Thursday, October 22, 2015

Feeling safe while waiting for your name to be called in the doctor's office? Think again!


Witness: Accidental shooting in Beaumont the result of a gun falling out of a purse.  (12 News, 10/19/2015)
"Everyone was sitting in the waiting room and there was a gun shot. A woman dropped her purse down on the counter and it shot through the wall and shot another lady," said Pressley.
Maybe you should consider visiting your doctor online.

Then again, in these times, there are no guarantees of safety anywhere.



Related article:
There are now more guns than people in the United States.  (Washington Post, 10/5/2015)
A 2012 Congressional Research Service report published exactly one month before the Sandy Hook school shooting put the number of civilian firearms at 242 million in 1996, 259 million in 2000, and 310 million as of 2009.

Related post:
An uncommon response: A 'good guy with a gun' carefully considers a volatile situation.  (10/8/2015)
'Real gun control' as described by the volatile, gasket-blowing Bob Gannon.  (10/3/2015)

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