Yeah. When you're acting, you have to do what the "act" calls for. There
were failures here, but we can not really know from here what actually
happened. Hopefully, people in the investigation will be able to make a
reasonable determination.
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On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:05 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
> The scene called for pointing the gun at the camera, and he did what the
> scene called for
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> 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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