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Milw. Man Arrested Recklessly Endangering Safety/Negligent Handling

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I smell something fishy here. Betting gun didn't have a holster in pocket and she fingered it. Lol
 

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Not a lot of information there, but are we not responsible for every round sent "down range?"

We shall wait for more information.
 

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I don't think it really meets the definition of Wis stat 941.30 (1) or(2)

941.30SUBCHAPTER IV OTHER DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTALITIESAND PRACTICES941.30

Recklessly endangering safety. 941.30(1)

(1) First-degree recklessly endangering safety. Whoever recklessly endangers another's safety under circumstances which show utter disregard for human life is guilty of a Class F felony.

941.30(2)(2) Second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Whoever recklessly endangers another's safety is guilty of a Class G felony. - See more at: http://statutes.laws.com/wisconsin/941/941.30#sthash.Oci9oYCY.dpuf

But that doesn't mean one well not have to defends oneself and spend lots of time and money doing so.

Wonder what make and model it was
 
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941.20  Endangering safety by use of dangerous weapon.
(1) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:
(a) Endangers another's safety by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon;

He wasn't handling the gun ... nor operating it.

Just an accident .. jee wiz, every time there is a coulda situation happens an arrest has to be made?

No one was hurt ... no harm/no foul.

I guess a civil issue regarding the damage, if any, that the discharge may have caused.

If it would have dropped from its holster and he caught it before anything further happened, they'd arrest for that too ....
 

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I want to know what kind of gun it was because unless it was something very old or very cheap, what was described shouldn't happen.

At some point, police say a handgun fell out of the coat pocket, landed on the floor and a round was discharged.
 
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He wasn't handling the gun ... nor operating it.

Just an accident ..
It was negligence in this case not some blameless "accident". They were (mis)handling the firearm by manipulating what it was being held in when it fell and discharged. The fact that it was not in some type of a holster or otherwise retained and this fact leading to it falling and discharging is being charged as criminal negligence.

If it would have dropped from its holster and he caught it before anything further happened, they'd arrest for that too ....
No, they would not. Something actually happened and it was not in a "holster" which had a reasonable expectation of safely and effectively retaining it.
 

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It was negligence in this case not some blameless "accident". They were (mis)handling the firearm by manipulating what it was being held in when it fell and discharged. The fact that it was not in some type of a holster or otherwise retained and this fact leading to it falling and discharging is being charged as criminal negligence.


No, they would not. Something actually happened and it was not in a "holster" which had a reasonable expectation of safely and effectively retaining it.

Maybe maybe not.

Do we know what the actual charge is or well be, has he had an initial appearance yet the DA might decide to charge some thing different.
 

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I see it as a "no harm" "no foul" situation. It was an accident. Guns are not supposed to discharged when dropped.

Like dropping a stuffed toy and an eye pops out and injures someone ... big crime there.

Ya never been at a gun range before where an accidental discharge happens? Jeez, we turned into *******?
 
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I see it as a "no harm" "no foul" situation. It was an accident. Guns are not supposed to discharged when dropped.

Like dropping a stuffed toy and an eye pops out and injures someone ... big crime there.

Ya never been at a gun range before where an accidental discharge happens? .

I know ranges which will ban you from the premises for a single negligent discharge. I have never seen a toy eyeball fly out at over 800 fps. There was property damage and they fled the scene. That alone can get you charged with a crime.
 

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a) Endangers another's safety by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon

One could argue that here was no handling or operation of the weapon.

He didn't handle it nor did he operate it.

I think it is a stretch to say by taking off his coat he was operating or handling it.
 

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a) Endangers another's safety by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon

One could argue that here was no handling or operation of the weapon.

He didn't handle it nor did he operate it.

I think it is a stretch to say by taking off his coat he was operating or handling it.

I'm not sure I agree with that. If I take off my holster with the gun in it, am I not handling the gun? I submit that I am.
 

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I'm not sure I agree with that. If I take off my holster with the gun in it, am I not handling the gun? I submit that I am.

No you are handing a holstered gun, I submit that he was handling his coat with a gun in the pocket.

If you are handling a closed box with a gun it are handling the gun or the box.

You are handling a box with a gun in it IMHO.

Now if you stick your hand in side the box and grab the gun you are now handling the gun.

Here's the definition of

hand·ling


/ˈhandl-iNG/


noun

noun: handling; plural noun: handlings



1.



the act of taking or holding something in the hands



Thus he was handling his coat with a gun in its pocket.
 

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a) Endangers another's safety by the negligent operation or handling of a dangerous weapon

One could argue that here was no handling or operation of the weapon.

He didn't handle it nor did he operate it.

I think it is a stretch to say by taking off his coat he was operating or handling it.

One could argue that Elvis is still alive but that would be no less ridiculous.. :dude:
He was negligent in the fact that his firearm was not secure. By handling the coat with the handgun inside of it, he was by default also handling the handgun. Let's have some accountability here. The idiot was negligent and there are consequences for negligence. His negligence caused property damage. He can show up in court and try to plea it down, but I see nothing wrong with accountability for negligent actions with deadly weapons.
 

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When first carrying a female friend was carrying something in an Uncle Mike's "holster shaped object".

She went to a shoe store and in full view (of me LMAO) out pops the little something onto the carpeted floor. Fortunately no body saw it and it didn't take out any fluffy bunny slippers.

True story. It is 'the story which shall never be mentioned', or some female thing they do. TSWSNBM. Orders come from on high - SWMBO.
 

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Is the order to not possess any weapons a permanent order or not to possess until after the "trial"? Can gun rights be revoked for a misdemeanor in WI?
 

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Is the order to not possess any weapons a permanent order or not to possess until after the "trial"? Can gun rights be revoked for a misdemeanor in WI?
It can be a condition of bond. WI does not typically take away RTBA for misdemeanor with the exception of domestic violence. In addition to a bond condition, the courts can order you to not possess weapons because of a domestic abuse injunction, domestic abuse tribal injunction, child abuse injunction or harassment injunction.
 
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