Posted on 11/03/2015 4:31:13 PM PST by RandallFlagg
GARDEN CITY, Idaho (AP) — Two men were injured at an Idaho gun show Saturday morning after a vendor from Washington state accidentally fired a rifle, Ada County Sheriff’s officials said.
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There is no excuse for this, the”vendor”needs to be take’n out back and beat severely.
Aren’t guns at gun shows not supposed to be loaded?
Ooops!
No excuse at all. Broke several fundamental rules for safety.
Stupid, careless or both. We have a tie.
Stupid.
Idiot.
They should take him out and shoo . . . no, wait . . .
I know.
The guy failed with the gun safety rules.
The guy made us all look bad.
But, these incidents are still exceedingly rare. With the numbers of gun shows all over the country every week, we’re still looking pretty good as responsible firearms owners.
Look at the IMPORTANT story under the GS account. The one about the Chinese producing an airliner to compete with the the Boeing 737.
Praise Gaia for free trade!
Happened before the show opened, during set-up.
More often than not the vendors ignore the rule against having loaded weapons at the gun shows. And more often than not it is one of them with an accidental discharge.
Really?
I admit, I was quickly posting it.
The guy here at work told me about it, but he missed that part.
Thank you.
Texas shows now require all firearms to have zip-locks through the magazines and otherwise secured. Seems anti-gunners were caught loading live rounds when looking at firearms.
When I saw the words “Garden City” I immediately thought “not again”, then I noticed it was in Idaho.
My gun club in Garden City, Kansas had an annual gun show. I can’t remember the year but it was around 1986 that a lady was killed while setting up for the show. I was not there when it happened but the story was that they were going around to the various tables making sure all the guns were unloaded and secured.
When one of the guys picked up a 7mm magnum rifle, it discharged and hit the lady in the head. The club had insurance and it was one of those rare accidents but it did happen.
Anti-gunners really are despicable.
Pain in the backside having to add another ziplock to each firearm.
Ban idiots from gun shows.
Someone touched of a 12 gauge in the parking lot at the GS in Loveland this past weekend.
He was unloading a pump before going inside. Don’t know if it was a slam fire or if the idiot had his finger on the trigger.
Luckily the barrel was pointing up, curious where things came down.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/pELwCqz2JfE?rel=0&autoplay=true
This is a couple years old but has some good facts and figures on guns.
I don't know about you, but I avoid Chinese-made crap as much as possible...would you fly on a POS Chinese-made aircraft?
No; they're supposed not to be loaded.
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