night january 2016 responsible gun owner justin lowrie decide skip aa meet schedule attend could get drink friends.according leader-telegram lowrie experience firearms 32-year-old alcoholic give conceal carry permit state wisconsin two months permit make perfectly legal lowrie take mm handgun drink party.around 10:30 pm party wind lowrie group friends gather apartment build rice lake hold handgun.two friends laura polichnia cheri fullarton stand arm-in-arm nearby lowrie accidentally shoot fullarton face kill her.melissa leland resident apartment build shoot take place describe scene wqow hear gunshot sudden people start scream cry couple minutes go go apartment check see heck go one neighbor come run cry shoot shoot someone apartment complex call 911. authorities arrive scene lowrie leave apartment group gather return apartment locate two doors away apartment fullarton shot.that put gun head pull trigger end life moment drunken despair.the leader-telegram describe lowrie man trouble past drink problem interview lowrie father say son trouble due wife leave mother die cancer 2014.the nra say everyone right gun regardless mental emotional health attempt prevent tragedy like portray evil liberal plot take gun away put fema camp something equally ignorant.cheri fullarton 37-year-old mother three.during interview leader-telegram brother roger miller say family struggle deal loss try remember love children pretty intelligent say mad hell screw around gun even think unload lowrie distraught father tell leader-telegram know justin make choices drunken state ask interview justin lowrie dad also say believe lord go save people wish could take back get do-overs acknowledge things happen learn make good choices maybe change someone else life would great gun-totin jesus right-wing christian fantasy would never allow thing happen.here story wqow.wqow tv eau claire wi news18 news weather sportsfeatured image credit alice taylor via flckr cc 2.0 responsible gun owner shoot accidentally kill friend video