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I hope nothing happened to the dog, other than maybe he went to a good home with a new owner that has a whole lot more common sense.
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Ignorance of gun safety is the one and only cause of firearm accidents.Dog shoots man dead on hunting trip in Kansas
Joseph Smith is not the first American to be accidentally shot by a dog. Picture: The Times
A man was shot dead after a dog stepped on a gun during a weekend hunting trip in Kansas, police said.
- By KEIRAN SOUTHERN
- THE TIMES
- 12:23PM JANUARY 26, 2023
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Joseph Smith, 30, was sitting in the front passenger seat of a pickup truck when he was shot in the back on Saturday, officers in Sumner county said.
“The back seat contained hunting gear and a rifle,” the county sheriff’s office said. “A canine belonging to the owner of the pickup stepped on the rifle, causing the weapon to discharge. The fired round struck the passenger, who died of his injuries.”
The identity of the vehicle owner was not disclosed. It was also unclear what happened to the dog.
A GoFundMe page set up by Smith’s former colleagues at a plumbing company to pay for his funeral expenses has raised more than $US10,000 ($14,000).
Jessica, one of Smith’s colleagues, said that he was a “truly amazing man”. She wrote: “He was kind, funny, smart and very loving. Every time he walked through the door, he would make someone smile.”
Smith is not the first American to be accidentally shot by a dog. Sonny Gilligan, 74, said he was driving on a hunting trip in New Mexico in 2018 when he was shot in the back by his dog, which stepped on a rifle in the back seat of his truck.
The Pew Research Centre said that in 2020, the most recent figures available, there were 535 unintentional gun deaths in the United States.
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Fuck me, it's not the first case of k9ocide...
Gotta watch your dogs you US cousins...
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