Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates gathered peacefully at state capitals around the U.S. to rally against stricter firearm limits.
At the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged as its owner unzipped its case for a law enforcement officer to check at a security entrance, injuring three people, state Agriculture Department spokesman Brian Long said.
Two bystanders were hit by shotgun pellets and taken to a hospital. A retired deputy sheriff suffered a slight hand injury.
The shotgun’s owner, 36-year-old Gary Lynn Wilson, brought the weapon to the show to find a private buyer, Long said. Sheriff Donnie Harrison said that it was too early to know whether Wilson might be charged but that it appeared to be an accident.
The North Carolina show, which is held at the state fairgrounds, is a quarterly event that usually draws thousands of people. The two-day show shut down early Saturday but will reopen Sunday.
In Indianapolis, police said a 54-year-old man was injured when he inadvertently shot himself while leaving a gun show.
Emory L. Cozee was loading his .45-caliber semi-automatic when he shot himself in the hand as he was leaving the Indy 1500 Gun and Knife show at the state fairgrounds, state police said. Loaded personal weapons aren’t allowed inside the show.
Cozee, of Indianapolis, was hospitalized for treatment. Police say the shooting was accidental and no charges will be filed.
And in Ohio, a gun dealer in Medina was checking out a semi-automatic handgun he had bought Saturday when he accidentally pulled the trigger, injuring his friend, police said. The gun’s magazine had been removed from the firearm, but one round remained in the chamber, police said.
Police Chief Pat Berarducci said it appears the bullet ricocheted off the floor and struck the friend in the arm and leg. The man was taken by helicopter to a hospital 30 miles north in Cleveland, Berarducci said. His condition wasn’t immediately known.
The gun rallies held Saturday coincide with President Barack Obama’s unveiling of a sweeping package of federal gun-control proposals in the wake of a Connecticut elementary school shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six educators last month.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hurt-shootings-gun-shows-ohio-ind-nc-18260698
Staged “accidents”, I’m thinking.
That is exactly what I was thinking too #1. They have no bottom to how they will go. Yep, they realy are that low and dirty. Just look at that low life Holder.
I can’t honestly recall hearing about “accidental” shootings at gun shows before this, digger, and now THREE in one day?
One HELL of a coincidence, I’d say!
Yea buddy, I know what you mean #1. They kind of insult my intelligence with how dumb these idiots are that are responsible for these shootings, especially if these realy are the false flags that I think that they are.
Exactly
Hey Angel, haven’t seen you post much at all lately. Everything O.K.?
I have been thinking the same thing as #1. Angel, I hope everthing is well with you and your hubby. It is good to see that you are back!!!
Tricky Dick Cheney shot his friend by accident while hunting years ago, Fox News reported it like he was an American hero, even though the asshole came inches from shooting the guy dead. We are going to hear all kinds of BS from now on, regardless of how minor. Is Tricky Dick mentally fit to fire a firearm? Should this traitor to our constitution be allowed to carry?
Hell no, he belongs in the same wing as Charles Manson……..
And ya know Mark if I remember right that that dick cheney did not even have a hunting license. I think that cheney and the bushes were bird hunting.