This one really shouldn't be called an accident. It sounds like he purposely pulled the trigger thinking the gun was empty.The unidentified man was assisting with an estate sale on Tuesday afternoon in the 3-thousand block of Goodwin Lane when he came across a 9-millimeter pistol that he thought was unloaded. Somehow the man ended up with the muzzle of the gun in one hand when he squeezed the trigger and the gun fired, sending a bullet through the palm of his hand and out the back, then into a bookcase and the drywall of the home.
The man was quickly taken to the hospital where he was treated for that gunshot wound. No charges will be filed, since the shooting was accidental and self-inflicted.
Shouldn't a guy who is capable of something like that be prohibited from owning guns? Do you think that was the very first stupid thing he ever did with a gun? Will it be the last?
Since he'll continue to enjoy his gun rights, like responsible and safe people do, I wouldn't want to be his neighbor or the guy next to him at the shooting range, would you?
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You make it sound like he did this while scratching himself with his CCW license on the way to the NRA convention.
ReplyDeleteWhat I got from the article is that he found a gun and had no idea how to safely handle it. I'm going to guess that he isn't concerned with enjoying his gun rights and shooting his neighbors at the range.
Mikeb, at least get your targets right. The man who was injured didn't own the gun, it appears. Why aren't you whining about safe storage?
ReplyDelete"The unidentified man was assisting with an estate sale on Tuesday afternoon in the 3-thousand block of Goodwin Lane when he came across a 9-millimeter pistol that he thought was unloaded. Somehow the man ended up with the muzzle of the gun in one hand when he squeezed the trigger and the gun fired, sending a bullet through the palm of his hand and out the back, then into a bookcase and the drywall of the home."
ReplyDeleteGreg Camp is correct that Mikeb302000 should be complaining about unsafe storage. Most estate sales that are run by a few people I know in the business are conducted AFTER an inventory and thorough inspection of the premises and its contents--so's to make sure that they don't sell a Gainsborough or some other valuable piece of art, jewelry or other valuables for short money.
Considering that the incident ocurred in Texas--where gunz and gunzrightz are more valuable than the lives of the folks whose lives are snuffed out by them--well I'm just surprised that they didn't find the gun during said inventory and inspection.
I'm sure that Certified Appraiser/Estate sale expert Greg Camp will be trotting over to say that it warn't no goldurned LIBERAL estate sale where people get to look at all your personal shit!!