New York Man Arrested After Being Shot in His Own Home

Long Island, New York, isn’t the most gun-friendly place in the world, but some people have guns there. Shocking, I know, but it’s true.

Still, when you have a gun, either in an anti-gun state or not, it’s imperative that you handle it safely. It’s also imperative that if you hand that gun to someone who doesn’t know how to handle it safely, you instruct them immediately.

For one guy, though, it was a rough time because he didn’t.

It seems that you can get arrested for being shot with your own gun.

Geonard Wade allegedly handed a shotgun to a 15-year-old family member at a home when the weapon accidentally discharged, shooting Wade in the arm on March 7 at 7:40 p.m. He was transported to Stony  Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious but not life-threatening injuries. The teenager was not injured and was released into the custody of family on scene.  

Wade was charged with reckless endangerment.

While I can’t find a definitive answer as of this writing, it looks like the charges stem from handing a gun to the teenager, particularly inside the home.

However, this could have been avoided.

Yes, Wade could have just not handed the kid the gun. He could have also checked to make sure the chamber was empty, then insisted the kid do the same. This is just basic gun handling, and it looks like absolutely no one did so. 

There’s also the fact that Wade, if he were versed on the Four Rules, should have insisted the gun not be pointed at anyone at any time. That clearly didn’t happen, nor did the insistence that booger hooks remain off the bang switch.

Wade is likely to recover, at the wound was to his arm and didn’t hit anything vital, apparently. That’s good news. I’m sure he won’t do that again.

Then again, it looks like he’s looking at felony charges, as this was apparently reckless endangerment in the first degree, which is a Class D felony in New York.

So he got shot with his own gun in his own house, apparently, and now he’s looking at losing his gun rights on top of everything else.

On the one hand, stupid should hurt, and it should hurt badly. This most definitely qualifies.

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