Gun cleaned by Texas man fires, kills sister, 13

[CainA]

These stories make me sick.

http://baytownsun.com/texas_ap/article_ ... fb463.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Edited to add below:

Here's another link:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/05/gu ... ld-sister/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Apparently he was trying to clear the gun prior(I assume) to cleaning it.

[RPBrown]

I reserve any comments until alll of the facts are in as to how this happened. Tragic, but very preventable if the rules of safety are followed.

[philip964]

Still don't remember where taking the safety off, loading a gun with ammunition, loading a bullet into the chamber, cocking the firing pin, pointing the gun or rifle at a living person and pulling the trigger is located in the pamphlet "Cleaning your Gun". Not in the Youtube video on line either.

Makes me so mad. RIP.

[The Count]

How sad. But I just don't understand how gun owners let cleaning accidents happen. My guns are probably the "safest" while I'm cleaning them, since it's one of the few times they are unloaded.

[texanjoker]

Tragic... I really do hate these "cleaning" shootings.

[ajwakeboarder]

I've never understood why its so hard to clear a gun. its just a few easy steps. This is a tragedy.

[Ark03]

I'm friends with a cousin of the 13-year-old who was killed. My friend is in his 30s - I've never met his younger cousin, and I don't know details yet, but this is a terrible, terrible tragedy, and I'm heartbroken for the family. Her name was Emilee.

[K.Mooneyham]

Incredibly sad business, indeed. Unfortunately this is what happens when people do not follow the proper procedures for clearing their firearm and making it safe in the correct manner. It is the responsibility of the individual handling the firearm to understand its operation and handle it in a safe manner.

[TrueFlog]

My one and only complaint about my XD is that I have to pull the trigger as part of the takedown procedure. Even so, I always visually inspect the chamber and point the gun in a safe direction. It takes an extra 2 or 3 seconds and goes a long way towards preventing these types of stories.

[gthaustex]

So, so, sad. We see these stories again and again....

[Salty1]

pure stupidity.......... some people should not be allowed in the same county as firearms..............

[CainA]

It's a sad story.

I'm glad that it got no more media attention than it did because of the gun involved. It was one of those evil AK-47 assault rifles, you know the ones.

[steve817]

Story I read on WFAA said he was CLEARING his weapon. He had a magazine with two dummy rounds (snap caps) on top of live ammo. He cycled pulled the trigger, cycled and pulled the trigger a second time. Then without dropping the magazine cycled a third time and fired. The article didn't say if she was in the room or if the bullet went through a wall.

I really hate it when lessons are learned like this.

[gthaustex]

That is an awful lot of cycling and trigger pulling to clear a weapon when one hasn't even removed the magazine yet..... Bass ackwards...

[baldeagle]

Every time I read one of these I think, what the heck were they cleaning? The outside of the gun? When I clean a gun, I disassemble it and clean the barrel, the trigger mechanism, and so forth. I might wipe down the outside, but the inside is what needs to be cleaned. Apparently some people think cleaning the outside of the gun is what's important.