Hug triggers officer's gun, kills woman

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(AP) DETROIT - A woman celebrating the weekend before her 25th birthday was fatally shot Sunday when she hugged an off-duty police officer while dancing at a party, causing the officer's service weapon to fire, according to police and her mother.
Adaisha Miller would have turned 25 on Monday, according to her mother, Yolanda McNair.
The shooting happened at an outdoor social gathering about 12:30 a.m., said police Sgt. Eren Stephens. It happened on the city's west side.
According to Stephens, the woman "embraced the officer from behind, causing the holstered weapon to accidently discharge." The bullet punctured Miller's lung and hit her heart, and she died at a hospital.
Stephens said the Detroit officer will remain on administrative duties while authorities investigate the shooting and report their findings to the Wayne County prosecutor. The officer's name was not released.
"For this to happen to her, whether they want to call it freak accident or mistake in judgment, it should have never happened to my child, and there's nothing I can do to get her back," McNair told WDIV-TV.
McNair said her daughter was out to mark her upcoming birthday.
"All she wanted to do was enjoy the weekend for her birthday," the mother said. "She had every right to enjoy turning 25 and look beyond that."
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This is total fiction. A hug cannot discharge a holstered weapon, especially with the safety on. The gun had to be a) out of the holster, b) safety off c) round racked in the chamber d) pointed at chest level. Not an accident
Any moron can go buy a gun and too many of them do.
Constitutionally speaking, a law could be passed requiring all gun owners to attend regular state militia classes in gun safety, use, care, etc. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state" is the first part of the second amendment.
I really doubt that the overwhelming number of gun owners would be willing to drill once a month and two weeks a year so they could leap to the defense of the state. But from a constitutional point of view, it's justified to demand that of all gun owners. If they choose to be a gun owner, then they must accept the responsibility being one confers that we currently don't demand of them.
This officer should have his guns taken from him and his badge. You never have a round chambered until you are ready to fire the weapon. That's so basic and elemental of a gun safety rule that violating it has no justification or excuse.
Gun owners do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hug a fireman, get burned.
And as the world can see, there are an awful lot of people in the U.S. who don't have all their marbles. : )