Oh, Brother

Yup, it has happened again. Two brothers and a gun.

Only a few weeks ago, we blogged about a pair of brothers who, during an argument, shot and wounded each other. Not long thereafter, we blogged about another pair of brothers who, again during an argument, got a gun involved. Now this:

Two brothers were shot by the same bullet that discharged from a pistol one of the brothers was cleaning, according to a Manatee (Florida) Sheriff’s Office report.

This story, published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, continued to report that while the 17-year-old brother removed the magazine from the 9mm weapon, he did not clear the chamber. As he tried to remove the gun’s slide, he pressed the trigger. The bullet went through his leg and struck the leg of his 20-year-old brother.

At least in this episode, there was probably no argument until after the gunfire.