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Neplusultra

Neplusultra

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ProShooter wrote:
TFred wrote:
Bledsoe said the man had just bought the gun two hours earlier and was trying to clear the chamber when it discharged.
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Obvious case of having his finger on the trigger when he did not intend to shoot.

......Hardest thing in the world to teach a new gun owner (and alot of old ones too)
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Exactly, whenever I take someone I'm not familiar with to the range I always hand them an unloaded weapon first and watch what they do with their finger. I then either praise or correct them depending on what they did. If they stuck their finger on the trigger I watch them like a hawk after that, well even if they didn'ttoo :^).
 
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user wrote:
Bledsoe said police recommend that anyone who buys a firearm have proper safety training.
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I'm sympathetic to the poor schmuck, but I have to say it looks like they did everything right as near as I can tell, they've got more than enough probable cause to charge him with shooting into or at an occupied dwelling (a felony). Too bad the guy didn'tknow abouttheir recommendation about training before he bought the gun.
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Wouldn't they have to show he intended to shoot into the building for it to be a felony, which would make sense. The reckless handling code quoted by the OP mentioned a class 1 misdemeanor.
 
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ProShooter wrote:
tcmech wrote:
ProShooter wrote:
Did he load the cartridge in backwards? That's the only way I can think of that the bullet would be anywhere near the firing pin.....:banghead:
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I guess the HK pistols really will fire everytime. :shock:
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Yep, guess he followed the ad...

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HOLY COW! I was looking at the photo thinking "What is he trying to say"..... What I'd like to know is how did that ever get into print and how in the world did it get distributed :^)!
 
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