Accidental Discharge?

[LTCRN]

A licensed Plainville man is accidentally shot in the leg while being shown a loaded handgun by another licensed man. Supposedly it was dropped and went bang.........
And now the rest of the story:

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2011/05/15/news/9558466.txt

 

[GunGrey]

I thought that one of these so called lists were supposed to help prevent things like this?

 

[MisterHappy]

A formerly licensed Plainville man is accidentally shot in the leg while being shown a loaded handgun by another formerly licensed man. Supposedly it was dropped and went bang.........
And now the rest of the story:

http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2011/05/15/news/9558466.txt

FIFY

 

[mikem317]

I thought that one of these so called lists were supposed to help prevent things like this?

That's what I thought. Isn't that part of the AG-approved roster test? Or maybe the firearm had an exception (e.g. curio/relic?)

 

[IrradiatedBacon]

That's what I thought. Isn't that part of the AG-approved roster test? Or maybe the firearm had an exception (e.g. curio/relic?)

Or the guy showing the gun had poor trigger discipline and didn't want to own up to it.

 

[schnips]

Dang, that sucks for both of them.

BTW, I find the title of this thread amusing.

 

[mikem317]

Or the guy showing the gun had poor trigger discipline and didn't want to own up to it.

Yup, that's my guess.

Dang, that sucks for both of them.

BTW, I find the title of this thread amusing.

Should be negligent discharge.

 

[Mass-diver]

Take his license away for life! j/k stuff happens - be careful, follow the rules.

 

[Fixxah]

such an informative, well written piece.

 

[schnips]

Should be negligent discharge.

Me thinks you missed the joke.

 

[jefftk]

Just saw this:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1338353&srvc=rss

Holyoke police say a city man has been charged for accidentally shooting a 16-year-old female relative with what he told police was handgun he found on the street.
...
While showing family members how to properly handle it, it discharged and fired through a wall, hitting the girl in another room in the stomach.