[deoetdoctrinae]

Very very fortunate that this did not end up with a death or serious injury. This fellow must have left his copy of "Firearms safety rules" at home.

[SIDENET]

IBPOBF

(In before picture of Barney Fife)

[LachlanMinnesota]

The chambered round is the one that kills you.

[Jonty30]

Even I know to treat every gun as a loaded gun.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Don’t the rules of disallowing loaded firearms apply to dumbass dealers?

[nuconvert]

“... taking a concealed gun out...”

out of where? might be lucky he didn’t shoot himself in a worse place than his hand.

[canalabamian]

Stupid is as stupid does. Messed up three times. Didn’t clear the chamber. Pointed the weapon at something he didn’t intend to shoot (of course, he could’ve been demonstrating .45 cal effect on flesh and bone). Pulled the trigger. Maybe he’ll remember next time.

[Slings and Arrows]

Gun dealer Bill Adams, 64, of Kodak, was taking a concealed gun out to show a customer, when the gun discharged and shot him in the hand.

Thanks for nothing, dumbass.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder how many “secondhand” gun smoke complaints they got.

[yarddog]

My gun club in Western Kansas had a fatality at our annual gun show around 1986 or 87. It happened when they were going around checking to make sure all the guns were unloaded. This was before the show opened.

The story I heard was when the guy picked up a Remington 700 in 7mm Mag. it went off. The bullet hit a woman in the head killing her instantly. We carried on with the show but it just sort of ruined it for everyone.

[I see my hands]

"the gun discharged and shot him in the hand."

Guns do nothing other than collect dust and cast shadows.

[Kirkwood]

Wonder if he’ll make a deal on that used Kimber.

[Chode]

the gun show i went to here today was quiet by comparison, nobody got shot... but i did get an A case and a B case of MRE's for $100

[Fido969]

I wonder if the hole in his hand is the “gun show loophole”.

[Vendome]

Seems like a pretty “handy” fellow.

What kind of frickin moron doesn’t clear the weapon?

[Dogbert41]

I no longer attend gun shows, nor public shooting ranges. Not that I'm better than everyone else, not that I'm pointing fingers.

Human being do stupid things from time to time. Every darned one of us.

[fireman15]

I used to work at our family's small lumber re-manufacturing plant. Several million board feet of lumber passed though my hands. One day we were running wood through one of our moulders making siding out of a batch of wood that had been cut very badly. Some pieces would go from about an inch thick on one end up to 3 or four inches on the other.

The machine had a hellaciously powerful motor on the top head, but as it tore the thick ends into shavings it would sometimes draw so much current that it would blow one of the 480v 3 phase fuses. The fuses were used because they could handle a larger amount of over-current than breakers for this type of application.

Each time a fuse would blow I would turn off the main disconnect to the machine, open up the motor controller box and pull out each of the three fuses which were protecting the motor and shake them to see which one had blown. They were about 8” long and 1” thick with brass ends that fit into the fuse holders. About the 12th time I got into the motor controller box I forgot to pull the disconnect and grabbed a live 480v fuse while standing on a wet concrete floor.

That was a pretty stupid thing to do and I got one heck of a jolt for my trouble. I knew better, but frustration with that repetitive task that day caused me to become complacent. It is my habit to always pull the bolt back on any semiautomatic handgun, rifle or shotgun and look and feel for shell before assuming the chamber is empty. It probably was this poor guy's habit also, but for some reason this time he didn't. The hand with the new hole in it will probably never be the same. If it had happened to someone else he probably would be jumping on the bandwagon with everyone else here.

My point is... it is often people who think it could never happen to them who are most vulnerable to this type of mishap. I have done enough stupid things in my life that I know that I am more lucky than good. It helps me to be more careful and develop better habits when I remind myself that I am just as capable as the next guy of grabbing the business end of a live 480v fuse while standing in a puddle of water. Don't ever think that you are so smart that you couldn't make a stupid mistake because you can... if you are sure you can't... eventually you probably will.

[Oiao]

Idiot. Idiot. Then again, I repeat myself.

[Red in Blue PA]

the .45 semiautomatic Kimber handgun

That is what I carry. You need to do no less than 4 things to make it go bang.....2 of them concurrently.

Clear the holster (possibly no holster in this case).

Drop the thumb safety.

Push in the grip safety.

while at the same time pulling the trigger.



Then, and only then, will it go bang.

[goat granny]

Yea but if he was trying to shoot himself he did good..he hit his target...