OH: Man charged with negligently shooting neighbor

[seamusTX]

In Streetsboro, Ohio (middle of nowhere), Thursday a 21-year-old man was charged with misdemeanor negligent assault after he allegedly discharged a shotgun through the floor of his apartment and hit a woman on the floor below.

Amazingly enough, the incident occurred at approximately 12:45 p.m.

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Oopsie.

- Jim

[mgood]

Besides keeping your booger hook off the bang switch, apartment living requires a little thought as to just what is a safe direciton to keep that muzzle pointed.
There may be people above and/or below you, to either side, and maybe behind.
In most places, keeping the gun pointed more or less straight up or down is a reasonably safe direction. Not always the case in apartments.
Firing through the floor and hitting the neighbor below . . . Besides risking someone's life and proving what an imbecile you are, it gives the antis another chance to say, "SEE? Guns are an accident waiting to happen!"

[Jumping Frog]

Bugs me when they use the term "accidentally" when it is a negligent discharge.

[WildBill]

This reminds me of a song by Paul Simon: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor."