Hunter in truck shot by dog in back seat

[Bruenor]

Don't let your dog play with your loaded firearms.

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A dog accidentally shot his owner in the back by stepping on the trigger of a shotgun while on a hunting trip in New Mexico.

Sonny Gilligan, 74, was sitting in the driver's seat of his parked pickup truck west of Las Cruces last week when his dog Charlie - a 120lb Rottweiler mix - got his paw stuck in the trigger of a gun.

'I leaned forward and he slipped off the seat and caught the trigger — and it shot,' Gilligan told the El Paso Times. 'It was a freak accident but it’s true, that’s what happened.'

[WY_Not]

Been discussing this elsewhere. NOT an accident, this was negligence. At the very least, the bolt should have been opened and the round removed from the chamber.

[Javelin Man]

See? It is the weapon that's at fault, not the individual! Lest we start blaming dogs. Or make them take the hunter safety course.

Or place blame where it belongs.

[catfish86]

This gets headlines as the "man bites dog" variety...but the post should read Hunter in truck shot by his own stupidity

[ashtabula]

Let's not be too quick blaming the dog, I saw a guy take a 7mm to the leg and he was alone in the car. Never could figure out what in the back seat got to the trigger. I hope the dog is being quite until his attorney shows up.

[AlanM]

Well, the dog was in the back seat so we know he wasn't riding shotgun.

[Javelin Man]

Well, the dog was in the back seat so we know he wasn't riding shotgun.

Good one!