Friday, July 01, 2016

Massachusetts firefighter dies after drinking and playing around with firearm. No way to predict this would happen, right?

Courtesy of CBS News:  

David Atherton, a Stoneham, Massachusetts, firefighter was shot and killed in a horrific incident late Tuesday night, CBS Boston reports. 

The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said Atherton, 24, was drinking with 23-year-old Patrick O'Connor in a home and that the two were "passing a gun back and forth pointing it at each other" around 11:10 p.m. 

"It appears the fatal shooting may have been an unintended consequence of this behavior," Meghan Kelly, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office, said in a statement Wednesday.

When we think of guns as tools, or worse yet toys, we simply fail to respect them for what they really are. Instruments whose sole purpose is to end life. 

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:19 AM

    Why The Most Common Type Of Gun Death Rarely Gets Mentioned

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gun-control-suicide_us_57756cb0e4b0a629c1a91400?section=

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  2. Anonymous6:25 AM

    Track Palin and Dakota Meyer.

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  3. Anonymous6:31 AM

    Looks like a good guy with a gun was
    accidentally shot and killed without a bad guy with a gun present. Wonder how the NRA spins these accidents.

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  4. Anonymous8:03 AM

    It's no accident when someone dies if alcohol and/or drugs are involved with guns.

    Indict the NRA for all of the mass shootings and see how fast their tune changes.

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  5. I agree with your last sentence, except I would ended it, "is to kill."

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  6. Anita Winecooler4:45 PM

    I liked this part the most.

    "It appears the fatal shooting may have been an unintended consequence of this behavior," Meghan Kelly, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office, said in a statement Wednesday." That there is one brilliant DA's spokesperson, she deserves a raise!

    It appears that way, now let's wait for the medical examiner's report.

    All kidding aside, at least they didn't drink and drive. Someone smart might have gotten hurt or killed.

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