Further Evidence That You Really Can't Fix Stupid!

[RobThatsMe]

Rule Number One: All Guns Are Loaded!


COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A Maury County man is in jail for accidentally shooting his friend while the pair was playing with handguns they purchased just hours earlier.

What's worse, detectives say there were three children, all under the age of four, just feet away.

The weapon, a .40 caliber Smith and Wesson, discharged Tuesday morning, according to Maury County Detective Terry Dial.

"They were having a contest to see who could break [them] down the fastest," Dial told Nashville's News 2 Investigates. "The only problem is, you need to unload them before you start breaking them down."

According to Det. Dial, James Chambers and Justin Craig purchased the guns just hours earlier but didn't take a safety class and were unfamiliar with the weapons.

"If you are going to buy a gun, then you need to go to a gun safety class to learn how to handle and discharge a weapon," he said, adding neither Chambers nor Craig previously owned a gun to his knowledge.

He continued, "They bought them, loaded the magazines up and were playing around with them."

Dial said Chambers and Craig were seated next to each other on a small couch in a tiny trailer. Two small children were seated at their feet and another toddler was in a woman's arm nearby.

Chambers was shot in the side and rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he underwent emergency surgery. He was listed in critical condition Tuesday evening.

Craig was arrested and charged with five counts of reckless endangerment with a weapon. Each count carries a $10,000 bond.

He declined an interview from jail.

The Tennessee Department of Children's Services is investigating the incident.

[Jc85]

jebus.. I feel a change in the winds coming.

hmm 40 smith.. sigma I betcha..

[Divebum]

Seems to me that it's self policing the gene pool. Too bad the kids had to witness it.

[Smokewagon]

Something tells me, the safety class the detective thought they should have taken, wouldn't have helped these two all that much!

[Jc85]

When I got my first handgun. I wasn't exactly scared of it more like recognized and respected it's capability's. First thing I did when I got it home.. Took the manual into the can (where I do all my serious reading.) and read it! twice!! I had burritos for lunch that day.

[glenwolde]

Good grief. How foolish. Here's hoping he's convicted of a felony so he can't have a gun.

[Maximumbob54]

You can't stop stupid, you can't legislate away stupid, you can't expect fines to prevent stupid.

I don't get these issues. I don't want to sound like I'm backing these clowns, but I think the punishment is just a money generator for the local government. A $50,000 bond is outrageous and then CPS want's to nose their way into the issue. This guy's life is ruined for who knows how long and next comes CPS that tends to plant seeds of sedition against parents so the kids are likely to become messed up worse than daddy.

Great.

[Czechbikr]

I started counting the rules of safe firearm handling and had to get the calculator out. Thank God the kids weren't hurt.

[gbusmech]

There is not a pill they can take or a book they can read, you can't fix stupid....

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[Jake3501]

"Inside a small trailer" may be the key words we are looking for in this story.