A dog shot dead an American hunter who was sitting in the front seat of a "pickup" vehicle, after stepping on a gun in the back seats, and the accident occurred in the center of the United States in the past few days, according to police.
The dog was present - last Saturday - in the back seats of the vehicle, where "hunting equipment and a gun were," when he "stepped on the weapon, which led to the shooting," according to the Samer County Sheriff's Office in rural Kansas.
A man was killed during a weekend hunting trip in Kansas when a dog stepped on a rifle and discharged the gun, the Sumner County Sheriff's office said.
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The authorities indicated that the victim, a 30-year-old man, was sitting next to the driver's seat when he was shot, and he "died instantly of his injury."
The investigation is still ongoing, but, according to preliminary information, what happened is related to a "hunting accident," according to what the police chief's office confirmed.
A dog fatally shot a hunter by stepping on a rifle while in the back seat of a pick-up truck - a freak accident that has sparked calls for hunters to follow basic gun safety rules.
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The authorities did not reveal if the victim was the owner of the dog.
Guns are so widespread in the United States, especially in rural states, that the number of guns circulating in the country outnumbers the population.
The country witnesses many tragic accidents, some of which sometimes result from children shooting while playing with weapons.
Guns don't kill people.
Dogs kill people.
We need more mental health for dogs.
This started when they took prayer out of the kennels.
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On social media, activists re-published the news about the strange killing, and many blamed the hunter, who was supposed to take precautions and not put the weapon near the dog, considering that it was crazy and unbelievable.