South Carolina Man Killed by His Own Spring Gun

[nogods]

They guy rigged up a spring gun in his rifle case, supposedly to protect his rifles from thieves. When he tried to get a rifle the spring gun worked perfectly.

South Carolina Man Killed by His Own Spring Gun

 

[medic72]

In the words of Homer Simpson if I may, "DOHHHH"

 

[tcox4freedom]

nevermind

 

[SC Tiger]

They guy rigged up a spring gun in his rifle case, supposedly to protect his rifles from thieves. When he tried to get a rifle the spring gun worked perfectly.

South Carolina Man Killed by His Own Spring Gun

The real irony is that if he had been convicted of setting up a trap gun he would have possibly forfeited his right to own the very weapons he was trying to protect. I would be willing to bet that if this thing had killed someone he could have gone to jail for manslaughter.

As it is however his heirs will get his guns.

EDIT - I wonder if he'll get a Darwin Award?

 

[twogunwilly]

Wow that link goes to a liberal rag forum with nothing but bad news stories about guns........what a surprise:hang3:

 

[wooddoctor]

Poor guy just didn't remember. He should have put a big warning lable on the safe door. Maybe that would have triggered his memory.

 

[nogods]

Wow that link goes to a liberal rag forum with nothing but bad news stories about guns........what a surprise:hang3:

I looked through the site and there are a lot of news reports of accidents with guns.

But there are also lots of news reports about people protecting themselves with firearms and people being killed or injured by criminals with firearms.

With the exception of one post labeled "Guest Opinion" there doesn't seem to be either a pro-gun or anti-gun slant to the site.

Do you find information about gun accidents, stories about people protecting themselves with guns, and stories about people being vulnerable to crime "liberal"?

I find them informative.

What part of "gun safety" is liberal or conservative in your opinion?

Do you think ItsTactical is a "liberal rag" for posting this:

SAFETY WARNING! Worn Leather Holsters Can Cause Accidental Discharges!

 

[-06]

A bud has a can of BP open in his safe. If a crook uses a torch to cut it open he will be in for a big surprise. Tried to tell him that things like that were against the law but he just shrugged it off.

 

[SC Tiger]

A bud has a can of BP open in his safe. If a crook uses a torch to cut it open he will be in for a big surprise. Tried to tell him that things like that were against the law but he just shrugged it off.

I'm not sure how that would be interpreted since it isn't a "trap gun" but that would also greatly depend on local laws.

What I find kind of funny is that people are willing to destroy their firearms or go to jail to protect them from being stolen by a criminal. If they are stolen your insurance will most likely pay for them to be replaced. If they are destroyed by a "trap device" then I doubt seriously the insurance would pay, especially if said device is illegal. If you go to jail (assuming you would - see the next paragraph) you can't legally own them anyway so either they get seized or you give them away.

What I don't know about this situation is the penalty if this trap gun killed a criminal that was trying to break into the case. While owning the trap gun is a misdemeanor, if it kills someone who isn't supposed to be there anyway (and you could legally shoot) how is that viewed?

 

[okie]

It would have been cheaper to buy a real safe plus it just goes to show how the lack of common sence sometimes can cost you your life.