Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day: Unnamed Columbus, OH Police Officer

By Robert Farago

“Gary Parsley says the shooting that happened on Chandler Drive in Whitehall, Friday afternoon, happened in an instant,” w10tv.com reports. “’Everything happened really fast,’ he said. Parsley says a Columbus Police Officer came to his house to follow up on a hit-and-skip case Parsley says he was a victim of two weeks ago. He says when the officer stepped outside – a woman, two houses down, came running out and pleading for help. ‘She was wanting medical attention for her sister,’ Parsley said. ‘That’s why she called the guy over there.’ Parsley went back inside his house. A few seconds later he heard the gunshot.” Mercy killing? Not even close . . .

 

According to CPD, when the officer approached the house the family’s dog charged him.

“The officer fires one shot at the dog, misses the dog and accidentally shoots a four-year-old in the leg,” CPD spokeswoman, Denise Alex-Bouzounis, said.

There’s a reason for Rule Four – know your target and what’s beyond it. To prevent people from shooting something they didn’t intend to shoot. Ah, but did the unnamed police officer need to shoot Fido? As you might imagine, that’s a source of some debate.

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Source:: Truth About Guns