LOLWUT?
Hello LOLWUT. EEZ GON. END WITH THE HOLE IN IT DOES NOT GET POINTED AT PEOPLE.
The problem was the gun was loaded and there probably was no good reason that it was. Let's leave the mental gymnastics out of it.
I KNOW IT WAS LOADED. NO GYMNASTICS REQUIRED.
Guns fail, take measures to avoid catastrophe - like not having a gun loaded unless there's a reason.
EDIT:
THE negligence took place when it was pointed in an unsafe direction. Could not have caused the problem if not pointed in unsafe direction.
And how exactly is this not an accidental discharge? The safety is on, no finger or near the trigger, and it's a known defect of the Rem 700! The guy wasn't coonfingering, so I fail to see how the concept of "it's always loaded" could have prevented the discharge. Guns are not always loaded; it's just a lie you tell yourself in order to make yourself practice safe handling disciplines. If the gun would have been unloaded, then this wouldn't have occurred.
And what do you mean by "unnecessary problem"?
EXACTLY what I said. Had it been pointed in a safe direction no injury would have occurred.
Perhaps you're calling him out because the bullet hit him. Well if it didn't hit him where else could it have gone? Maybe through the floor and into the ground and maybe through the door and into a crowd of people.
Perhaps you're reading comprehension and logic need practice? Not calling anyone out. Stating a fact. Don't point the damn thing at stuff you don't want broken. If you practice that whether you think it's loaded or not, you'll not have to carry someone to the hospital, or worse, the morgue when it goes off. For whatever reason. AD or ND won't matter if your friend or your child dies because you pointed the gun in an unsafe direction.
If you want to continue this line of reasoning I'll meet you at a little Baptist church in Brown County and give you a tour of my youngest brothers grave. Then I'll relate to you the story of how he came to be there. DON'T POINT A GUN AT THINGS OR PEOPLE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE.