Brian Pfleuger
Moderator Emeritus
The young lady has died from her injuries.
Several observations:wayneinFL said:...And I'm not trying to excuse the guy for a blatantly negligent act, but wondering why there is such a disparity in perception of this negligent act and the hundreds of negligent acts that caused deaths by other methods today? Is it because of the bias society has toward firearms?...
And for some reason, society accepts those deaths-by-negligence as a tradeoff for transportation, but when a (very rare) death occurs from a firearms accident, society calls to put the guy in prison. Why is it the two are so different in the eyes of society and fellow gun owners?
Simple negligence is different. A person who sets a firearm down, but slips or drops it, is not the same as a person who carelessly pulls a trigger while violating several basic safety rules.
It's an option....
But you can't fix stupid.
I feel that there are many smart people out there that do stupid things because they don't take the time to think about it, or question their own attitudes.
And I'm not trying to excuse the guy for a blatantly negligent act, but wondering why there is such a disparity in perception of this negligent act and the hundreds of negligent acts that caused deaths by other methods today? Is it because of the bias society has toward firearms? Are we doing it too?
Those were the people smart enough to cut wood to heat themselves but didn't think about the upcoming winter and therefore froze to death.
Do you think it's a matter of IQ or is it attitude?
It's not a matter of IQ.
It's a lack of foresight. Maybe some "it can't happen to me" attitude. Maybe naivety.
It's not because people are stupid.