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Obviously
if only firearms were equipped with some sort of mechanism to prevent it from firing. Or even a method to remove live ammunition from it... >


Or even a method to remove live ammunition from it

Like having a dog step on the trigger? >

I'm going to hell for laughing at this >

It's okay. Laugh >

Hell is for people who don't use a safety >

If it's possible for the dog to have accidently pulled the trigger. It's also possible the dog could have pulled the safety and fired as well. Lower chance sure.
But the best method would just be, the gun should be in a spot the gun can't be reached by the dog >

dog is agent 47 confirmed. >

Poor dog, planted by 47. >

The Reverse Yeller
You know what they say about country songs ...a man, his truck and his dog. >

Quoted at the scene, the dog said, “he had it comin.” >

Now roll that beautiful bean footage. >

Poor dog wanted to ride shotgun. >

Like all doggos, just looking to have a blast. >

Yeesh, I need gun puns like a need a hole in my head... >

Did anyone look into the fact that this dog took out a $3,000,000 life insurance policy on its owner??? >

Source?? I searched for a while, and could not find a thing saying anything about 3 mil life insurance... 
Edit: didn't get the joke at first >

Are you telling me the dog didn’t take out a life insurance policy? Are you calling me a liar, sir or madam? >

I am asking for a source of 3 million dollar life insurance policy for Joseph Austin Smith from Kansas... if I misinterpreted what you meant, as in you meant the dog contracted a life insurance policy for the owner (as in a joke) my bad. >

Yes, I said the dog took out the policy on it’s owner. >

When the dog takes you behind the barn >

Ok this is gold 😂 >

then go ahead, give it the gold award🙂 >

Guns don’t kill people. Dogs with guns kill people. >

That's why people need more guns, to defend themselves against armed dogs. >

I was just saying this same thing. The only thing that stops a bad Rottweiler with a gun is a good Daschund with a bigger gun. >

“Kansas hunter kills himself with stupidity, also traumatizes innocent dog.“ >

This is going to make one hell of a country song >

Hopefully the pickup truck is ok. >

I hope not >

Y’all joke but this made me sad. Poor boy didn’t know what he did wrong and now he just lost his person. Sure that person could’ve done the bare minimum to ensure proper gun safety but still. >

Be glad the gun was pointed at him and not toward the window. >

Why wasn't it in a gun rack? That's what they're for. >

Why was it loaded, why was there no safety?  Many ways to avoid this. But natural selection I guess >

Always keep your guns loaded and the safety off. You never know when some ne'er-do-well is going to jump on your truck. >

That almost never happens ? And that's an easy recipe for shooting innocent people who just happened to need help. >

Stalin and Hitler killed millions after being "innocent". Every person you kill is a potential million saved. Honestly you're heartless to even suggest not killing innocent people. >

You're right, we should start a purge. Kill all the innocent starting with children. >

Yeah, children are the future. That's why they must be stopped now! >

Wow, it’s just like what happened to Vermont congresswoman Celeste Cunningham. Well, except that she survived.
Anybody remember that Lifetime movie they made about it, starring Candace Van der Shark?
“A Dog Took My Face and Gave Me a Better Face to Change the World: The Celeste Cunningham Story” >

Lifetime! >

Hahaha. I’m actually watching that episode now. >

Too bad he didn't survive. He could have gotten a new, better, face, and gotten into politics >

Darwin scores another one! >

I feel bad for the dog. >

Yeah same here. Loud noise and suddenly no fren 🥺 >

Hope the dog is OK >

This is an actual 30 Rock joke: The Lifetime original movie A Dog Took My Face and Gave Me A Better Face To Change the World.
"Hey honey, have you seen my rifle?"
"Hm.... The last I saw it, the dog had it." >

I'm almost certain that if 30 Rock came out in the streaming era, it would be one of those sitcomes that were endlessly quoted.
The writing was so sharp and so many of the jokes hold up >

Darwin! Table for one! >

So we're blaming dogs now?
More accurate title:  "Negligent gun owner dies after leaving loaded and cocked rifle where dog could step on it."
But we can't run that title because right-wingers will snowflake. >

Rejection of reality is normal as it has a left-wing bias. >

Yesh right, buddy. Keep thinking that. It's cute. >

We need more good cats with guns, that's the only way we can keep those smelly dogs and dogpersons in check!  
Last I checked toddlers can own guns, maybe that applies to kittens too? >

Dear God!!! Have you ever met a cat!? the moment they are armed with more than the hyper sharp tooth picks God endowed them with, all of humanity will be enslaved!  They already basically own us, give them guns and they will exploit us to their own ends!!! It would be the Apawcalypse!!!! >


Apawcalypse  

Eww, lots of animals have paws, use CATastrophe, it's a name more fitting of the catvolution. >

Let combine it to a CATastrophic APAWcalypse. >

Shit they'll send all their prisoners to Moewschwitz >

Ohhh that's dark... and I love it. >

Where was the Good Dog with a gun to stop this Bad Boy?!?! >

Who’s a good boy? >

That’s the catch, every dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun >

Back in the days when common sense still existed, the village idiot was not allowed to have a gun. >

The saying “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” is officially ruined >

Well I mean it was his fault. Not the firearms. >

Still. If his dog stepped on a rubber chicken. Guy would be laughing. Instead of.... You know... dead... But it's not the gun >

Because the human loaded the gun and placed it in the back. It's no different than getting shot because you decided to lean a chambered weapon against a tree, and it falls. Blame an inanimate object some more, though. I'm sure that'll solve something someday. >

So. 
Sorry your saying fuck trees? 
Sorry pall but I can't get behind that. 
But you.... I could get behind that 👄 >

Nope, blame the irresponsible individual. >

Oh oh I misunderstood >

Come to find out, the deer's local chapter PAID to have this 'hit dog' do away with this man who was known to many deers county wide as the "scourge of fawns and horns and smells funny".
May he rest in peace in the name of dog. >

“Idiot gets himself killed by failing to practice the most basic rules gun safety” would be a better headline >

Why was the gun loaded and ready to fire? Seems like a dangerous way to transport a gun. >

Fucked around, found out.  I guess common sense might not be as common as we want to think. >

Fool.. did not clear his weapon, and left the safety off… >

Damn, sounds like a pretty good hunting dog to me. Not only can he fire a shotgun, he's rocking a 100% critical hit chance. >

Guns don’t kill people, dogs with guns kill people. >

Ahh another responsible gun owner taken by unjust, unpredictable, inevitable tragedy. /s >

Where is the responsible part? The responsible gun owners are the 200+ million Americans who didn't show up in a news article like this. It is news worthy specifically because this in an uncommon occurrence. >

That /s means sarcasm. 
Look America is the only country to have daily mass shooting. To have regular school shootings and the highest level of gun violence in the developed world. 
Is there maybe a tiny chance you guys are wrong about this? 
Your inability to remedy the situation after each and every mass shooting is pitiful. >

How biased can you be? 
Your own listed source says the data has been prepares by a pro gun group and the way data is presented is distorted. 
The "worst country" Norway. Has had ONE mass shooting in the analyzed period. The Breivik massacre. Due to the sheer amount of people killed and Norway's small population it skews the data. If anyone ever shot 4 people in the Vatican man would that look good on the statistics. And your source details that. The US has had two mass shootings on the same day in California. 
I suggest you re reading your own sources. 
By your definition of 4+ deaths there have been 57 mass shootings in the us in 2022 alone. It's on bloody Wikipedia. 
Look let me reiterate. The US is the only place where mass shootings occur regularly. Everywhere else they occur much less frequently. 
There are two types of countries in the West. Ones where children don't undergo active shooter drills and the US. 
Frankly your denial of there even being a problem is both startling and frightening. >

Guess Rover was pissed at him. >

It seems the hunter became the hunted >

morale: don't load if you don't shoot >

Darwin Awards-worthy. >

This is the second story I've heard of a dog shooting his owner! XD 
Also, heard an unfortunate story of the "hunter" who took his retriever duck hunting with dynamite. Guy threw the tnt to scare up the ducks, but dog retrieved and was bringing it back to the "hunter". Hunter yelled at dog to go lay down so it did: right under his lifted truck. Poor dog- wasn't his fault his owner was a fucking moron.
(Memory hazy. May have been fisherman). >

I feel bad for the dog, he won't understand why his human is gone :( >

That’s why it’s called a “safety”. >

It happened in Plague Dogs.
That scene was more traumatizing than the one where they ate a guy. >

Came here to mention Plague Dogs. That whole film is traumatizing. >

this is why you shouldn't transport firearms loaded >

I don't own a gun but having a gun loaded ANYWHERE when I'm not gonna immediately use it seems like a really stupid idea. >

Ugh... Why are you riding with a chambered round? >

Poor dog. >

Ah yes but these dumbasses should be trusted with assault rifles >

What a BITCH >

Guns don't kill people, Dogs do! >

Guns don't kill people
Dogs kill people
But dogs are protected by the second amendment
And we won't get rid of dogs
So we need more armed good dogs, to fight the armed bad dogs >

Poor dog. Hope it's doing okay. >

Oh man I shot Marvin in the face >

Maybe don’t load your weapon until you’re in the field?  And for christ sake leave the damn safety on. >

Who the hell carries a loaded gun in the back seat of a truck? This is worthy of a Darwin Award in the Canine Assisted category. >

Who's a good boy. >

Proper gun safety education should be mandatory for all gun owners, covering topics such as safe handling, storage, and maintenance of firearms. This will not only help prevent accidental shootings but also make it more difficult for children and unauthorized individuals to access the guns.
EDIT: The text of this comment was created by ChatGPT >

We have that in Canada. As a result, we are one of the most armed society outside of America yet our deaths from firearms are exponentially lower than the states, and 70-90% of that are from gang shootings in the first place.
For starters, we made loaded firearms illegal in vehicles. >

Right? I don't understand how this is still the case down there. It's like letting someone who's never sat in a car before walk into a dealership and drive one off the lot >

It would instantly be declared unconstitutional. They will not only die, but actively kill each other on the hill that is the 2nd ammendment. >

Instead of banning guns and magazines, why don't they divert their efforts and budgets to a firearms ownership and hunter education program?
Oh wait, because that would actually alleviate the problem, just like Canada and parts of Europe! >

Yes and no - the issue is that those types of programs already exist in the States, but they can't make it mandatory because of the 2a is what i was getting at. ANYTHING that restricts someone from owning any firearm without doing x y z will not hold up there because.... i honestly dont get the because, none of their supposed reasons make sense to me. >

That's because the modern interpretation of the 2a was basically invented in the 80s, the actual intent was for government militia recruits to be able to own their service weapon and it came attached to a requirement for at least a month of military training per year. >

Oh i know its a recent creation of the NRA - its the logic of anyone who supports, but doesn't directly profit that baffles the shit out of me. >

Good boy? >

In Alabama, Dog takes you out. >

America!  What a country!  I wonder if Yakov Smirnov would still be tooting America's horn if he had came out in the 2020's instead of the 1980's. >

I know in my state, you are required to have rifle unloaded, safety on, and place away from ammunition in your trunk. The only time you can have a loaded fire arm in your car is if you have a permit.
Even if his state doesn't have that law, it pretty common sense gun safety. >

Pretty sure your not supposed to drive with a round in the chamber. 
That poor dog >

Always clear your weapons when you’re done with them, folks. >

If I'm going to die, I want it to be my cats that kill me. >

They will also consume your corpse if they can't get the Fancy Feast open. >

They really hate Modest Meal, so they might not touch me. >

Man's Best Friend 😏 >

Meh - the dog will get out on parole in 7 dog years, because, who's a good boy? >

… so the idiot had a loaded rifle, off safe, just loosely bouncing around a run down pos truck( likely)?
That dog just help the rest of us out. >

Poor dog 😢 >

The dog knew what he was doing >

Annnnnnnddd this is why one of the very first things my dad taught me when he took me hunting is that you never, never, ever out a loaded gun in your vehicle. Chamber empty, magazine empty, and the action open with the safety on.
Just freakin common sense. >

Bow wow wow yippee yo yippee ki yay, motherfucker. >

Why was the gun loaded? Was the hunter intellectually disabled or did someone plant a bullet in the gun? Perhaps a jealous neighboring dog? >

The only thing that can stop a bad doggy with a gun is a good doggy with a gun >

That poor dog is going to be traumatized. >

Holy fuck. Unload your firearm when you are done hunting that part or regrouping. Especially before you get back in the truck. >

Natural selection playing out >

That's ruff. >

Oh, wow, if only the hunter could carry a gun all the time, he could have shoot the dog before the dog shoot him! >

Think I saw this in a an episode of the pink panther. >

Sheriff: Kansas hunter ~~dies~~ fatally shot after dog steps on rifle in backseat of pickup truck. 
Fixed it. >

Hunting Dog Gets Revenge >

My finger is the safety. Unfortunately my dogs paws are not the safety. >

Feel bad for the dog man >

In the final analysis, the only protection from a bad dog with a gun is a good 🐶 with a gun. >

Where was the good dog with a gun? >

You might be a tier 1 special forces operator that keep a loaded gun in the backseat, and your 👈 might be the only safety your badass self needs... but please educate your dogs, cats, bald eagles, and babies on the basic of gun safety as well. It's high time these no good freeloading liberals learn what it means to be an American. 🇺🇸🇺🇲 >

Better his negligence with firearms killed himself than someone else. >

Dumbass dog. No one here really seems to care about the guy though. Reddit only cares about their heckin' doggo fur babies. >

All these “Darwin award” comments rub me the wrong way. Was it stupid to have it loaded with the safety off? Yes. Is this still very unlikely? Also yes. Doesn’t matter how it happened, an innocent man is dead because of a silly mistake, it doesn’t feel right to just be making unfunny “jokes” about it. He wasn’t doing anything malicious >

"Noooo! Dog must be antifa!"
- Detective MAGA >

Hey, you dipshits know you don't have to travel with a loaded gun in the back with your dog, right? Literally reverse any of those and the guy is alive. Loaded gun in the front, dog in the back: alive. Unload the gun, put it in the back with the dog: alive. Loaded gun in the back, dog in the front: alive. 
Instead, loaded gun in the back with the dog: darwined. >

Plague Dogs >

The only thing that can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun? Such a good dog with a gun. >

I feel bad for the dog. I hope it doesn't get put down for this. >

Wow, some of the comments are pretty nasty. >

...and nothing of value to the world was lost. >

Wtf is wrong with you? >

Dude don’t play dumb… >

Pretty sure standard practice is "Safety, chamber, magazine, safety" 
As in, check to see that the safety is on, empty the chamber and lock the bolt back, remove the magazine, check to ensure the safety is still on. >

I remember reading a story here last year, November I think, about a Turkish man that was shot and killed by his own dog in the exact same way.  
Apparently this is a relatively common occurrence. I did a quick Google search for it "man shot by dog in Europe" and got results of the incident in Turkey, one in France, and one in New Zealand. WTF people, store your fucking firearms properly. >

What? Billy Bob Jimmy Joe Jack didn't have his NRA-approved Ted Nugent brand Stranglehold gun rack from Dollar General??!?! >

Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
And I went to pick her up in the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
My god damned dog shot me in the brain. >

"The perfect country-western song" was the first thing I thought of when I saw this post, but I saw it a few hours too late! >

Kansas hunter dies due to lack of firearms safety education.
Sorry, let me fix that.
Kansas hunter dies due to lack of education.
Sorry, let me fix that.
Kansas man uneducated. >

Was he the one who left the loaded firearm in the car? Maybe. But just assuming details like this will sometimes make you look like the uneducated one. Details are extremely sparse. We know SOMEONE left a loaded rifle in the vehicle, but beyond that it's speculation. >

Man shot was in the front seat of his truck, his dog shot him from the backseat.  Rifle had to be loaded, chambered, unsecured, and unobstructed.
I don't just toss my dog in the backseat of my vehicle when there's a rifle sitting out in the open.
That's how you get scratches on your stock, duh. >

This happens about once a year in the US, and almost never anywhere else.
Of course, we can argue that any dog who shoots some idiot who left a loaded, cocked gun laying around in such a state that a dog COULD fire it is a good boi by definition. Who's helping to weed out the shallow end of the gene pool? YOU are! Yesss youuu arrreee... >

Not to laugh at the recently deceased but
What a stupid asshole. He got everything he deserved. >

Who’s a good boy? >

I don't understand: the dog took the ammo, loaded the rifle and then shot the owner?