Lehaut Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 This time a British woman, living in Brittany. https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2022/10/16/chasse-une-britannique-tuee-par-un-tir-accidentel-en-bretagne_6146058_3224.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Lehaut, I wonder if this is news? Yes, a shocking thing to say when someone has died. But really doesn't this happen EVERY hunting season? OH who is old enough to have been conscripted in the UK always expresses horror at the careless and amateurish handling of their guns by hunters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 https://www.letelegramme.fr/cotes-darmor/goudelin/goudelin-une-personne-tuee-lors-d-un-accident-de-chasse-16-10-2022-13200749.php And I agree with Menthe's comment - the firearm handling discipline displayed by the average chausseur wandering about at the side of the road is very sloppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 (edited) Brits under the age of 80, few of whom have never been near any form of armed service, tend to go bananas when offered the chance to use a firearm. Something they know nothing about and for which they have no respect. The average rural Frenchman, even though liable to partake of a few bevvies when on a so-called hunt, at least has some idea of safety. Edited October 17, 2022 by ssomon punctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 10 hours ago, ssomon said: Brits under the age of 80, few of whom have never been near any form of armed service, tend to go bananas when offered the chance to use a firearm. Something they know nothing about and for which they have no respect. The average rural Frenchman, even though liable to partake of a few bevvies when on a so-called hunt, at least has some idea of safety. A Frenchman kills a woman and Brits are somehow are implicated! Presumably you , at least, feel there is some connection but I doubt anyone else does. Surprised you didn't include Brexit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Several people are killed every year during the hunting season, all of them accidents but accidents that can be avoided. By definition though an accident is, well an accident! I target shoot and have several guns. At the range the protocol is very strict. No gun is ever loaded unless it is going to be used. When not being used it is unloaded and left untouched. The weapons I use range from Magnum .38 to a .22 target pistol, both very deadly. Others have a range of weapons that are even more powerful.. In over 23 years there has never been an accident of any description. Wth this latest hunting accident carrying a loaded rifle over the shoulder, with or without the safety catch on is crass stupidity, it shouldn't happen. Familiarity with guns is partly to blame but is no excuse. An avoidable accident. He has to live with his stupidity now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lehaut Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 I agree with the comments that hunting accidents occur every year in France. The only reason I thought this particular incident was of interest/newsworthy was that the person killed was a British woman. Range shooting is very different to hunting. (I have done both) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, Lehaut said: I agree with the comments that hunting accidents occur every year in France. The only reason I thought this particular incident was of interest/newsworthy was that the person killed was a British woman. Range shooting is very different to hunting. (I have done both) Indeed they are different; With one you kill, maim or wound deliberately; or accidentally! The other , on a range, is safer and you don't kill or pander quite so much to the 'macho' image!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Blimey, I just read the piece and see she was shot by her partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Loiseau said: Blimey, I just read the piece and see she was shot by her partner. That's why I assumed he is also British. Other reports I have seen since give his name, which is fairly obviously French, so I was mistaken. I still have the same views about Brits and guns. The majority are just not used to them being around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 From the snippet I could read on the Ouest France website without being a subscriber, it looks as if he might be the président of the société de chasse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Loiseau said: From the snippet I could read on the Ouest France website without being a subscriber, it looks as if he might be the président of the société de chasse. Correct - that's how I read it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Familiarity is more than likely the reason the woman was killed. I see these 'hunters' all the time down here in the Pays Basque and many of them simply do not adhere to basic rules regarding weapons. It is understandable because they are wandering around for hours and days with a loaded weapon and they become blasé but non the less it is irresponsible. When handling a gun, any type of gun certain rules are not for interpretation. The man is being investigated by the Police and , I understand, has been charged with some form of manslaughter. There is a possibility of a prison sentence but I have never heard of one, at least no one actually being locked up, a suspended sentence is more likely; perhaps with a hefty fine. As for the majority of Brits not being used to guns, a rather ridiculous thing to say. I'm a 'Brit' and have had guns for many years as have many other 'Brits' I don't know of any Brit who has killed someone in a hunting accident or even murdered someone with a gun in France! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I don't really believe you represent the majority of Brits, however many guns you have😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, ssomon said: I don't really believe you represent the majority of Brits, however many guns you have😀 I do not pretend to represent the majority of Brits. neither do I, as you do, profess to know what the majority are like. I know what some are like though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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