Dove, Dogs, and Shotguns

This has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. A guy in New Hampshire decided to hoist his loaded 50 caliber muzzle loader (muzzle up appaently) anda branch pulled the trigger and shot him in the right hand. It just as easily could have been in the face.

The guy was 63 years old. I wonder how many times he has done this in the past. He’s lucky and hopefully if you have kids this will make you want to go out and teach them some more gun safety.

You can’t teach stupid, it just comes natural, but you can teach safety, safety, safety.

Here is the full storry.

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