Well, in St. Louis to be correct.
It seams that a Becca Campbell, 26, and her unnamed boyfriend, bought a gun because they were worried about violence in Ferguson. So, like all "responsible gun owners" the boyfriend "told investigators that as they drove late Friday night, the victim waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson"
Of course Missouri does not require safety training to have a handgun, and only requires a permit if you are going to carry the hand gun concealed. (with no other training required)
I'm sure you can see where this is going...she was waving the gun around and it "went off" (she pulled the trigger) and ended up shooting herself in the head.
More after the squiggle.
The NRA and other anti-gun owner responsibility advocates have been stoking the "buy guns, buy lots of guns, to stop the riots" fever pitch in a lot of states, not just in St Louis. Though St Louis reports that the police have issued several times more permits to carry concealed in the last three months than they did all year. Gun stores have sold out of just about everything. (on the bright side, these stores are all doing background checks on all sales...hmm and this does not seem to stop people from getting guns)
What we have here is a case of people with no training but a lot of fear buying a gun and ending up doing unsafe things with it. Having a gun with no training will not protect you or your property from "mob violence" certainly when you consider how rare such is. (granted the risk is higher in St. Louis right now, but even still it is low)
More guns on the street in untrained hands certainly does not bode well for the upcoming protest (or celebrations).
The media needs to start pressing the lack of gun owner responsibility laws and use cases like this to drive the point home.
http://www.wlky.com/...