Seventeen of 61 guns found by TSA agents at airports across the country, during the week of 10/30/15-11/05/15.

We’re into November, so we’re seeing the hunting-related accidents begin to mount. I say they’re “hunting-related” because often these accidents occur just before or just after the hunt itself, when the guns are in transition to or from storage and/or transportation, at which point the guns should, of course, be unloaded, but often aren’t. There were seven hunting-related gun mishaps during the week of November 1st, counting the guy who was shooting coyotes, which isn’t exactly hunting in the traditional sense, I guess. But no matter what you consider it, it doesn’t make much difference because he ended up accidentally shooting and killing himself, anyway. And surely that’s the bigger issue.

In other news, fourteen people accidentally shot themselves, eight people accidentally shot family members or significant others, seven eight people involved in gun accidents initially lied to police about what happened, four people accidentally shot into the homes or property of their neighbors, four managed to accidentally fire guns they were cleaning or working on, and two people accidentally fired weapons while they were out shopping or dining among the rest of the minding-their-own-business public.

That brings us to our top stories for the week, which includes the first one on our list: the Florida man who dropped his pistol while walking to the register to pay for his meal at Cracker Barrel, causing the gun to fire, and wounding a member of the very minding-their-own-business public we were just fretting over a moment ago. I’m sure someone comforted the unfortunate victim by explaining that modern weapons don’t do what the weapon in question had just done to him, though. So at least there’s that.

Ever been told that suicides shouldn’t really count in gun totals? Well, they should if you accidentally shoot and kill your spouse, and wound your son and your nurse in the process, as happened in Cypress, Texas. And then there’s the Omaha, Nebraska grandpa who thought he’d do everyone a favor by protecting the local kids by going armed to pick his grandkids up after school, but then accidentally fired his gun while waiting in the parking lot. Luckily for him, he’d loaded his gun with blanks. Though that does raise larger questions about why he brought the gun in the first place.

Our title for the post comes from a story many of you likely caught wind of earlier: the man in Tampa, Florida, who accidentally shot and killed a woman during what he described as “freaky sex.” Apparently it involved role playing during which a gun was held to his partner’s head—a gun which he believed to be unloaded, because he’d removed the magazine. But as we all know from reading about so many similar accidents (though this one certainly stands out), you must never forget to verify that the chamber of a semi-automatic weapon is empty, as well.

Before I send you over the fold for the latest list, I have to mention one of the more tragic incidents GunFAIL watchers have seen of late: the death of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis, in Marksville, Louisiana. Jeremy became the youngest victim of a fatal police shooting this year, killed by moonlighting, part-time city marshals, one of whom was rumored to have had a personal grudge against the driver of the car Jeremy died in, the boy’s father, Chris Few. Certainly one of the more sordid tales of unjustified and excessive police violence, this one resulting in the death of a first grader, at that.