Man at gun show shoots himself in bathroom

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Man at gun show shoots himself in bathroom
November 21, 2005

FARIBAULT, Minn. --A trip to the restroom resulted in a trip to the hospital for a Bloomington man who accidentally shot himself in the hand over the weekend at a gun show.

Faribault Police Sgt. Richard Larson said the 59-year-old man shot himself while removing his gun from a hook in a bathroom stall while attending the 31st annual Faribault Rifle and Pistol Club gun show on Sunday morning.

The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated and released by Sunday afternoon.

The gun show was at the National Guard Armory on Saturday and Sunday.

 

[JonJ]

Gun hanging on a hook? By the trigger guard (?) loaded, yikes.

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Darwin recipient I see.

 

[C-pher]

Just wait until that gets to the people that be here in MA. But then here in MA, you're not allowed to have a loaded gun in a show.

 

[Adam_MA]

Just wait until that gets to the people that be here in MA. But then here in MA, you're not allowed to have a loaded gun in a show.

And it's a felony to bring any ammo into a show.
Or at least thats what all those signs said going into Marlboro

 

[Lynne]

What the hell was he thinking????? Hanging from a hook!! Doesn't he know that hook's only for coats and purses??? sheesh!

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Like I said Darwin recipient. Unbelievable what some people do. They never cease to amaze me.

 

[dwarven1]

Like I said Darwin recipient. Unbelievable what some people do. They never cease to amaze me.

Uh... he's only a nominee for the Darwin Award if he removes himself from the gene pool in some spectacularly stupid fashion. Since he only shot himself in the hand, he doesn't qualify. (His sex life may SUFFER, but he probably can still reproduce. Unfortunately.)

Now, if he'd shot himself while putting his gun back in a Smartcarry, he'd probably qualify!

 

[Admin]

Those damn Minnesotans!

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Trying to tell us something Derek?

 

[Nickle]

Since he only shot himself in the hand, he doesn't qualify. (His sex life may SUFFER, but he probably can still reproduce. Unfortunately.)

Sex life suffer is right. Anybody this dumb would have to be visiting Rosy (Palm and her 5 daughters).

 

[Adam_MA]

Since he only shot himself in the hand, he doesn't qualify. (His sex life may SUFFER, but he probably can still reproduce. Unfortunately.)

Sex life suffer is right. Anybody this dumb would have to be visiting Rosy (Palm and her 5 daughters).

I always thought it was... Rosy Palm and her 5 blistered sisters.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Just wait until that gets to the people that be here in MA. But then here in MA, you're not allowed to have a loaded gun in a show.

And it's a felony to bring any ammo into a show.
Or at least thats what all those signs said going into Marlboro

Ask them to quote you the law on that one! [lol]

Private parties can prohibit anything they wish from entering their premises. BUT the most that they can do is deny access and ask you to leave. Failure to leave can get you arrested for criminal trespass, a misdemeanor in MA.

NO MA state law prohibits ammo at a gun show. NO MA state law prohibits possession of a loaded firearm at a gun show. These are only the policies of the promoter. They are the equivalent of someone putting a sign on their door "No blondes permitted"!

 

[Garys]

IIRC, the sign at Marlboro said that no ammo could be carried and doing so would constitute criminal trespass. Which, as Leo pointed out is a misdemeanor.

Like people who run forums on web sites, the people that run shows can pretty much set whatever rules they want to as long as those rules don't violate the law. So, if they tell you that you can't bring in ammo, you can't.

Personally, I think it's pretty silly.

Gary

 

[C-pher]

What's funny is that you have to unload your firearm at the door. They hold the ammo. YOu go over to the first table you see, buy ammo. Load your pistol, and put it back on your belt.

It really makes no sense. [roll]

 

[Garys]

At Marlboro they took the magazines and put a wire tie through the cylinders of revolvers. However, you point is valid.

Of greater concern to me is the message that this sends to both gun owners and non gun owners. To gun owners, this says "You can't be trusted with a loaded weapon". To non gun owners this says, "You're right when you say that gun owners are dangerous and can't be trusted with loaded weapons".

For a commercial enterprise such as Marlboro, it's certainly within their right to ban anything they want. In the case of club sponsored events, while they too have the right to ban things, it would seem to me that they should think about the message that they are sending to people attending the shows. Or people not attending the shows for that matter. If I can be trusted to carry a concealed weapon in public at movie theatres, restaurants, shopping malls, and so on, why can't I be trusted to do so at a gun show?

Gary

 

[JonJ]

If I can be trusted to carry a concealed weapon in public at movie theatres, restaurants, shopping malls, and so on, why can't I be trusted to do so at a gun show?

Gary

Maybe they feel that at a gun show, the person carrying would be more apt to remove a holstered pistol, the show it off factor?

 

[Weerd Beard]

Actully I really don't like that at all!

I mean my wife (Who is slowly pushing back her frontiers of ignorance) said to me before we first went to Mass Rifle

"Are we going to be safe there?"
I expalined to her all the range rules that keep us safe.
"No what if some psycho starts shooting."
I said: "Well 90% of the guys In there have a concealed gun on them...and the rest have a loaded weapon in thier hands. If somebody "Goes Psycho" it won't be for long."

Same reason why somebody doesn't knock off a gun shop. There aren't many ideas dumber than that...maybe trying to jump the whitehouse fence.

Lots of guns, and lots of ammo at gun shows. if somebody DID try to "go psycho" I'd hope there would be somebody like C-pher who reloaded his peice....or somebody who just didn't hand over thier backup.

-Weer'd Beard

 

[Rob Boudrie]

If I can be trusted to carry a concealed weapon in public at movie theatres, restaurants, shopping malls, and so on, why can't I be trusted to do so at a gun show?

Gary

Maybe they feel that at a gun show, the person carrying would be more apt to remove a holstered pistol, the show it off factor?

Some, but not all, gun shows act like the Brady's or Kennedy's - they declare that their own staff are security (supplementing the police or security detail already present), and are exempt from the rules they are imposing on attendees.

I respect shows where the staff is unarmed as well, or where they say that only on-duty uniformed personel will be armed. That respect does not extend to shows where the promoter declares himself to be "security" and that the cause of public safety is served by arming themselves and disarming everyone else. When you listen to one of these folks, their arguments about "you don't need it" and "persons in authority only", it sounds a lot like the Bradyites.

The USPSA/IPSC competitions I am involved in run cold ranges, however, I have never in 20 years of playing that game, seen a match where match officials declared themselves "exempt from that rule as self-appointed security officials" - not once.

A key premise of any gun banner is that the rules apply only to other people.