This day in history: 30-year-old Joseph Smith from Wichita, Kansas, was killed in his pickup truck during a hunting trip, when his dog discharged a rifle from the back seat on this day in 2023. Smith was sitting in the front passenger seat of his vehicle when his dog "stepped on the rifle", which pulled the trigger and shot him.
In 2014, a dog shot a hunter after the hunter left his shotgun on the ground near Eagle Grove. And the Washington Post has reported at least six incidents of dogs turning guns on their owner.
In 2015, a Labrador retriever named Trigger shot a woman in the foot in Indiana, as her loaded shotgun had been left on the ground with the safety off.
In 2018, a pit bull-Labrador named Balew in Iowa shot his owner when the pair were playing. Richard Remme told officials he was sitting on the couch when he pushed the dog off his lap. Balew jumped up, disabled the safety on the gun in his holster and pressed the trigger.
The only thing that can stop a bad dog with a gun is a good dog with a gun.
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