Whoops! I just realized that I had not posted the unlocked version of October’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

This month we have a Good story of taking care of oneself, a Bad story about failed parenting, and another Ugly story in which the authorities failed to protect someone they could and should have.
The musical selection for October is Metallica’s cover of The Ecstasy of Gold. Metal covers of songs from Westerns are rare and this is exceptionally good.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/good-bad-and-115130383

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY – OCTOBER 2024

The Good

A Hubert woman who fatally shot her ex-boyfriend in self-defense earlier this month will not face charges, according to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office

“the woman fired five shots from a .380 caliber handgun. He was struck by all five shots.”

The Bad

Baby shot and killed by toddler who got hold of loaded gun in parked car

The child who fired the shot was 3 and the victim was 10 months old.

The Ugly

A Minneapolis man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his neighbor for pruning a tree he believed was on his property line, court documents show

This is a follow up on last month’s Ugly incident; bear in mind that it doesn’t take much to set some people off. Just as in last month’s incident, the authorities took no action against the shooter before the incident despite him having active warrants.

Enjoy!

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The GBU isn’t drawn from The Armed Citizen column of the official NRA Journals but the October 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.