I feel like if your dog shoots you thats your own damn fault.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
494 points (100.0% liked)
Not The Onion
18606 readers
1488 users here now
Welcome
We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!
The Rules
Posts must be:
- Links to news stories from...
- ...credible sources, with...
- ...their original headlines, that...
- ...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”
Please also avoid duplicates.
Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.
And that’s basically it!
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Poorest excuse for a friend accidentally shooting you. "My dog ate my homework."
So this must be what the pigs are scared of when they're shooting people's dogs.
I'm not American but even I know you need to keep your dogs secured in a dog safe when you're not using them. It's just basic dog safety
Guns don't kill people. Dogs with guns kill people.
Username knows.
load more comments
(1 replies)
He forgot to buy a second gun to stop his dog from using his first gun against him.
The only thing that stops a good dog with a gun is a bad dog with a gun.
Or maybe a cat with a knife, I guess? I dunno.😸
Cats already have little knives, though. Around 18 of them...
You're saying as if a cat with 19 knives wouldn't be even scarier.
load more comments
(2 replies)
It is the cat. The problem is then you need a mouse with a rusty needle to deal with the cat.
And then a parasite with a Tylenol to deal with the mouse, and so it ever was.
Where were all the good dog gun owners to defend the victim?
load more comments
(1 replies)
Poor doggo 🥺
Guns are so loud.
Yeah, and he will now miss his friend.
11 people that didn't read the article. Says he went into surgery. Not dead. Owner is still a dumbfuck who should have their gun privileges taken away.
load more comments
(1 replies)
The victim told police that before the incident, he was cleaning his firearm
getting shot by own gun and cleaning it, these often come together, maybe is safer to keep them dirty
Also complete bullshit. If you're cleaning it, you wouldn't have a round in the chamber.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Somehow he was cleaning it and it still had rounds to fire or he cleaned and reloaded and left it unsecured so it had rounds to fire. Sounds like sort of person who should own a gun for sure.
load more comments
(2 replies)
He was cleaning his (loaded) gun... Sure...
Its actually a very common problem. Gun nuts all think they are John McClane and need to keep one in the chamber at all times. They remove the magazine but never properly run the action and yeah. Its especially a problem with glocks because disassembly actually involves squeezing the trigger.
Responsible gun owners are only slightly more common than good guys with a gun.
stuff like this makes a real strong case for taking guns away from everybody
I've met some people who really should not have guns...
Most people I've met really should not have guns. And don't, as far as I know.
Even in America, the vast majority of people don't own a gun. Something like 70%.
Still, only the US has an annual toddler/dog gun killing rate (as in the toddler/dog shooting somebody else).
Also 44% of Americans live in a household where a gun is present.
Both those statements track, more or less, since the guns are usually owned by one person in the house.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Those cases are failed suicide attempts or they were otherwise doing something they know damned well was stupid.
Any given weapon is stupid easy to clear, in 3-4 seconds, and be certain it's clear. Not like bullets are hiding in there somehow.
Agreed. There are a lot of people and a lot of guns in the world, so I won't say that it's never happened. The vast majority of those cases, though, are suicides or failed suicides where they're trying to save face and/or make sure the life insurance still pays out.
Life insurance does pay in the event of suicide! Depends on the length of time between taking the policy and, uh, execution. Terms and conditions may apply!
load more comments
(1 replies)
That dog
Who let the dogs out ?
Yippiaaaa, bang!
Ruff
Justice for the dog.
Fucking hilarious!
I'm pretty sure I read about this exact scenario almost a decade ago.
Dogs are smart, they actually learn from history 👍
load more comments
(5 replies)
Guns don’t kill people, dogs kill people.