tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post4329562475270397227..comments2023-12-22T02:25:00.414-06:00Comments on A Keyboard and a .45: Man injured in accidental shooting at gun showJohn Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376217483411918789noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-33388792041054733402007-06-04T19:16:00.000-05:002007-06-04T19:16:00.000-05:00anon;I had read about the negligent discharge at t...anon;<BR/><BR/>I had read about the negligent discharge at the Tulsa show. <BR/><BR/>People do feel too safe at a gun show and disregard basic firearm safety. All the guns are unloaded, right? Makes for a bad practice. Diligence in safe firearms handling should be engrained, a part of you.John Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376217483411918789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33073529.post-84470005606821273552007-06-03T22:04:00.000-05:002007-06-03T22:04:00.000-05:00There was an accidental shooting at the Wannemache...There was an accidental shooting at the Wannemacher's Tulsa gun show last October. It was a Saturday, I think, and it was before the hall had really filled up. I heard a sound like a 2x4 being dropped on an empty warehouse floor. People looked mildly concerned, but not so much that they dropped what they were doing to see what was going on. As I kept walking, I heard about four people around me drawl, "That didn't sound too good." I only really thought something had happened when I started seeing the security guys running around.<BR/><BR/>Some idiot had brought in a loaded .410 gauge shotgun for a buyer examine. (Obviously the gun was not zip-tied as it was supposed to be.) The dealer, when handed the gun, did not break it open to perform a safety check before he pulled the trigger.<BR/><BR/>When it went off pellets hit one person in the leg and an old man in the head. Both wounds were superficial. The old man complained of faintness and almost passed out.<BR/><BR/>The buyer's booth was empty within an hour. I heard a rumor the guy pleaded with Joe W. to be allowed to come back next year, but he's banned for good. <BR/><BR/>Definitely not happy about that incident. Doing that show and so many others you get used to turning your head and staring down the barrel of a gun 100 feet away. You don't think about it after a while. You think, "Well, the gun owner would have to screw up (leaving it loaded), the gun show would have to screw up (not correcting or ejecting the jerk for carrying it zip-tied) and the buyer screwed up (not performing a visual check.) How often does that happen?"<BR/><BR/>Google "tulsa gun show accidental discharge" and there's a thread on Gunbroker.com about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com