Owner shot from behind by their own shotgun due to negligent firearm storage. Dog didn't shoot shit.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
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Prequel to the critically acclaimed 'Hobo with a Shotgun' we present to you: 'Dog with a Shotgun'.
Looking at the news I would guess American houses are buit mostly out of loaded firerarms coddled together by zipties. And oversized fridges.
Similar words: coddled is treated carefully, cobbled is poorly constructed.
And those fridges show ads now
Hey! I will have you know, mine also involves copious amounts of knives, duct tape, and drywall joint compound.
Can confirm. My anti intruder body pillow is a little uncomfortable sometimes.
Blaming the dog????
Good boy
Pretty dumb to keep a round chambered.
My father, an NRA ~~member~~ sucker that claims gun safety first, leaves a 12g fully loaded (buckshot) with one in the chamber and safety off in a soft bag with the zipper open right under him while he sleeps. He also has Parkinsons.
You're giving these people way too much credit by presuming they do any form of critical thinking.
Number one rule of weapons safety, treat every weapon as if it were NERF.
So like the bullets are made of sponge?
I think they're making a joke.
So par for the course...
Unless you are paranoid.
Even then it's dumb, but you can always load it if you think you will need it. It shouldn't be chambered all the time though. Guns are too dangerous to use like that.
Especially shotguns, most are notoriously not drop safe.
Only if your paranoia includes your dog being out to get you
Every gun owner I met is scared of everything.
Most of the ones who aren't don't reveal they are gun owners or think about it so much.
I own guns. Not because I'm scared of anything, but because I inherited one, and my mom has a farm and shooting clay pigeons is fun. Plus, I have to kill a chicken snake for her every so often.
Seriously, I got a $20 thrower and for a box of ammo and pigeons it's probably the cheapest way to spend an hour or two.
I accidentally got dragged into a conversation at work with a gun owner who seemed to have it mapped out exactly how they thought a home invasion would play out. In their scenario they'd have the drop on the robbers, who'd never be expecting someone to keep a loaded gun by their bed while sleeping...
There was so much detail in there that it made me wonder if they actually wanted someone to come into their house so they could have an excuse to kill someone.
This will be the most American thing I've read all 2025.
Why was a loaded gun on the bed? That seems like terrible firearm safety.
Fun fact! 90% of gun owners treat firearms like this!
WHO DOWNVOTED THIS JESUS CHRIST
I mean, I like things that go boom as much as the next human. But how hard is it to; 1, not fucking literally sleep with the thing. And 2; leave it unloaded if you are‽
The revolt begins!
I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.
This was a scene in Plague Dogs that I thought was super unrealistic, a dog steps on a gun, which discharges into a man, and people blame the dog as if he shot the man on purpose. I thought it couldn't happen in real life.
Not in US. In US gun owners are never responsible for what happens with their guns. It can be the kid's fault, the dog's fault or even fault of the gun itself but it's never the gun owner's fault.
You're right, I forgot about the Dick Cheney rule.
Remember kids, when you're a powerful politician and you shoot your friend in the face, remember to drag your friend and his family around on a PR campaign so they can apologize to you for the time you shot them.
You wouldn't just do that! Go on the internet and lie!
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