Woman accidentally shot in head outside gun show

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Woman accidentally shot in head outside gun show

By Darla Guillen

Published 9:57 am, Monday, November 21, 2016

For the second time in four years, another person has been shot at a Raleigh, North Carolina gun show.

Alyssa Glosson, 30, was outside the gun Dixie Gun & Knife Classic show at the N.C. State Fairgrounds Saturday when a firearm accidentally went off, shooting the woman in the head.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison says the woman's husband, Daniel Glosson, caused the gun to discharge when they were sitting in their vehicle after the show.

"He says, 'Look at this," and some how or another when she grabbed it -- the gun went off," Harrison told ABC 11.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Woman-accidentally-shot-in-head-outside-gun-show-10627702.php

[COLGATE4]

1. Darwin award winner talk: "Hey - look at this!" nt

[winstars]

5. Shooter: "Hey, have look at this gun I'm about to shoot you in the head with. Victim: "Okie Dokie!"

[getagrip_already]

20. its usually....

hold my beer and watch this.

maybe it was...

[Hoyt]

2. And Trumy wants to let these gun nuts roam with their guns just about anywhere in the country.

[SCVDem]

3. Look at this barrel

I have no empathy for these gun worshipers. I avoid these problems by avoiding people with the gun fetish.

These are not sportsmen.

[Xipe Totec]

4. I'm beginning to think guns are exerting evolutionary pressure and we should let them. nt

[Duckhunter935]

6. More than likely, a human

Pulled the trigger, firearm worked as designed. Firearms rules are there to be followed, sad they were not followed.

[pablo_marmol]

12. Rule #1: Every gun is always loaded. NT

[ProfessorGAC]

27. Everyone With A Gun Is An Expert With Firearms

Until they're not!

[Duckhunter935]

28. Not true

[KittyWampus]

31. So you agree gun owners should be required to attend safety classes and be licensed

and have insurance?

[Duckhunter935]

34. I think all firearms owners

Should have basic firearms safety training.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. You're Being Willfully Obtuse

You know that is what the vast majority of gun owners think. Yeah, it's not true, but everybody thinks they're an expert. Until they're not.

[hibbing]

7. "caused the gun to dishcarge"

Odd turn of phrase to me.

Peace

[Judi Lynn]

8. Totally odd. Had to really reach for it. Anything but the raw truth. n/t

[SunSeeker]

9. You noticed that too, eh?

Fucking gun nut hypocrites. So now it was the gun that "somehow went off." What happened to "guns don't kill people, people kill people"?

[njcpa1978]

25. Maybe guns are really sentient.

It knew it should go off just to make the couple famous. It didn't want to, but it, 'just had to'. Or maybe it was brained damaged and didn't realize it was loaded. Darwin was right, but these nut jobs don't believe in that either.

[wordpix]

24. my guess, he's an anger management case & killed the wife

story is way too odd for me to believe

[ManiacJoe]

37. Not odd, but standard journalese.

When was the last time a journalist accurately described the action as "user pulled the trigger"?

[SunSeeker]

10. ...

[Demit]

11. No, see, it was her fault, because she grabbed it.

And somehow or another (like, maybe because the husband had his finger on the trigger? Just spitballing here) the gun went off. All accidental like.

[Aristus]

13. Shot by a gun-nut outside a gun show. I'm shocked.

This is my shocked face:

[lastlib]

17. If only she'd had a gun.......

(stealing Wayne LaPeeError's thunder here.....)

[BigDemVoter]

14. Did a gun do it by itself, or did a person do it without a gun?

All I can think about is that asinine and cynical statement from the NRA--"Guns don't kill people. . . People do!"

[VOX]

15. I thought "guns don't kill people, people kill, etc."

If the pistol just discharged itself, wouldn't it mean that, in fact, guns DO kill people?

Right-wing "logic" at work.

[ileus]

16. No such thing as an AD.

Reads like a ND. Poor trigger finger discipline, and and muzzle control at best.

In other news CZ could be coming out with their first (I don't count the 100) striker fired pistol this week.

[haele]

18. Went off accidently while showing it to her?

Hmmm, right. This was supposed to be a new purchase, too?
Accident my ass. An accident is when another car going around 25 mph hits your car when you're parked and the loose gun is slammed onto the gear-shift and goes off because some idiot previous owner modified the trigger guard for quick draw and the fool of a husband thought that would be a cool feature.

Bottom line - no one was. "being threatened", the gun was loaded, the safety was off and someone's finger was on the trigger. That's not an accident or a defensable shoot, that's negligent homicide at the very least if the wife didn't survive.

The husband was either fatally irresponsible or had shot his wife in pique - and called it an accident to avoid jail.

Haele

[JudyM]

22. Or it was negligently still loaded when sold, and the couple didn't expect that.

[Duckhunter935]

29. All firearms are treated as loaded

Even when you are sure they are not

[JudyM]

30. Right! But still, if it was their 1st gun, or whatever, they might not be that savvy to expect it.

[ileus]

23. more than likely it didn't have a safety.

Like most glocks and several other striker fired pistols.


Second, where have you seen a modified trigger guard for quick draw?


That being said you are correct....it was a negligent discharge. The husband needs questioned until he breaks down and admits the truth.

[hollowdweller]

35. I don't know about NC but at gunshows in WV they check the gun to make sure it's unloaded before

In WV if you bring a gun into a gunshow at the door they check it to make sure it's unloaded and put like a marker on the gun that it's been checked.

I can't imagine NC wouldn't be the same. I suspect domestic violence.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

19. MURDER!

[getagrip_already]

21. most people don't realize.....

that some of the favorite handguns sold have no safety. They have an interlock built into the trigger. but net effect is if anything whatsoever tugs on the trigger it will go off. Usually, the trigger pulls are light.

As soon as a round is in the chamber, the firing pin is back and just a little pressure will fire the gun. You can't flip a safety that will prevent the trigger from pulling.

These are tactical weapons. They are intended to be fire-ready at all times. They should not be used for general self defense. Most people don't need a fire-ready gun. Police, soldiers, and the like, yes, but someone keeping it in their purse or car or bedroom doesn't. There is plenty of time to flip a lever.

I always though people should need a special permit for tactical weapons like glocks, ar's, street sweepers, etc. You can do plenty of damage with non-tactical guns. Not every one needs one.

Make them more trouble to get, and more expensive to own, and more people will opt for another solution. Sure, the humpers will still get them. but ditsy dolly and cranky pete may not.

[missingthebigdog]

26. Not a murder.

She didn't die. From the linked article:

Authorities said the car's seat rest likely stopped the bullet's impact, and it only grazed her head.

She was discharged from the WakeMed hospital. No charges are currently pending.

Still should be charged for reckless endangerment, or something. Do we really need guns in the hands of people who make these kinds of "mistakes?"

[Eleanors38]

33. Posts like this should be saved up for special occasions. Like another presidential election.

Bidness as usual for Democrats.

[Kang Colby]

36. Yup. n/t

[Kennah]

38. Husband shoots wife? Wonder if they were separated before the shooting? (n/t)