Thread: Man who shot teen dead in hunting accident 22 years ago loses firearms licence bid

Spanners I agree with Sasquatch above. Now I don't want to come across as a prick here and perhaps some will make that judgement anyway but that is just too bad. Can you explain why you took Cordites photos down please. I wish to know the facts and don't want to be made to guess.
I would like to also know from Cordite why he posted those photos. Seems that so far judgements are being made based on guesses and not facts
Some poor bastard has to actually clean-up after those road accidents we only saw the pictures
HOW I SEE THIS SPANNERS AND EVERYONE ELSE IS THAT AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS RESULTING FROM BOTH THE MIS-USE OF FIREARMS AND VEHICLES ARE UNACCEPTABLE !!
The road toll keeps climbing each year - it's not like it is totally under control and nothing to worry about, in fact the reverse is true. And that is despite more speed restrictions, blood alcohol reductions, seatbelts road realignments etc etc. If we are not actually mature enough to face the morbid reality of what can happen through driving or hunting accidents, are we mature enough to have a firearms licence ??.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Spanners I agree with Sasquatch above. Now I don't want to come across as a prick here and perhaps some will make that judgement anyway but that is just too bad. Can you explain why you took Cordites photos down please. I wish to know the facts and don't want to be made to guess.
I would like to also know from Cordite why he posted those photos. Seems that so far judgements are being made based on guesses and not facts
Some poor bastard has to actually clean-up after those road accidents we only saw the pictures
HOW I SEE THIS SPANNERS AND EVERYONE ELSE IS THAT AVOIDABLE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS RESULTING FROM BOTH THE MIS-USE OF FIREARMS AND VEHICLES ARE UNACCEPTABLE !!
The road toll keeps climbing each year - it's not like it is totally under control and nothing to worry about, in fact the reverse is true. And that is despite more speed restrictions, blood alcohol reductions, seatbelts road realignments etc etc. If we are not actually mature enough to face the morbid reality of what can happen through driving or hunting accidents, are we mature enough to have a firearms licence ??.

@Moa Hunter

I think you summarise quite well why I posted the images, thanks, but add an element of frustration. It was to stir up debate, because as pointed out above there's massive denial about a horror side of our favourite transport, but my frustration was of how up in arms people get about a shooter who is no worse in his accident.

Half as gruesome images would have done better though --- but I suspect the problem of forum members is more to do with a perfectly normal human aversion to contemplating human death. What got to me in the motorbike image was that the guy had cool gloves... of no use to him. His mode of death was as uninteresting as it was obvious. Yes, show them to your son for his road safety so he knows the kind of cold mind he needs for the road. Plenty rifle suicide brain shot pictures out there too when it comes to firearms safety training. Instill absolute gut revulsion at even the thought of pointing a firearm in an unsafe direction.