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EDIT: There's no "rack" mentioned in the source. I assumed that. A loose loaded gun makes even less sense, tho.
Loaded while in a vehicle-mounted rack. Not just illegal, but also violates some fairly fundamental gun safety principles.
Heck, just "treat every gun a loaded" and "never point a gun at anything you don't want shot" means we should probably do away with most vehicle-mounted racks to being with. I suppose inside the metal toolbox in the truck bed would be okay; at least then the dog wouldn't fire it.
Yeah it’s really hard to find any justification for driving around with a loaded shotgun. Especially when handguns exist and can just sit on your waistband. It’s extremely negligent and stupid gun ownership. Not to mention really poor self defense practice because the handgun would be easier and quicker to draw in a self defense scenario. That cunt is driving around with a loaded shotgun to feel like they’re tough and intimidate people. They should not have firearms whatsoever and really have displayed that to a high degree
There's no mention of a gun rack; I think she just had it loose in the back seat...
The only woman in the story is the victim, who was standing outside the vehicle as it pulled up and the gun blew through the door.
It's interesting to me that nothing is mentioned about the driver/gun owner, and it's written in passive voice as if the vehicle, dog, and gun all acted by themselves. But SOMEONE not only drove to the store with a loaded unsecured shotgun, they also had their unsecured dog with it in the backseat.
Fortunately it appears the door took the brunt and the woman wasn't killed. Maybe the gun and dog should have aimed at the driver's seat.
Good catch; I just assumed.
Why have gun racks in 2026.
Gun owners should have to carry liability insurance for things like this.
I agree. Certainly while in public (e.g. public roads).
~~That said, I want to say that got proposed in the 90s and somehow the NRA not only defeated it at the federal level, but got congress to ban states from doing it. I could have just imagined that tho.~~
EDIT: https://sclawreview.org/article/gun-insurance-mandates-and-the-second-amendment/ (summary: there's a couple of laws [one state; one local], that will probably get SCOTUS review eventually, but are on the books for now; it's questionable whether insurance will cut down gun violence.)
I'd expect guns to be at least as regulated as vehicles, but I guess vehicles don't have their own amendment.
Yeah, if only there were an example of insuring and licensing for some other kind of common deadly consumer product.
Especially because this trash has no money to sue them.
That would just discriminate against poor people and people that live in high crime areas.
It would do that, but it wouldn't just do that.
It would promote responsible gun ownership.
Plenty of rich people are irresponsible
Plenty of poor people have driving licences and are insured too.