Unless everybody who enters, including off-duty LEO's, goes through airport-esque security clearance, that rule is a pipe dream . . .
Shooting at the gun show, idiots
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I was there when it happened two rows in front of me (25ft). The guy that was shot keep screaming so at least I knew he wasn’t dead. I literally thought that a woman got shot by all the high-pitched screaming. I imagine if I was shot I would sound like a twelve-year-old girl too. I could not get any closer to see anything. I keep looking for additional injuries from any ricochet, but didn’t see or hear of any, wonder where the bullet ended up? Don’t believe any stories you hear of people ducking to the floor, I didn’t see anybody hit the floor that was near the shot. I stayed for about five minutes and decided I should leave before the parking lot filled up with emergency vehicles and news trucks and I couldn't get out.
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Gotta love the media - first it's an 'accidental' shooting then the 'Gun went off' - Almost contradictory.
PPS1980
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"Investigators said a vendor was setting up their space, a gun accidentally discharged and the bullet hit another employee. The employee who was shot is expected to be OK."
BTW, the "rules" about empty weapons at gun shows, in most states, are promoter rules and not the law. So, it'll be interesting to see what the guy that had the ND gets charged with. Perhaps CO has such a law on the books, if they do they are one of the exceptions.
BTW, the "rules" about empty weapons at gun shows, in most states, are promoter rules and not the law. So, it'll be interesting to see what the guy that had the ND gets charged with. Perhaps CO has such a law on the books, if they do they are one of the exceptions.
I set up at the Tanner show for 25 years. Since about 1998 They have requested that all guns be tied. They even provide the zip ties and have security people checking all the time for properly tied guns( for about the last 10 years). All guns coming into the show are checked and tied by security. In the past there have been arrests for someone loading a gun after asking to have it untied and returning it to the table. I had a fellow ask Me to untie a 1911 so He could check the tightness and the bore. He then turned His back to the table and racked the slide a few times and then turned around and set it down/
Right away another gent went to pick it up and I stopped Him by slamming My hand down on the gun as I noticed the hammer was back. I checked the gun and there was a round in the chamber which I left there and got security to pick up the gent that loaded it. Adams Co Sheriff charged this guy with attempted manslaughter as His fingerprint was on the cartridge. I got My gun back almost a year later. From that day on I check every gun I untie before handing it to a prospective buyer and I check it as soon as it is returned. Most of the vendors at Tanner are like Me, and I think it is a very safe place to attend.
Right away another gent went to pick it up and I stopped Him by slamming My hand down on the gun as I noticed the hammer was back. I checked the gun and there was a round in the chamber which I left there and got security to pick up the gent that loaded it. Adams Co Sheriff charged this guy with attempted manslaughter as His fingerprint was on the cartridge. I got My gun back almost a year later. From that day on I check every gun I untie before handing it to a prospective buyer and I check it as soon as it is returned. Most of the vendors at Tanner are like Me, and I think it is a very safe place to attend.
Twice for me, both at the Big Reno Show.
chaparrito
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Had a .308 AD at our local show a few years ago. Went through the ceiling. Don't know the particulars. These idiots make for great negative publicity.
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Not defending FOX31 but that quote is from a vendor. Maybe they should've left it out of the story-wait that wouldn't get viewers or website hits.
THAT is scary. I hope the *** was convicted. A blantant attempt to make a political statement regardless of the possible injuries/death that it might cause. I'm sure that arrest didn't make the news.
And good for you for doing what you did.
Wow, I'm shaking now, and all I did was read about it.....
DWalt
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This was like 40-45 years ago, but I was standing right next to a guy an an OGCA gun show in Columbus who got shot that way. BANG! and the guy collapsed. At least it wasn't a mortal wound. I didn't see exactly what happened or who had the loaded gun, but I immediately vacated the area.
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LEO918
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I've been around NDs at shows a few times. The most unusual was when a bag of .556 reloads fell off a table and a bullet point found a primer. No one hurt by the brass that flew out of the bag.
There's not a law against....
There's not a law against carrying loaded weapons, but there are laws against shooting people.
There's not a law against carrying loaded weapons, but there are laws against shooting people.
Glad nothing too bad happened and everyone was safe. Was the guy trying to trap a random person into possibly hurting someone or was he just being really stupid and checking how the gun feeds and forgot to remove the ammo?
That was in the days of anti-gun show propaganda where every body from terrorists to criminals got their guns at gun shows. There were several outsiders willing to load a gun and hope someone would get shot and close the show, some of them were even paid. The *** who loaded mine was convicted of attempted manslaughter with malicious intent. Got 15 years.
Don't know if He was paroled or not.
I've been present for 2, both at the local O-show. One was a 1911 that a tableholder "cleared" by pointing at the floor and pulling the trigger. Pieces of the slug hit a a couple of folks. They closed down the "non-dealer dealer" forthwith. Another time I'm sure somebody planted a cartridge in an AR type weapon. A "looky-loo" picked it up and launched a projectile. Never got the follow up on that one. I'm more worried at anti-gun folks carrying in a cartridge and loading it into battery when action is hectic. I will still go even if it is quite stale. Joe
I always check the guns I pick up at gun shows. First rule when picking up a gun for me is everyone that handles it checks to see if it is loaded. Doesn't matter if you watched the guy next to you check it you check it too.
I bought a model 66 about a month ago and the guy behind the counter unloaded it (after sweeping me with it, don't think he noticed) and handed it to me telling me it was clear. I opened the cylinder to check for myself and lo and behold he missed a bullet. I took it out and handed it back to him saying 'you forgot one'.
I bought a model 66 about a month ago and the guy behind the counter unloaded it (after sweeping me with it, don't think he noticed) and handed it to me telling me it was clear. I opened the cylinder to check for myself and lo and behold he missed a bullet. I took it out and handed it back to him saying 'you forgot one'.
The big Wannemacher show in Tulsa has one every few years, I went a while back and a guy had just been accidentally shot when I entered. A dealer had a loaded .410 derringer and somehow fired it into the floor and the ricochet pellets hit a man in the leg. Seems like I remember hearing about him going to the hospital then coming back because he didn't want to miss the show.
What? Jeff Cooper never had an ND... did he?
