Howdy!
We have three people in this house with something like 15 guns between us.
None of us has ever had a negligent discharge.
Why would we?
We don't stick our fingers anywhere near the trigger. EVER.
Unless we are fixin' to fire, and when we do so, it is with intent.
I just don't understand how somebody can be that careless.
Not only careless, but dangerous.
Somebody could have been badly hurt.
In my mind, I hear the drill instructor shouting "No excuses are acceptable."
Some folks ought not have a gun. If they can't handle the thing responsibly,
they fit that description in my humble opinion. And not bothering to determine
whether somebody might have been hurt is a major compounding factor.
It does not do any favor to gun rights when people with guns fail to handle
them properly.
The cops took his guns. So far as I am concerned, good.
They are helping ensure public safety, which the gun owner showed careless
disregard for; both by the original discharge, failing to check whether somebody might be hurt in the second instance, and failing to notify authorities just rounding out a full house of negligent behavior.
That's my opinion, anyhow.
Perhaps the attorney doesn't know how to respond because he hasn't personally witnessed such overt negligence in his legal career.
Blessings,
M-Taliesin