Gun Show Negligent Discharge

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Small local gunshow here had a negligent discharge a year or two ago by the show promoter no less. A couple of minor injuries. He was carrying some kind of a 1911 with one in the chamber and it fell out his *** holster is what I heard.
 
Back in the early 1990s I was at a show in Colorado and some idiot let one go. No one was hurt but the funny thing was you could tell who all the Vets were, we were all down on the floor trying to figure out where it came from. Any negligent DC is not good. The best gun safety is the one between your ears.
 
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I was close to home at the Berea gun show....good show, good crowd
 
It's been awhile but there was a shot fired out of a tube fed .22 pump rifle that a couple of men I know fairly well were displaying on their table. The isles were crowded. They had the magazine follower assembly in a box under the table. The man who fired the shot into the ceiling scampered for the door never to be seen again. The table holders swear the rifle was empty. The show promoter believed them and came to the conclusion that it was deliberately done to create an unfavorable news story.

I don't recall if the plastic gun tie policy was in effect when it happened.

I suggest those of you who rent tables watch your guns closely.
 
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Over the years I've been at 3 shows where NG's occurred. It does get quiet for a moment. The last NG I'm familiar with, I had just arrived and was in the parking lot when an ambulance showed up. I heard that someone had some minor injuries but luckily nothing serious in all my experiences.
 
We had one a few years ago at a large show in Des Moines. An older man had rented a table to sell off his guns. He must have gotten confused and put a round through his left hand when he dropped the hammer to show it was not loaded. The promoter was quite angry and banned him for life.
 
Hello, the last 2 local central fl shows I attended there was a ad, three weeks ago and this weekend! No injuries but the guns that went off were on venders tables! Not from attendants. Luckily the AD weren't on the days I attended.
 
It was Saturday. It seems like a person that was set up there had a 9mm in his brief case. What I heard was that he was talking about how safe the gun was.
When it went off, it got real quiet. Of course people started heading that way. Security was right on it.
It blew the tip of his finger off and hit his son in law in the upper leg.
The guy that fired the weapon was taken out with all his stuff.
That is all I know. Kind of scary.
 
cobra44 said:
It was Saturday. It seems like a person that was set up there had a 9mm in his brief case. What I heard was that he was talking about how safe the gun was.
When it went off, it got real quiet. Of course people started heading that way. Security was right on it.
It blew the tip of his finger off and hit his son in law in the upper leg.
The guy that fired the weapon was taken out with all his stuff.
That is all I know. Kind of scary.
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Never know. I know of a fella that was showing his 1911 at a party. After he loaded it up some one asked how safe it was. He made sure the safety was on pulled the trigger pointed at his foot. Nothing happened. Then he took the safety off aimed at his foot and pulled the trigger. I met him a few weeks later and he was still on crutches. Didn't slow him up. Good IPSC and fine engraver.
 
I had a buddy who worked in our ships armory. Stick a loaded magazine in a 45 and ejects the mag and then proceeds to pull the trigger. BOOM.
Sifficed to say he was shocked by what happened. The overhead was about 8" of insulation and the deck above was armored steel. Guess they found that bullet during the scrapping after being decommissioned. Frank
 
What I heard basically agreed with what cobra44 reported. I was at my table in row Z when it happened. Yes, it got very quiet for a moment. Despite the rules a table holder had a loaded gun under the table and just had to show it to someone. Sometimes I am just amazed by people who don't seem to understand that those safety rules exist for a reason or that they somehow don't apply to them. When I was doing gun shows full time I was around several negligent discharges. In all but a couple cases it was caused by a table holder having a loaded gun and handling it during the show. Something that there is simply no good, valid reason to ever do.
 
Had a bad one happen yrs.ago.I just bought something from a young man.He was working the table with his grandfather.As I walked away I heard a round go off...saw the young man fall....I sprinted back paramedic got there before me. Ambulance took him away....asked Paramedic if kid was gonna make it....said he was bleeding from the mouth & didn't look good.Grandfather was cking a French MAB pistol...somehow when he pulled the slide back to ck.it...it had a round in the chamber & went off...shot the young man(his grandson) in the back.Kid didn't make it...I'll never forget it!It happened that fast!
Jim
 
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