I was reading this article and shaking my head ruefully at the irresponsible gun handling.

Officials are investigating a weekend incident in which a man said his wife fired an AR-15 rifle at a target inside a master bedroom closet, missing the target and blasting holes in a washing machine.

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Investigators found .223 caliber and .45 caliber cartridge casings in the master bedroom and a wood and metal shooting target in the closet. Bullet holes riddled the washing machine, and bullet exit holes were spotted in the wall across from the washing machine.

A deputy learned they’d been in the bedroom shooting the target in the closet.

“They had done this on multiple occasions,” a report states, noting both had been drinking.

The husband said he was cooking on the grill outside. His wife was inside, and he ran in when he heard shots.

“According to (the husband), once inside he observed water all over the floor and learned (his wife) had shot the AR-15 assault rifle, missing the target, going through the wall and striking the washing machine causing the water leak,” a report states.

But I must admit, the author of the article seems to have a sense of humor:

It could be argued that firing a rifle within the confines of a bedroom is unwise.

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It wasn’t immediately clear what the husband was grilling.

Heh. 🙂

I came across that article via Fark. It’s generally amusing to read the Fark comment threads, but this time, it was just depressing. The amazing amount of misinformation about guns and self-defense was astounding. I can say I know because I too was once one of the unenlightened masses and heard all the myths and took them for gospel. I’ve become educated on the matter, and can cite credible sources for my information.

I thought “hey, this could make a good blog posting, to pick apart the myths” but there’s just too much… it’s overwhelming and I just don’t have the energy. But I can say this: there’s a lot of bad information out there in the world, about guns, about everything. Make sure your sources are credible and the information you receive can be backed up. Especially when it comes to matters of life and death, do you want to trust your life to ignorance?