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Virginia man charged in accidental target shooting death
Posted: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:42:29
by OakRidgeStars
A senseless tragedy that could have been easily prevented.
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/12/virgini ... ting-death
Re: Virginia man charged in accidental target shooting death
Posted: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 21:27:04
by Globetruck
The story doesn't really say much. What actually happened?
Re: Virginia man charged in accidental target shooting death
Posted: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:14:45
by jdonovan
The man was target shooting in his yard, into an inadequate backstop. Projectiles left the shooting area and struck and killed a person in a neighboring home.
http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2014/12/woo ... -shooting/
I've seen other reports, that I can't find at the moment, that said the 'woods' were his backstop.
Re: Virginia man charged in accidental target shooting death
Posted: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:23:59
by Swampman
What gets me is that incidents like this are termed "accidents." The word "accident" indicates there was nothing that could have been done to prevent that occurrence. There was, in fact something that could have been done to prevent this needless death from occurring. This was negligent homicide, not an "accident."