{"id":1822660,"date":"2023-01-24T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822660"},"modified":"2023-01-24T17:50:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:50:34","slug":"dog-kills-owner-by-stepping-on-gun-in-hunting-mishap-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dog-kills-owner-by-stepping-on-gun-in-hunting-mishap-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Kills Owner By Stepping On Gun In Hunting Mishap: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdog-kills-owner-by-stepping-on-gun-in-hunting-mishap-authorities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1822660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"p1\">A man can be found on Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/dog-shoots-kills-owner-freak-hunting-accident-kansas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> In a tragic accident after his dog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-dies-dog-steps-rifle-causing-discharge-kansas-officials-say-rcna67150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appears<\/a> According to authorities, he may have fired a gun from his backseat, having stepped on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Sumner County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Kansas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kwch.com\/2023\/01\/23\/man-fatally-wounded-apparent-hunting-accident-sumner-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> The man had been shot in the back and police responded. According to the office, the victim was sitting in the front seat of the pickup truck he owned. The man was apparently hit by a gunshot from a dog sitting in the back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cResponding units arrived within minutes of the 911 call and started CPR,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said, but the man died at the location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cA canine belonging to the owner of the pickup stepped on the rifle causing the weapon to discharge,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kake.com\/story\/48213408\/sheriff-hunter-dies-after-dog-steps-on-rifle-in-backseat-of-pickup-truck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained<\/a>. \u201cThe fired round struck the passenger who died of his injuries on scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksn.com\/news\/local\/one-killed-in-sumner-county-after-dog-steps-on-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the man\u2019s name was Joseph Austin Smith, and he was from Wichita, Kansas. Differing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksn.com\/news\/local\/one-killed-in-sumner-county-after-dog-steps-on-rifle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/dog-shoots-kills-man-on-kansas-hunting-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> He was between 30 and 32 years old. Along with the gun, hunting equipment was also in his backseat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The location was also visited by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and Wellington Fire and EMS.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington Fire and EMS Chief Tim Hay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/man-dies-dog-steps-rifle-causing-discharge-kansas-officials-say-rcna67150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> NBC that an additional individual was in the driver\u2019s seat of the car, but was not physically hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hunting accidents may be dangerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hunter-ed.com\/nevada\/studyGuide\/Four-Main-Causes-of-Hunting-Incidents\/201034_105226\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">occur<\/a> There are many reasons. These types of incidents are most common because of inability to recognize targets at 15.5%. \u201c[s]hooter swinging on game\u201d At 12.8%, being careless with a gun at 11.4% and a victim not being visible to the person who is shooting at 8.3%. The data comes from the National Shooting Sports Foundation\u2019s (NSSF) Industry Intelligence Reports from 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A 2019 report <a href=\"https:\/\/ksoutdoors.com\/KDWP-Info\/News\/News-Archive\/2019-Weekly-News\/4-18-19-Hunting-Incidents\/Kansas-Reports-Safest-Hunting-Season-Yet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> The 2018 hunting season was one of the most safest in state history. There were no gun-related deaths or injuries and there were only four reported shooting incidents. For this success, the Kansas Hunter Education Program is to be commended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt has been years of hard work and dedicated services that has brought us to this point,\u201d Kent Barrett, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT), said that at the time. \u201cHaving said that, we also know that next year will bring us a whole new set of circumstances that will test us once again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, a man died in a tragic mishap after his dog appears to have stepped on a gun, firing it from the back seat of his car, according to authorities. The Sumner County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Kansas said that law enforcement responded to a man who had suffered a gunshot wound to the back. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1822663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5992,8739,7012,16319,3904,16318,6263,10722],"class_list":["post-1822660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-authorities","tag-dog","tag-gun","tag-hunting","tag-kills","tag-mishap","tag-owner","tag-stepping"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1822660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1822663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1822660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1822660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1822660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}