Earlier in 2026 a sub-Reddit called “r/liberalgunowners,” saw one user provide an update after describing a harrowing incident at home – but a New York Times columnist elected to leave out a large part of the story to deliver an anti-gun ownership spiel.

In the screenshot of the initial post on Reddit posted on X on March 2, according to BizPacReview, the user explained how his partner had purchased a Glock pistol “for self-defense as the federal government does fascist things in our community.” The Reddit user apparently provided additional updates later in the thread, based on another screenshot posted on X.

The Reddit user, who was familiar with rifles and shotguns, had no familiarity with the pistol, which makes what happened not very surprising, but still shocking. Per the original post, the Reddit user’s partner had an “accidental discharge” while practicing loading the gun and racking the slide, due to giving in to a “compulsion” to pull the trigger, putting a hole in the wall of the house the two shared with their cats.

“We bought the gun to stop the fascist government, but accidentally shot it inside the house.” r/LiberalGunOwners is a goldmine pic.twitter.com/TCY7g6fdKY — Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) March 3, 2026

“We bought the gun to stop the fascist government, but accidentally shot it inside the house.”

r/LiberalGunOwners is a goldmine........

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