For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show

[Tx4obama]

For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show

Gun activists designated last Saturday “Gun Appreciation Day” in an attempt to highlight their opposition to gun safety laws. The PR stunt proved to be more of an embarrassment, however, when 5 people were shot at 3 different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day. On Friday afternoon, an Iowa gun dealer closed out the week by becoming the sixth person shot at a gun show. The man claims he was “showing off a .25 caliber pistol he thought was unloaded when he slid the action of the gun.” The gun was not unloaded, and a bullet went through his left palm.

After this incident, police found a second loaded weapon on the wounded gun dealer’s table.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/26/1500431/for-the-sixth-time-in-one-week-man-shot-at-gun-show/

Makes a person wonder how many of these accidents were happening every week before the media started to pay attention.

[Scuba]

1. I might advocate for more of these guns shows.

[bluestate10]

10. Nah!! The gun lovers aim is too lousy. They will end up popping grandmas walking the

grandchildren if they keep accidentally setting off guns.

[Happyhippychick]

2. Lots! But who is going to report it?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

3. Why is the Benny Hill theme song stuck in my head?

[longship]

4. Comin right up ...

WARNING! Do not confuse the Benny Hill theme with the dreaded Benny Hinn theme. Brain damage could ensue:

[El Shaman]

19. What!!!????

No snakes!!!?????

[longship]

20. Mockery and derision upon me!

I feel so sorry for my omission. Too bad Steve Irwin is no longer around. Surely he'd say, "Crikey!"

I will try to do better next time.

[Vinnie From Indy]

5. They should start advertising that some lucky attendee will get a free bullet

Even Vendors are eligible to win.

[reACTIONary]

11. +1 (NT)

[SidDithers]

6. Natural selection in action?...nt

Sid

[TeamPooka]

7. "responsible gun owner" is an oxymoron like "military intelligence" or "Clean coal" nt

[eppur_se_muova]

8. That poor guy!

I mean, getting shot once ... but six times ?

[mindwalker_i]

28. That's what I thought...

Doesn't this guy learn? Keeps gettin' shot at gun shows, might want to stop goin' to the dang things!

Darwin must be eating a pork sandwich right now!

[awoke_in_2003]

32. That is the way I read it, too...

maybe he should stop going

[samsingh]

9. so much for safety through gun awareness

what should be done by these self-described defenders of the 2nd amendment?

[El Shaman]

21. Send them to

Brazil with their 'confederate' ex-patriots from the 'great' civil war!!!

[reACTIONary]

12. I went to the gun show...

...and all I got was this bullet hole!

[AndyTiedye]

43. That Would Make a Great T Shirt!

[SwankyXomb]

13. Now there's a man

who deserves to lose his FFL.

[OldRedneck]

14. You gotta watch those guns . . .

. . . they are bad about jumping off the table and shooting the first person they see!!

[Crunchy Frog]

15. LOL! The jokes just write themselves.

[k2qb3]

16. With millions of Americans...

buying up every gun in sight, many of them first time gun buyers, it's not so surprising there's been an increase in negligent discharges lately.

It's unfortunate, but a natural consequence of the ban panic.

I had to show a neighbor how to operate his new rifle safely new years weekend, he didn't even know where the safety was.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Did you read the story?

This was the dealer...who should know better.

[Heywood J]

34. Macabre.

Driver's ed. was required when I got my class G license. I had to know the car's controls and demonstrate correct vehicle operation to the satisfaction of an examiner (two separate tests), in addition to writing a test on the rules governing its use.

But you can apparently buy a firearm without having to know about the safety or how to use the weapon properly...

[Bandit]

52. Hasn't this "ban panic" been going on long enough?

Seems like it began when President Clinton took office and hasn't stopped or even slowed down even when a Republican was pResident for eight years......How long does it go on before someone asks the simple question, why haven't they started taking our guns yet?
Fear is so ingrained in the "Home of the Brave" that common sense has long vacated the premise.

[LanternWaste]

53. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...

"It's unfortunate, but a natural consequence of the ban panic..."

Much as 20 dead six year old school children are an "unfortunate, but a natural consequence" of the 2nd Amendment as is.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other...

[Rain Mcloud]

17. "Its a shame

that someone with a gun was not there to stop the shooting of innocent bystanders!"

[Phillip McCleod]

36. 'drop it buddy or i'll shoot you in the hand instead of you!'

[Heimer]

18. It's a shame.

I'm very pro-gun. However, I'm not blind enough to not see the blatant disregard for safety that is rampant among so many gun owners. So many tragedies due to simple stupidity..

Education and safety needs to be mandated somehow. I'm all for the 2A, but the "well-regulated" part really needs to be stepped up by the gov.

--> Proud American gun owner with thousands and thousands of rounds fired(likely 20k+) and never a ND or AD.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Oh accidental shootings like this

Are common. I transported a cop to the ER after he blew his pinky with a cute .25 caliber. He was playing with it (first mistake) and he believed it was unloaded (second mistake).

No media ever reported that. Like most shootings around the word none calls the media.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

23. For the moment these are drawing the media's attention.

Which actually is a good thing since as I had said before it was reported last week, these incidents aren't all that uncommon.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Yup

I posted the same, post 22

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Thaaaaaat's a shame

...

[Adam-Bomb]

27. Hey, stupid SHOULD hurt.

You couldn't drag me to a gun show with a log chain, especially with nuts
like these guys running around.

Used to go to them back in the day when I was buying .30-06 ammo and
8-round enbloc clips for my old M-1 Garand, but no more.

[valerief]

29. If only everyone at the gun show had guns, this would never have happened.

[Hoyt]

30. We are supposed to tolerate yahoos toting in public, yet gun shows

prohibit loaded guns; NRA meetings do not allow guns; gun stores prohibit loaded guns; etc. Guess they know something gun culture won't admit.

[Tx4obama]

31. The media should start pointing out to everyone all that you said. n/t

[Phillip McCleod]

37. exactly right.

when someone shows up in a jc penny with an assault rifle and sidearm and everybody is supposed to just *trust* him (always a him)?

fuck that.

[Chorophyll]

40. + millions nt

[Iggo]

48. Yes.

[Robb]

33. More guns, more people get shot.

About as complicated as "because that's where the money is."

[backscatter712]

35. Gun shows are like Dothraki weddings.

When less than three people get shot, it's considered a dull affair.

[Phillip McCleod]

38. awesome. but what about dragon eggs? they have them?

[backscatter712]

39. I haven't seen 'em. Let me know if you spot any. n/t

[Phillip McCleod]

41. egads i wouldn't be caught dead at one. we'll have to find another volunteer.

[Nye Bevan]

42. Threads like this are so unfair to DUers outside the USA.

I am sure that UK DUers, for example, are extremely jealous that they don't have the opportunity to visit these fascinating, fun "gun shows".

[lpbk2713]

44. It won't be long before it's real easy to identify ...

a gun show exhibitor or attendee. Just look for the bullet hole scars.

[triplepoint]

45. Too Bad an Uzi Didn't Get Stuck in "Auto Mode"

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and take out more of the gun nuts. They never learn, and we're plum outta Darwin Awards to give out to them nowadaze. STILL, it's the gesture that really counts with me. I appreciate every gun show "boo boo" that I read about. Keep-em coming!

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[sinkingfeeling]

46. Aren't these the guys who claim guns are safe if you know what you're doing? And

claim to be the experts?

[hootinholler]

47. You would think the guy wouldn't go to another one after he got shot the first time

But damn 6 times in a week!

What? Six different people? Nevermind.

[demwing]

51. A guy walks into the same bar every day

which is weird, because you'd think he learn to duck after the first few times...

[AtheistCrusader]

49. At least it was only a .25.

Otherwise, someone could have been hurt.

[samsingh]

50. if only they had more guns at the show, this tragedy would not have happened

for shame on the sponsors who should have made sure there were guns shooting at other guns at the first sign of trouble