Always practice the rules of gun safety.

Here’s what happens when you don’t practice the rules of gun safety.

FORT WORTH (AP) — Police said a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head at a North Texas home by a man who told officers he didn’t realize the gun he was holding was loaded.

Fort Worth police said a group of people had gathered late Thursday evening at a home when the 24-year-old man pulled out the firearm. He shot it once, striking the boy above the eye. The teen was transported to a hospital.

Police said he was pronounced dead Friday afternoon.

The man who fired the gun ran from the home but later called police. He was questioned and later released. The investigation is ongoing.

Police said the man and teen were acquaintances and neither lived at the home.

Their names hadn’t been released.
Source: http://lubbockonline.com/texas/2013-12-28/man-showing-gun-inadvertently-kills-teen#.Ur5wqbSv6ZQ

Here’s how you show a gun.

1. Grab it with your finger outside the trigger, pointed in a safe direction (down, up, never at a person)

2. Remove the magazine.

3. Pull the slide to see if there’s a round in the chamber, if it’s a revolver, open it up.

4. Show the gun and continue treating it like it’s loaded (it’s how good habits are formed and maintained)

How hard is that? It’s plain common sense.

 

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