It's a sad and very current fact that guns kill a lot of people each year. Murders, killing sprees, even hunting accidents - people often forget just how deadly these weapons are. But guess who the biggest victims of gun deaths are. Go on, guess. That's right: it's the gun owners themselves who are most likely to be at the wrong end of the barrel.
While to a gun novice it might not look like there's anything wrong with this picture, anyone who's operated a rifle will immediately see what's about to happen. Basically, pretty much every gun will recoil with a heck of a lot of force. That's just the nature of the beast, and that's what the stock (the butt) of the rifle is for - to absorb that recoil with your shoulder. Except this woman hasn't got it against her shoulder, so her eye, against the scope, is going to take the entire hit. Ouch.