Elderly Hudson man hurts himself when his handgun accidentally discharges

[Wendell]

Hudson police say an elderly man accidentally injured himself with a firearm while he was cleaning it at his Bridal Bridge Road home Friday morning. Capt. Tad Dionne responded to the call. He described the firearm as a semi-automatic handgun. Dionne said it was an accidental discharge and there was nothing suspicious about the incident. The 70-year-old resident was transported by Londonderry EMS to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nashua, according to Lt. Mike Gosselin with the Hudson Police Department.The man had non-life-threatening injuries on his abdomen and hand, police said.
Elderly Hudson man hurts himself when his handgun accidentally discharges

 

[robjax]

now they will impose and enforce an age limit on gun ownership.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

That's why I seldom clean my guns. You just can't trust the damn things. Jack.

 

[teaser452]

That's why I seldom clean my guns. You just can't trust the damn things. Jack.

Slippery little suckers.

 

[Waher]

If not a 'cleaning excuse' for doing dumb things and this was an actual attempt at prepping to clean; Abdomen and hand" injury leads me to think he was attempting to rack the slide to clear and muzzled himself. Weak or arthritic people have a tendency to negligently turn guns sideways, often muzzling their arm or abdomen and if the racking hand slips and or with the holding hand fingering the trigger, bad things happen.

 

[Racenet]

That's why I seldom clean my guns. You just can't trust the damn things. Jack.

Tru dat

 

[one-eyed Jack]

The safest way to get your guns clean is to have someone else do it while you take cover. Little Jack shoots my MGs much more than I do so he cleans them. Jack.

 

[wmccurdy53]

now they will impose and enforce an age limit on gun ownership.

Not likely although someone may try, this was in Hudson, NH not Hudson, MA.
Since when is 70 elderly? I'm approaching 70 and I thought I was just old, I'm
not ready to be elderly yet.

I'm too old to run away, too old to take a beating. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.

 

[robjax]

Not likely although someone may try, this was in Hudson, NH not Hudson, MA.
Since when is 70 elderly? I'm approaching 70 and I thought I was just old, I'm
not ready to be elderly yet.

I'm too old to run away, too old to take a beating. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.

I hear that...

 

[one-eyed Jack]

Not likely although someone may try, this was in Hudson, NH not Hudson, MA.
Since when is 70 elderly? I'm approaching 70 and I thought I was just old, I'm
not ready to be elderly yet.

I'm too old to run away, too old to take a beating. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.

You can tell you're "elderly" when you start to fart dust. Ask me how I know. Jack.

 

[mothybee]

70 is just the end of the 1st quarter.......if you live to 280. At least that's what I keep telling myself.

 

[HuntMaine]

Dumb

 

[MisterHappy]

They spelled the name of the street wrong - it's Bridle Bridge.

 

[snax]

His wife shot him. She's sick of his shit. Like any abused spouse, he's defending her by claiming he did it.
Sounds as if I'm jesting, but this stuff goes on.

Does he have an estate?

 

[Reptile]

Say bye bye to your guns if this happens in Massachusetts.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Semi-auto????? He could have accidentally shot him self many more times. They are too dangerous for anyone to own.

 

[ScottS]

Note the important semantic difference between the headline and the text of the article.

Headline: Elderly Hudson man hurts himself when his handgun accidentally discharges.

The hell it did.

Article: Hudson police say an elderly man accidentally injured himself with a firearm while he was cleaning it at his Bridal Bridge Road home Friday morning.

That's what actually happened, but the headline makes it seem like "these damn things just go off" on their own.

 

[snax]

Semi-auto????? He could have accidentally shot him self many more times. They are too dangerous for anyone to own.

It just dawned on me. He didnt shoot himself, the GUN SHOT HIM

 

[CCW]

Not likely although someone may try, this was in Hudson, NH not Hudson, MA.
Since when is 70 elderly? I'm approaching 70 and I thought I was just old, I'm
not ready to be elderly yet.

I'm too old to run away, too old to take a beating. I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.

In Hudson mass he’d be looking at a license revocation and likely a laundry list of felony charges. That’s how they roll in the Commonwealth