No incidents from Chicargo in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly this month. There is one in The Armed Citizen column though, a bicycle robbery.

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – July 2024

The Good

Prosecutor says deadly shooting in downtown Anderson appears to be self-defense

Many, perhaps most, shootings take place in Social Space. This appears to be one of them.

The Bad

[Unintentional] shooting at Kentucky gun store under investigation

Another story emphasizing the importance of safe gunhandling by observing Fundamental Rules at all times. A combination of Rule Two (Point in a safe direction) and Rule Three (Keep finger outside trigger guard) violations caused the death of an innocent bystander. Rule One (All guns are always loaded) applies no matter where you are, even when examining a gun taken out of a display case.

The Ugly

Two women involved in custody battle shot dead

People sometimes get insane over child custody. Every unpleasant custody battle story I read makes me glad my parents weren’t like that.

“A 65-year-old retired probation officer from Chicago fatally shot her grandchild’s mother on an Upper East Side street Friday just yards from Gracie Mansion, then turned the gun on herself, NYPD detectives said.”

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The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the July edition of The Armed Citizen is attached. Rather than an obsessive interest in ‘the worst case scenario,’ it shows what the vast majority of Defensive Gun Uses really look like.