people in
an industry where you dont point firearms at people with a firearm you dont
point at anything youre not prepared to destroy... but sure, he didnt pull
the trigger. Totally trust a mope who beats people up over parking spots

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:05 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a few heirloom antique 22 cal rifles.  Nothing against guns but I
> don’t own a handgun.  I have historically had a very short fuse and quick
> to fight.  I have mellowed with age but I still don’t want to give myself
> that option.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2021, at 5:24 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> My dad was USMC sniper...he loved to hunt and taught my brothers and me
> how to shoot rifles and hand guns...my youngest brother had the best
> aim...he took us hunting...thus is back in mid 1960s to 1972...folks
> divorced ..
> None of us own guns....we prefer fishing and crossbows...
> Only one who ever carried a gun was my sister when she worked for a three
> letter guvment(in my best Steve Jones voice) agency and my son in combat
> and afterwards as Air Force MP...
> Neither own guns now...
> Stay safe
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 4:57 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> He is saying he did not pull the trigger.  My first instinct was “yeah
>> right”.  But I had to remind myself that I had a rifle go off all on its
>> own once when I was about 13.  It was pointed at the ground.  Stock was
>> under my right arm.  I was walking.  My hand was no where near the
>> trigger.
>>
>> I actually did not realize it went off.  I realized someone very nearby
>> fired a gun, but I did not feel it kick.  It was either a lever action
>> 30-30 or a 32 special, I used both on a regular basis.
>>
>> Everyone else in the hunting party all turned looked at me and asked me
>> what I was shooting at.  I initially denied I shot at anything but I felt
>> the barrel and it was warm.  There was also a crater in the dirt right in
>> front of my toe.
>>
>> Maybe a button on a sleeve or a rivet on my pants caught the trigger or
>> the hammer.  When hunting I would frequently pull the hammer back half
>> way.  I think that was considered having the safety on with those old
>> guns.  You could not pull the trigger and fire from that position.  If the
>> trigger was all the way forward, it would fire if the hammer got struck by
>> something.  To fire you had to pull the hammer all the way back.  Or if you
>> used the lever to put one in the chamber it would also fully cock the
>> gun.
>>
>> It has always been a mystery to me.  Just glad I didn’t kill anyone that
>> day.
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