Accidental discharge at Boise gun show

[davegarage]

Another one of these very preventable black eyes on our hobby and or livelihood.

Accidental shooting at gun show in Boise - www.kivitv.com

I was going to go to this show, but I found out I had chores to do at home.

Glad it wasn't me getting hit with shrapnel. Who displays loaded guns at open public gun shows? Who doesn't check them clear before putting them out on the table?
A word to the wise. Quadruple check your stuff.

 

[timn8er]

Crazy stuff. Of course, you would think that a gun on display at a show would be unloaded, but you know what happens when you assume. First rule of handling a firearm, make sure it's not loaded!

 

[jimmyj]

The "AD" phase of a gun show is getting to be part of the enertainment

 

[pharmer]

Whenever I handle a firearm at a show these days, I clear it. Never know when some miscreant with an agenda has thoughtfully inserted a cartridge whlie previously handling it. We all need to follow the four rules at shows these days. Joe

 

[Skeptic 9c]

I suspect many things. Some of the traveling show dealers now use alarm cables strung down the bore and out the breach. One dealer swore someone pulled the chamber indicator out of one gun and slipped in a live round. A guy he knew well stopped his transaction dead and pointed out the gun. He cleared the weapon and reported the incident. He never heard anything more. Geoff Who thinks paranoia is the natural state of alert.

 

[Poodle Soup]

One reason I hate gun shows. Looking around and seeing 100 guns being pointed at people at any given time

 

[Hillbilly77]

There is a group of kids at our gun club that shoot on a competitive air rifle team (and they do quite well, and the best shooter on the team is a girl).

To show their air rifles are unloaded and safe, they string a length of bright orange colored weedwhacker string down the barrel and out of the action, so it sticks out both ends of the gun.

Kids have gun safety figured out.
It'd be nice to see adults get their **** together.

 

[11B Lifer]

Handling firerms at gunshows

I have added the topic of how to look at guns at dealers and gun shows-I guess it does some good-but it seems that over the past decade sloppy handling has become the sloppy macho norm-While at a show my wife asked some clown to stop pointing a gun at me-of course the tough guy gave her some wise a-- reply. During my classes--
If in the line of fire-pull me out of the way-and I watch you-
If I examine a gun at a table-keep finger off trigger-tip muzzle down and onto the table-don't flag anyone-
If I can't lift it without flagging-then don't do it-
Do not take a closed-uncleared gun from anyone-
Tell the vendor to clear the pistol-take the magazine out-
Move away from idiots-

 

[JJEH]

Complacency is your biggest enemy. So as other people's stupidity!

 

[perrazi]

gunshows in this area require any gun on display to be tied down with a wire tie.this keeps the antis from discreetly inserting a live round hoping for an incident. this has happened in the past. two dealers i used to know were ejected for allowing a gun in their possession to be loaded and fired. this also happened years ago at the tulsa show. it was a model 70 rifle in 270 cal. i had just looked at some guns on that rack and was two tables down the line when it went off and through the roof. dealer was packed and ready to leave within 10 minutes and told to never come back.

 

[A10]

I have been attending gun shows for more than 30 years and have never heard, seen, or even heard of a negligent discharge at a gun show. I bet there have been a half dozen threads on this forum alone that have been talking about NDs at shows. It makes me wonder if there is something nefarious happening (I am a naturally suspicious type).

The shows up here require that any firearm carried into the show be cleared and flagged.

 

[Berserker]

With a handgun it is possible the vendor was carrying it and threw it in the sale mix. Dumb. With rifles I find that harder to believe. Handguns are kept loaded more often. I don't leave my 30-06 loaded much.

Some of this is idiots, I do wonder if it is someone with malice or anti gun too. But it still requires someone to pull the trigger without checking.

 

[Sprefix]

Many irritations about this entire thing. It bothers me that people without knowledge tell the story. First tv authority says "Gun went off...." as if it(the gun) was sitting there, bored, and decided it wanted to spice things up a little bit. I wish it had only been "a bullet" in the gun instead of a live round and none of this would have happened. Why can't people understand that accidents will happen. Now before you go off on a mental tizzy about "there are NO accidents, how many times have you wrecked, dinged, or dented your car or someone elses? Have you ever fallen down as an adult? Dropped a dish? I'm not excusing an AD by ANY means!! I'm just saying that the more you do something, the odds are not in your favor. Someone is definitely guilty of negligence and needs to get their head back on track. JMO and thankfully there were no deaths and the 23 year old wasn't more seriously injured than he is.

 

[old bear]

Whenever I handle a firearm at a show these days, I clear it.

Before I inspect any firearm, I always ask the seller check to determine it is unloaded, in addition to the aforementioned I've never accept a handgun from anyone unless the slide is locked back or the cylinder is open.

 

[mkk41]

This is why many shows ask if you are carrying , insist you show and unload and usually zip-tie ANY gun before being brought into the show , even those being carried concealed by properly licensed paying customers.

That way if ya decide to try grips , holsters , or consider trading , yer not unloading it in a full venue.

What I don't like is that some insist that show employees or police on duty unload them. I've seen them fumbling with guns they did not know how to properly operate.

 

[JJEH]

Before I inspect any firearm, I always ask the seller check to determine it is unloaded, in addition to the aforementioned I've never accept a handgun from anyone unless the slide is locked back or the cylinder is open.

Well, you have two sides of the counter. As seller I clear the gun in front of the customer before I hand it over. As customer I do it again. I kinda expect that sort of safety procedure, but that's just me.

 

[Grayfox]

I'm the first to acknowledge that there are no limits to human stupidity.
But have you ever noticed that these things always seem to happen when congress is debating some new anti-gun legislation?

 

[kudzu3]

Gun people are not as smart as they used to be.

 

[laskt9]

Every gun show I've been to makes you zip tie your firearms when you go in and the ones on the table are cable tied together. To be honest its gives you a false sense of security. Whenever I pickup a handgun or rifle I check to see if its loaded, its basic safety, but for those entering into a gun show for the first time they may not think to do that if they assume all guns are unloaded

 

[Brien]

I feel sorry for the guy who's going to lose his eye. Man that sucks!