re: 3 Wounded at Gun Show.

stupid stupid stupid

Wonder about all the craziness lately has had more idiots at gun shows?

Anyone been to a recent show? Was it a zoo?

Done that before too. Used to work at a pawn shop yrs ago. People would get this shocked look when I would drop the mag..and as they say its empty, rack a round out of the chamber.

Like any other group of people in this world. Idiots in all walks of life. Gun owners aren't exempt from them either.

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Why didn't he clear the gun first?

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I can't ever remember anyone doing this in a pawn shop.

back in the early 90's, I worked the gun counter at a SportingGoods store here in Shreveport. When someone needed something for their gun, we would have to come get it at the door, check it, and walk it in. This one time a guy brings his freshly bought pawnshop pistol in for a holster. He hands it to me at the door and tells me he just chambered a bullet. Being stupid at the time, without ejecting the magazine, I proceeded to pull the chamber back to eject the bullet. So you can see where this is going. When I ejected the bullet, it loaded a fresh bullet and now it is cocked. When the bullet ejected there was 3 yr old like 20 ft away that went for the bullet. So here I am holding a cocked pistol in one hand trying to keep a child from rushing at me. The store manager flipped out. We would have rifles come in needing scopes that were loaded all the time.

Well duh

Unloading your gun is stupid. You must have missed that thread.

I would like to know the history of the person responsible for the accidental discharge. I don't put anything past this administration. It would certainly help King O's momentum if a bunch of accidental discharges were going off at gunshows.

I read where there were 3 total, at different gunshows? Is this due to the "Craze" of people that normally don't handle or use guns getting out and trying to make a quick buck, or is this Democratic Operatives???

Don't forget about the accidental shooting by a dealer in Ohio.

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National News Dealer accidentally shoots man at Ohio gun show

MORE Associated Press Posted on January 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM Updated yesterday at 7:03 PM

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say an accidental shooting at an Ohio gun show has left one man wounded.

Police in Medina (meh-DEYE'-nuh) say a gun dealer was checking out a semi-automatic handgun he'd bought Saturday when he accidentally pulled the trigger.

Police Chief Pat Berarducci (BEHR'-uh-doo-chee) says it appears the bullet struck the floor, then a longtime friend of the gun dealer. The man was wounded in the arm and leg.

Berarducci says the man was taken by helicopter to a Cleveland hospital. His condition isn't known.

Police say the gun's magazine had been removed from the firearm but one round remained in the chamber.

Medina is about 30 miles south of Cleveland.

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Anytime I receive a gun in possession, the mag is dropped and chamber cleared and the same when I let someone else take possession. The day after the shooting I made a couple of threads recommending a gun safety course in schools as an elective, with after school sponsorships with accredited ranges. If its a right, why not teach children how to operate safely? Simple logic, imo.