Two injured in accidental shooting at Bloomington, IL gun show

[grimor]

Two injured in accidental shooting at Bloomington gun show

An attendee at the show was handling a Ruger Mini-14, semi-automatic rifle at about 11:15 a.m. As the patron was laying the rifle back on a vendor table, the gun accidentally discharged, said McLean County Sheriff Mike Emery.
“The round went through a post, through a person and then into another person,” said Emery, describing the post as wooden, and 6 to 8 inches thick.

I wonder if it came in loaded or someone slipped a round in.

 

[shibumiseeker]

Bloomington ILLINOIS.

Had me scratching my head there...

 

[grimor]

Lol yeah I guess I could of mentioned that...

 

[iamaclone45]

What the.......heck......

Not gonna lie, this is one of the reasons I don't go to gun shows.

 

[Bubba]

An account from an Appleseeder working a table some 20 yards from the discharge:

RIFLE SAFETY @ GUN SHOWS

 

[9mm Bill]

Yes, what the heck. I hope everyone is going to be okay. It's idiots like these that gives all gun owners and gun shows a bad rep.

 

[alluwant]

wow are they ok does anybody know

 

[Bubba]

FWIW, there is a third-hand report neither man is expected to survive.

 

[Sgt7330]

Start wearing your body armor to the shows. Never know when that stray round might bounce off someone and into you.

 

[Calvin]

My questions are as follows:

- Was there a magazine in the rifle? If so, why?
- Was the bolt zip tied open? If not, why?

I only go the 1500, but it seems to be pretty much S.O.P. that there is never a mag in an auto feeder, and that there is usually a zip tie through the feed and ejection port color coded to vendors.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

An account from an Appleseeder working a table some 20 yards from the discharge:

RIFLE SAFETY @ GUN SHOWS

That was painful to read and not just for the inability to spell correctly. (Did anyone else scream, "it's 'rumor'!"?)

And people e-mail to say that I am beating a dead horse with the firearms safety issue when I post examples of guns going bang when triggers are not pulled..

Two people potentially shot dead because someone does not understand that the Four Rules light is always on, or because he "has been around guns all my life" does not think that the Rules apply to him.

Lesson learned here from two dead bodies:

1. Four Rules light is always on.
2. Guns can go bang when triggers are not pulled.

Expensive lesson this time.

Four Rules light is always on. The gun is always loaded.

 

[Kick]

That was painful to read and not just for the inability to spell correctly. (Did anyone else scream, "it's 'rumor'!"?)

And people e-mail to say that I am beating a dead horse with the firearms safety issue when I post examples of guns going bang when triggers are not pulled..

Two people potentially shot dead because someone does not understand that the Four Rules light is always on, or because he "has been around guns all my life" does not think that the Rules apply to him.

Lesson learned here from two dead bodies:

1. Four Rules light is always on.
2. Guns can go bang when triggers are not pulled.

Expensive lesson this time.

Four Rules light is always on. The gun is always loaded.

+1

but, do you mean to tell me that it's a good idea to treat all guns as if they are always loaded?

 

[Hoosier8]

Some think it was an anti that put a round in the chamber.

 

[ghitch75]

i guess they didn't read the sign....."NO LOADED GUNS"....

 

[vesan87]

I really hope no one touched the casing and someone was able to take it in as evidence. Someone inserting a single round would have prints all over it unless they wore gloves.

 

[techres]

From the Appleseed thread:

RIFLE SAFETY @ GUN SHOWS

"The word at the scene was that the "handler" dropped the rifle and it discharged. I am inclined to believe that based upon the bullet path as marked by the crime scene investigators. We had people two deep at our table and did not see the occurence. However, the retort of a .223 in a closed room followed by screams to call 911 was horrible. The chest wound was a ghastly entry and exit wound. "

Prayers sent.

 

[96firephoenix]

My heart and prayers go out to the two men and their families, but what the hell?

sooo much went wrong in this cluster****. I don't doubt that criminal procedings will be filed against whoever loaded that gun. at the very least, 2 counts of negligent GBH, possibly Neg. homicide. I hope they find the people responsible.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The word at the scene was that the "handler" dropped the rifle and it discharged. I am inclined to believe that based upon the bullet path as marked by the crime scene investigators.

You mean that guns can discharge if fingers aren't on triggers?

This cannot be, only lunatics like Kirk Freeman say that. It must be a "roomer"!

 

[Cemetery-man]

Guns are evil!!

 

[tim46311]

My prayers to the men and their families.