A New Hampshire man says he was demonstrating a safer way to carry a pistol when he accidentally shot and killed his roommate in their apartment.
Police say 25-year old Adam Anderson, of Keene, recklessly caused the death Sunday of 22-year-old Holden Guyette by failing to ensure the handgun was unloaded and clear.
They say he aimed it at Guyette and caused a fatal chest wound.
A police affidavit says Anderson said he was unaware that he shot Guyette, but called 911 when he saw blood.
He said he has been shooting firearms since childhood.
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failing to enure it was unloaded and clear was only one of his many failures.
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I try to keep these incidents in their proper perspective, but sometimes it ain't easy.
Quit worrying, hide your gun well, shut up, and CARRY that handgun!
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It's hard to cure stupidity.
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Or sometimes... such as this one- unfortunately very easy.schmieg wrote:It's hard to cure stupidity.
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No, the stupid one survived.welshj wrote:Or sometimes... such as this one- unfortunately very easy.schmieg wrote:It's hard to cure stupidity.
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There's gotta be more to this one. How do you not realize it went off? Shooter is dating the deceased's sister. Teaching safety by pointing a firearm at someone?
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I couldn't figure out how showing someone a "safer" way to carry a gun ends up with him shot in the chest. I found this from a local news source: http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/loca ... 14d56.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Tia was also present for the shooting, according to the affidavit. She told police Anderson lifted the handgun and a holster so her brother could see it, and the gun went off, Lundin wrote.
According to the affidavit, Anderson said he thought he heard Guyette check that the gun was empty. Anderson described himself to police as an experienced firearm user who usually checks that they are safe, the affidavit states. But for whatever reason, he said, he did not do so Sunday — perhaps “because he trusted Holden and thought the gun would have been safe,” Lundin wrote.
Lundin wrote that Anderson told him he “aimed it at Holden and pulled the trigger.” Parsons, Anderson's attorney, disputed that account in court Monday.
“Adam has been very clear with me that he didn’t aim a firearm toward his friend,” Parsons said.
The local news source wrote it up as "Anderson said he didn’t realize a bullet had struck Guyette until he saw the blood".WY_Not wrote:There's gotta be more to this one. How do you not realize it went off? Shooter is dating the deceased's sister. Teaching safety by pointing a firearm at someone?
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Trust no one. Even if you are standing there and watch the other person safe a firearm, if it is handed to you then YOU need to safe it yourself.
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If a gun from a store shelf is handed to me with magazine removed and a chamber flag in the ejection port, I still retract the slide enough to see the breech for myself. It just makes sense to be cautious.
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If I'm the cops, I'm charging this guy with at least voluntary manslaughter. The story is the best the joker could come up with to cover what he was really doing.WY_Not wrote:There's gotta be more to this one. How do you not realize it went off? Shooter is dating the deceased's sister.
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Yeah, I think I'm throwin' that yellow flag on "I didn't know I shot him"................WY_Not wrote:There's gotta be more to this one. How do you not realize it went off? Shooter is dating the deceased's sister. Teaching safety by pointing a firearm at someone?
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I'm rather curious if that's actually what was said, or yet another case of rampant, gross incompetence by another member of the media.docachna wrote:Yeah, I think I'm throwin' that yellow flag on "I didn't know I shot him"................WY_Not wrote:There's gotta be more to this one. How do you not realize it went off? Shooter is dating the deceased's sister. Teaching safety by pointing a firearm at someone?
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The evidence is clearly not in his favor on this one.DontTreadOnMe wrote:“Adam has been very clear with me that he didn’t aim a firearm toward his friend,” Parsons said.
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Maybe the company that made his cartridges are the same ones that make my golf balls. They start out going toward the green and then veer off into a tree or into water.Bruenor wrote:The evidence is clearly not in his favor on this one.DontTreadOnMe wrote:“Adam has been very clear with me that he didn’t aim a firearm toward his friend,” Parsons said.
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