Driving around locked, loaded and the safety off. The gun owner is a fucking idiot and should not be allowed to own firearms.
this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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Its crazy how a dog can just buy a shotgun in the US with no background checks.
Maybe he passed the sniff test
That dog didn't shoot anyone the negligent gun owner did.
EDIT: There's no "rack" mentioned in the source. I assumed that. A loose loaded gun makes even less sense, tho.
Loaded while in a vehicle-mounted rack. Not just illegal, but also violates some fairly fundamental gun safety principles.
Heck, just "treat every gun a loaded" and "never point a gun at anything you don't want shot" means we should probably do away with most vehicle-mounted racks to being with. I suppose inside the metal toolbox in the truck bed would be okay; at least then the dog wouldn't fire it.
Yeah it’s really hard to find any justification for driving around with a loaded shotgun. Especially when handguns exist and can just sit on your waistband. It’s extremely negligent and stupid gun ownership. Not to mention really poor self defense practice because the handgun would be easier and quicker to draw in a self defense scenario. That cunt is driving around with a loaded shotgun to feel like they’re tough and intimidate people. They should not have firearms whatsoever and really have displayed that to a high degree
I’m not sure what entirely trying to say here …. At least then the dog would take the idiot out of the gene pool?
But seriously, this is exactly the reason people shouldn’t be allowed to carry weapons. They are more likely to harm or kill innocent people, more likely to escalate violence, than they are to defend themselves from inescapable violence. I get that many people claim the right, and have a foundational document to support it, but what about the victims?
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Kristi Noem absolutely shitting bricks right now
That dog is in training to seek vengeance upon Kristi Noem on behalf of the entire canine species.
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If only there had been a good dog with a gun.
All dogs are good dogs until proven otherwise.
- Round chambered
- safety disabled
- Gun not secured
A lot of things have to go wrong.
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Guns don’t kill people, dogs do.
This is no time to get political. Lots of thoughts and prayers. Remember, guns don’t kill people, people kill people /s/
If the woman had had her own shotgun, this would never have happened.
Also known as the "Kristi Noem Rule"
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How many other countries have "shot by babies" and "shot by animals" stats?
None of the civilized ones.
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The only thing that can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun, or a squirrel across the street.
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At no point in that article is the driver even mentioned, let alone blamed.
as the vehicle had pulled up to the store
Apparently the vehicle has agency and it was indeed the vehicle that had to go to the store that day.
Foot note, it's illegal to drive with a loaded weapon in the vehicle, the last line of the article added seemingly as an afterthought. Im surprised they didn't say the dog was being investigated.
it's important that dogs be armed. Only a good dog with a gun can stop Kristi Noem.
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The only thing stopping a bad woman with a gun is a good boy with a gun.
I see, when it's a dog we use the active voice but when it's a white nationalist we use the passive voice.
No but on a more serious note, why are people who are this unsafe with guns allowed to be gun owners in the US? It's okay though because next time a good guy with a gun will be there to kill the dog before it kills someone.
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More like "Unqualified gun owners criminal neglect kills woman at convenience store."
She wasn't killed but your point stands: The headline, while obviously being clickbaity and maybe even trying to be funny hides the underlying problem:
Somehow, the dog had triggered the shotgun – which had a live round chambered – to fire, damaging the vehicle and striking a female passerby.
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It is illegal in Nebraska to drive with a loaded shotgun in your vehicle.
Found the dogs defense attorney
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Let's be clear here: The dog was not the real cause. The human with the loaded and unsecured shotgun in their front seat was the cause.
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Good boi with a gun
She should have thrown the fucking ball
GUNS AREN'T THE PROBLEM, IT'S DOGS
Why did the woman have a shotgun and what did the dog use to shoot her?
He can't keep getting away with this!
"Police responding to reports of a shotgun blast at a convenience store sounds like the opening of countless American crime movies[...]" No, it sounds like the beginning of a normal day in America.
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