Just a safety reminder for all the gun collecting crew

Silas

Silas

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I was at a Gunshow today when a Negligent discharge happened. I was about 40 feet away from the guy when it occured. If it would have happened 45 to 60 seconds earlier then I would have been about 8 feet away from the guy.

A .308 is pretty loud inside.

A guy working on guns was switching butt-stocks on a HK91 and it wasn't suppose to be loaded. It went straight down through the table and into the concrete floor between his feet. That shot concrete up into his forehead which cut him up a little.

It was a very bad mistake and I can't even imagine how this guy feels right now. To know that you were in a 150 by 250 foot room with 1-2k people and fire a gun negligently. How blessed that nobody was hurt.

Let's all be sure to follow the rules of gun handling. And be sure to teach it's importance to young and learning gun handlers.

Have fun and be safe.
 
Good advice...i'm glad no one got hurt. I was in an all too close similar situation two years ago during hunting season. As we were walking back in from the woods and got to the edge of a field before lunch my friend and his dad told me to re-load my gun (that was the first mistake) after I had already unloaded it previously. They told me so incase we spooked out a deer or two. Anyways, the edge of the field where I loaded it was probablly 300 yards away from the road. We ended up not seeing anything and we walked back to the camp. An hour later after everyone else had warmed up we went back into the barn where we had kept the guns and camo. I was turning a bend when I heard a very loud boom (I use a 7mm08 for reference). Apparently my brain hadn't programmed that I reloaded it and I completely forgot. My friend had picked up the gun to wipe it off and bumped the safety off, and then the trigger :confused:. Luckily he had it pointed out the garage, and it went into a hillside. If it was another three or four seconds later though, it would have been very close to hitting me. Needless to say it's not worth it to me anymore to reload as I walk out.
 
So, why was it not checked at the door???

If it was, then the person who loaded it should be perma-banned from shows, at minimum.
 
If the high prices don't stop me at a gun show, the idiots do. I try and steer clear of them for that very reason.
 
thatmguy said:
So, why was it not checked at the door???

If it was, then the person who loaded it should be perma-banned from shows, at minimum.
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Wear a sign board outside the show line explaining why he can no longer have a table inside or be there as a attendee.
BTW, Mike, Can we send him some candy?;)

Bob
 
thatmguy said:
So, why was it not checked at the door???

If it was, then the person who loaded it should be perma-banned from shows, at minimum.
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There was a lady and a state trooper setting at a table at the entrance checking all firearms and installing those plastic sinch tabs on them. I don't know if she didn't check it good enough, missed it completely, if someone snuck it passed her, or if someone loaded it while inside the show.

I did hear people saying that he would be banned from the show for life. I don't know if that meant as a dealer or all together.


I will say that I have never heard such a loud noise followed by such a eerie silence like that before.
 
Guns don't just accidentally get loaded so there was some serious negligence involved in this incident. If he brought it in loaded that is even more scary. I always check to see if there is a round in the chamber of the gun I carry and if there isn't one then I rack one in there before I go...
 
thatmguy said:
So, why was it not checked at the door???

If it was, then the person who loaded it should be perma-banned from shows, at minimum.
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Perma Bannnnnned.

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WOW! Never heard of anything like that happening at a show before. Mistakes happen I suppose, but just goes to show you that there are somethings in life you cannot be complacent about/with.
 
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