Gun Safety Instructor Accidentally Shoots Pastor During Class

Gun instructor Phillip Rushing

Huffington Post

A California pastor was accidentally shot during a gun safety class earlier this month. 

Instructor Phillip Rushing of the Personal Protection Institute in Modesto had just replaced his rubber training gun with a real pistol at the end of class when someone asked about how to handle an attacker with a knife, the Modesto Bee reported.

Tom Smith, a family pastor at The House Modesto who also helps with church security, volunteered to act as the attacker. During the roleplaying scenario, Rushing pulled out his weapon and shot Smith in the waist, above the hip, the paper said.