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Efilroft Sul

(3,924 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:29 PM Mar 12

Here's a story that'll have you hearing banjos: Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/tennessee-man-shot-by-dog

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Here's a story that'll have you hearing banjos: Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed. (Original Post) Efilroft Sul Mar 12 OP

Did the man draw first? FSogol Mar 12 #1

Dog was quicker on the draw. Efilroft Sul Mar 12 #2

Do I detect a little snark from The Guardian...? regnaD kciN Mar 12 #3

FSogol

(47,242 posts)

1. Did the man draw first?

Reply to Efilroft Sul (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:30 PM

Mar 12

Efilroft Sul

(3,924 posts)

2. Dog was quicker on the draw.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:37 PM

Mar 12

The dog got his paw stuck in the trigger guard, squeezed the trigger, and shot his owner.

And, you'll note, the firearm was in bed with the victim and a woman. This is a most American of stories.

regnaD kciN

(26,847 posts)

3. Do I detect a little snark from The Guardian...?

Reply to Efilroft Sul (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:50 PM

Mar 12

In what is only the latest instance of a kind of accidental shooting that intermittently occurs in the US...

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