Thread: Why do hunters continue to be accidentally shot?

These are not "accidental" shootings, they are "unintentional". Calling them accidental makes them seem unavoidable. These are all preventable.

If you are going to argue about semantics to fit your world view you should try to be more precise. They are an intentional shooting in error with an accidental outcome. Accidents can be avoided, but not without the cost of the elimination of the activity.

Like it or not, there will always be a statistical error rate. Ever heard the saying "nobody's perfect?"

That is not to say that we shouldn't be trying to reduce the error rate and its catastrophic effects....

The biggest impediment to this issue in my opinion is the constant repetitive thoughtless mantra "he failed to identify his target"..... its a bit like saying "going faster is more dangerous" equally as useless...

The right question is "Why did he fail to successfully identify his target"?

Until we understand the reasons why he failed, we will not make progress at reducing these incidents... and the lock em up forever brigade are just sacrificing another victim as a selfish emotional response....