Conservative newspaper columnist killed after gun he was showing teen goes off

[TexasTowelie]

A conservative newspaper columnist known for his support of guns rights died after the pistol he was showing a teenager suddenly fired.

Michael D. Harmon, who wrote weekly for the Portland Press Herald, died at 71 Wednesday after what his wife called an “accidental tragedy.”

Police told the Press Herald that a 16-year-old and his father were visiting Harmon at his home in Sanford when he was showing the boy a handgun and it went off.

The newspaper said that he was an editor and columnist known as a “steadfast defender of gun rights” during his 41 years at the Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/columnist-killed-gun-showing-teen-article-1.2927982

[Skittles]

1. I feel very sorry for his son

that has to be dreadful for him....ultimately though, it was his dad's fault

[Laffy Kat]

2. Horrible.

The only way this would have been worse is if the 16-year-old had been killed instead of the guy with 71 years under his belt. Still, the kid has to live with the memory. How does a gun just "go off"?

[gopiscrap]

3. what goes around come around

it's gundamentalist karma