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Efilroft Sul

(3,923 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:29 PM Wednesday

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 Wednesday OP

Did the man draw first? FSogol Wednesday #1

Dog was quicker on the draw. Efilroft Sul Wednesday #2

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

FSogol

(47,242 posts)

1. Did the man draw first?

Reply to Efilroft Sul (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:30 PM

Wednesday

Efilroft Sul

(3,923 posts)

2. Dog was quicker on the draw.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:37 PM

Wednesday

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

(26,846 posts)

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

Reply to Efilroft Sul (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 05:50 PM

Wednesday

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

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