An Independence man is headed to prison for a decade after a 2025 shooting that left another man in critical condition and touched off a debate over whether a gun can really just "go off" twice in a row. Joshua W. Perry told investigators the weapon fired "spontaneously" two times, but witness accounts and court filings describe a violent struggle, multiple shots and a victim who needed emergency surgery and about five weeks in the hospital. Ple…
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