Comments on: How Spain’s Former King Killed His 14-Year-Old Brother With a Negligent Discharge https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:15:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: In time... https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-121188 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:15:50 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-121188 Ignorance of how a gun works is NO excuse. Lawyers can’t keep you safe. You need to understand the operation of the arm. But here is the kicker:
Did not face any formal charges
King Juan Carlos of Spain did not face any formal charges for the death of his brother, Alfonso, who was shot accidentally in 1956. The incident occurred when the brothers were playing with a pistol, and there was no judicial inquiry into the circumstances at the time. Juan Carlos later revealed the incident in his memoirs, but it was not a criminal case.

Us commoners would be charged

]]> By: Miner49er https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-120414 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 02:28:18 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-120414 In reply to Chris T in KY.

“So the world was apparently freer than it is today“

That’s what you take away from this?

Yes, it was freer, you know that because there were more children being accidentally killed by guns.

Just fascinating.

]]> By: Dude https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-120163 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 12:35:14 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-120163 Lesson number one: guns aren’t toys.
Lesson number two: watch this video of a LEO shooting himself in a foot while lecturing on gun safety. Tell me the things he did wrong. Never forget it.

]]> By: Dad https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-119876 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:33:14 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-119876 FAFO.

]]> By: Chris T in KY https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-119781 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:30:32 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-119781 I thought I was reading about a black teenager. Who was allowed to have guns unsupervised. And in this case had a father. But his dad unfortunately didn’t educate his child about firearms safety and responsibilities.

The story does remind me about the actress Lucille ball.

Who stated in her memoirs that the reason why she went into acting was to help pay their families legal bills. Because a relative of hers had killed another child with a gun from the family.

So the world was apparently freer than it is today.

Unfortunately, people still don’t want to face their responsibilities and the consequences that come with all that freedom.

Freedom is never free. You will always
pay one way or the other.

]]> By: SteamTroller45 https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/safety/how-spains-former-king-killed-his-14-year-old-brother-with-a-negligent-discharge/comment-page-1/#comment-119771 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:07:59 +0000 https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=30710#comment-119771 “Irresponsible gun-owning former-monarch of the day”
Probably not enough examples to start up a regular column.

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