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Passively Constructed Negligent Discharge Story of the Day: Gun Show Edition

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Rifle Fires at Gun Show; Olympia Man Cited for Reckless Endangerment the chronline.com story proclaims. “A vendor (not pictured above) who attended a gun show at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds this weekend now faces reckless endangerment charges after a rifle he purchased from another seller accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to ricochet off the concrete floor and go into a display case. Though the gun fired in a room full of people, no one was hurt, said Linda Bailey of the Chehalis Police Department.” If I were the buyer, I’d ask for my money back. And my gun rights. On bended knee.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. I had an unintended discharge once, and it scared the pants off me. I was careless, no, negligent, and that’s all there’s to it. I had a round chambered in my Henry 22, and the hammer was cocked. I wanted to walk a bit, so I decided to lower the hammer. Only problem? I started walking before I finished. I let the hammer go too fast, and shot the ground. Could easily have been my foot.

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  2. The same thing happened at a gun show in northern Ohio last year except a person was shot. I guy traded in his gun that was loaded to a dealer. The dealer bought the gun and the seller left the show. The dealer then was disassembling it with his buddy sitting next to him. Then boom. His buddy was shot. I thought how the hell was that missed by the police when they inspect the guns coming into the show. This accident happened at the peek of the gun craze last year. I think it was February. I have never seen a line so long to get into a gun show. I left the show 10 minutes before this happened and saw it on the news. The news said that police were looking for the man who sold the gun. My thought was they should be looking for the man that missed it on inspection. Way to pass the buck.

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