Perils of guns and cases of mistaken identity

1 comment August 14th, 2008

In a case of mistaken identity, a 14-year-old hunter mistakes a woman hiker for a black bear and shoots her dead in Washington state, according to this L.A. Times story.

Makes me worry about the possible terrible consequences of mistaken identity — not mistaking people for bears — if the proposed concealed carry law allows people in Winnebago County to carry concealed guns.

Maybe Mr. I-don’t-wear-my-glasses-all-the-time thinks that Mr. I-wasn’t-going-for-a-gun-but-only-my-pack-o’-chewin’-tobacco-when-I-was-talking-smack-about your stupid-dog-while-we-was-walking-on-the-bike-path really thought he was going for his gun.