Local news reports
Priceville's police chief said a man was shot Monday night when a gun accidentally went off at a bonfire party.
Police Chief Billy Peebles said around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday a man was brought into a Decatur fire station with a gunshot wound in his right side. The victim, identified as Derrick Couch, 20, of Decatur, was taken to Huntsville Hospital for surgery. His current condition is unknown.
Another person at the party told police he and his friends had been firing the weapon, and as he was emptying the gun it discharged. Couch was sitting to his left when the gun fired.
Does anyone think he'll receive any kind of punishment or sanction for his actions, I mean besides a bullet in the side?
No, he probably won't. In Alabama this is just part of doing business. He'll go on to commit one negligent act after another until one day he kills someone. Unless, of course, he learns a lesson and straightens out.
Do you think we should take a chance on that? Do you think people who grew up with guns and already know all about gun safety, yet prove to be stupid enough to do something like this can ever learn?
The risk is too high. Next time he might shoot someone else. He should be disarmed for his own good and the good of everyone else around him.
