• [VIDEO] Crazy Hawaiian Fires Gun Towards Neighbor After Trying To Check On Home

    As the volcano wreaks havoc on a Hawaiian island, people are nervous about property and life, and it seems that some tensions are running higher than others. In a video uploaded a few days ago, a gun owner is seen doing something incredibly irresponsible when he thought that they were possibly there to loot or…

  • Bad Apple: Concealed Carrier Brandishes Gun To Off-Duty Cop During A Bit Of Road Rage

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Every group has a few bad apples, and concealed carry is no exception. We’re not here to pretend that all concealed carriers are following the law at all times because that simply isn’t realistic. Humans will be humans, and some will fall through the cracks. The latest Irresponsible Gun Owner story comes…

  • BAD FORM: Husband Guns Down Wife In a Case of Mistaken Identity

    WINTER GARDEN, FL — A woman was shot multiple times — and could easily have been killed — by an armed husband that failed to properly identify his target. The husband was not charged, according to the Orlando Sentinel, but he could well have killed her. As the Orlando Sentinel reports: The shooting happened just…

  • Why Do People Keep Bringing Firearms In Their Carry-On Luggage?

    TAMPA, FLORIDA — Tampa International Airport and Sarasota Bradenton International are both seeing new trends; more and more handguns are being found in travelers’ carry-on luggage. But why? “Most people when they get to the checkpoint and they’re told that they have a weapon in their bag or briefcase, they’re surprised,” [TPA security Chief Charlie]…

  • Michigan Teen Misses Bus, Is Fired On For Asking Directions to School

    ROCHESTER HILLS, MI — A young man was shot at and could easily have been killed by a man so eager to suspect him of wrongdoing that anything remotely resembling the truth was cast aside Thursday, Fox Business reports. Brennan Walker, 14, woke up late and missed the bus to school on Thursday — most of…

  • BAD FORM: Man Kills Own Mother After Failing to Identify… and NO CHARGES

    TACOMA, WA — A mother was shot and killed while seemingly trying to break and enter into her son’s home, The News Tribune reports. She wasn’t however — according to reports, the two were very close. That didn’t stop the panicked Jullian Anderson-Randlefrom shooting her multiple times before identifying his target. After all that, he…

  • Irresponsible Gun Owner Shoots Friend, News Tells How Bad A Good Guy With A Gun Can Be

    By Robert Farago via TTAG Long story short, Alexis Bukrym (above) shot her “pranking” roommate Anthony Schwartz, mistaking him for a lethal threat. Our good friends at The Trace, doing what they’re paid so handsomely to do, wave the bloody flag on Ms. Bukrym’s behalf, exploiting the tragedy as proof — proof! — that armed self-defense is a bad, bad thing…

  • BAD FORM: Girlfriend Hospitalized After Man Fails to Identify Target

    SWANZEY, NH — A man is facing some serious charges after he shot and seriously injured his girlfriend in the middle of the night when he mistook her for an intruder, The Keene Sentinel reports. When he woke up to suspicious noises, grabbed his defensive firearm, and when he saw a silhouette down the hallway,…

  • Are Guns Getting Too Small, Or Are People Getting More Stupid?

    A man at Midway International Airport was casually going through the motions for TSA in order to board his flight. His carry-on bag had a little something that airports and TSA frowns upon; a loaded pistol. Local news reports; John Waltz, 52, was charged with a felony count of boarding an aircraft with a weapon,…