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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDog Shoots Indiana Woman in the Foot
The dog's name is Trigger" NORTH WEBSTER, Ind.) Authorities say a northern Indiana woman is recovering after being shot in the foot by her dog.
And the dogs name? Trigger.
Indiana Conservation Officer Jonathon Boyd says 25-year-old Allie Carter of Avilla laid her 12-gauge shotgun on the ground without the safety on during a waterfowl hunt Saturday at Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area.
Boyd says Carters chocolate Labrador retriever, Trigger, stepped on top of the shotgun and depressed the trigger..."
http://time.com/4087453/trigger-dog-indiana-shoot-foot/
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Dog Shoots Indiana Woman in the Foot (Original Post)
Contrary1
Oct 2015
OP
wish people who had these kind of hunting 'accidents' were banned from license for a year.
Sunlei
Oct 2015
#6
olddots
(10,237 posts)1. if only her foot was armed .....
Foot ....armed .....
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)2. These animals are getting smarter every day.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)3. Guns don't kill people. Dogs kill people
On top of that, the dog lived up to his name Trigger.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. You can't make this stuff up!
Oh, the irony.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,967 posts)5. The only thing that stops a bad dog with a gun
is a good dog with a gun.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)6. wish people who had these kind of hunting 'accidents' were banned from license for a year.
Eugene
(61,900 posts)7. "Carter reportedly did not complete a hunter education course, according to CBS affiliate WANE."
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)8. Evidently, her dog didn't either. n/t
malaise
(269,054 posts)9. ROFL
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahah
FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)10. And where is the PICTURE of this dog?
Isn't it a requirement that any time the words "dog" "cat" "puppy" or "kitty" is in the title, that there will be pictures of the animal?
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)14. Here's "trigger-happy" Trigger
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)11. Another "responsible" gun owner until they weren't...
When is this bullshit going to end.
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)12. The only thing that stops a bad dog with a gun...
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)13. In my state,
this woman would have been required to pass a gun safety course to be allowed to purchase a waterfowl hunting license.
I find it interesting that so many DUers have expressed amusement at this woman's injuries rather than compassion.