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JohnnyRingo

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3. Owning a firearm comes with great responsibility.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Nov 8, 2025, 09:22 AM

Nov 8

That responsibility includes knowing your target before you pull the trigger. Shooting through a door is assault and shooting anyone just for being on your property is murder.

In a sane world one would have to know their life was in peril, unlikely if a cleaning crew jiggles the door handle. "Shoot first" is not an attitude for a gun owner and often leads to charges.

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Cleaning Woman Killed in Indiana Shooting After Arriving at Wrong Home [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 8 OP

Just awful. bamagal62 Nov 8 #1

First response was to call 911. Igel Nov 8 #7

If this tragedy was due to an erroneous app, I hope the husband sues the app maker (Google Maps?) out of business. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 8 #2

Might be an address issue. Igel Nov 8 #8

Actually, In The City Where I Grew Up ... ProfessorGAC Nov 8 #13

How about suing the shooter? Kaleva Nov 8 #10

Yes, that too. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 8 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Kaleva Nov 8 #11

Owning a firearm comes with great responsibility. JohnnyRingo Nov 8 #3

If she was shot through the door by someone inside the house. I can't see doc03 Nov 8 #4

This article says she was shot through the door Kaleva Nov 8 #12

First heard this on Thom Hartmann. Prairie_Seagull Nov 8 #5

Reminds me of the Japanese student shot when he went to the wrong JI7 Nov 8 #6

It's also the culture that Charlie Kirk promoted. Iggo Nov 8 #9

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