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(36,974 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2013, 07:23 PM Jan 2013

For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show [View all]

For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show

Gun activists designated last Saturday “Gun Appreciation Day” in an attempt to highlight their opposition to gun safety laws. The PR stunt proved to be more of an embarrassment, however, when 5 people were shot at 3 different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day. On Friday afternoon, an Iowa gun dealer closed out the week by becoming the sixth person shot at a gun show. The man claims he was “showing off a .25 caliber pistol he thought was unloaded when he slid the action of the gun.” The gun was not unloaded, and a bullet went through his left palm.

After this incident, police found a second loaded weapon on the wounded gun dealer’s table.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/26/1500431/for-the-sixth-time-in-one-week-man-shot-at-gun-show/

Makes a person wonder how many of these accidents were happening every week before the media started to pay attention.

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For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show [View all] Tx4obama Jan 2013 OP

I might advocate for more of these guns shows. Scuba Jan 2013 #1

Nah!! The gun lovers aim is too lousy. They will end up popping grandmas walking the bluestate10 Jan 2013 #10

Lots! But who is going to report it? Happyhippychick Jan 2013 #2

Why is the Benny Hill theme song stuck in my head? UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #3

Comin right up ... longship Jan 2013 #4

What!!!???? El Shaman Jan 2013 #19

Mockery and derision upon me! longship Jan 2013 #20

They should start advertising that some lucky attendee will get a free bullet Vinnie From Indy Jan 2013 #5

+1 (NT) reACTIONary Jan 2013 #11

Natural selection in action?...nt SidDithers Jan 2013 #6

"responsible gun owner" is an oxymoron like "military intelligence" or "Clean coal" nt TeamPooka Jan 2013 #7

That poor guy! eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #8

That's what I thought... mindwalker_i Jan 2013 #28

That is the way I read it, too... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #32

so much for safety through gun awareness samsingh Jan 2013 #9

Send them to El Shaman Jan 2013 #21

I went to the gun show... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #12

That Would Make a Great T Shirt! AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #43

Now there's a man SwankyXomb Jan 2013 #13

You gotta watch those guns . . . OldRedneck Jan 2013 #14

LOL! The jokes just write themselves. Crunchy Frog Jan 2013 #15

With millions of Americans... k2qb3 Jan 2013 #16

Did you read the story? nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #24

Macabre. Heywood J Jan 2013 #34

Hasn't this "ban panic" been going on long enough? Bandit Jan 2013 #52

Six of one, half a dozen of the other... LanternWaste Jan 2013 #53

"Its a shame Rain Mcloud Jan 2013 #17

'drop it buddy or i'll shoot you in the hand instead of you!' Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #36

It's a shame. Heimer Jan 2013 #18

Oh accidental shootings like this nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #22

For the moment these are drawing the media's attention. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #23

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #25

Thaaaaaat's a shame alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #26

Hey, stupid SHOULD hurt. Adam-Bomb Jan 2013 #27

If only everyone at the gun show had guns, this would never have happened. valerief Jan 2013 #29

We are supposed to tolerate yahoos toting in public, yet gun shows Hoyt Jan 2013 #30

The media should start pointing out to everyone all that you said. n/t Tx4obama Jan 2013 #31

exactly right. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #37

+ millions nt Chorophyll Jan 2013 #40

Yes. Iggo Jan 2013 #48

More guns, more people get shot. Robb Jan 2013 #33

Gun shows are like Dothraki weddings. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #35

awesome. but what about dragon eggs? they have them? Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #38

I haven't seen 'em. Let me know if you spot any. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #39

egads i wouldn't be caught dead at one. we'll have to find another volunteer. Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #41

Threads like this are so unfair to DUers outside the USA. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #42

It won't be long before it's real easy to identify ... lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #44

Too Bad an Uzi Didn't Get Stuck in "Auto Mode" triplepoint Jan 2013 #45

Aren't these the guys who claim guns are safe if you know what you're doing? And sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #46

You would think the guy wouldn't go to another one after he got shot the first time hootinholler Jan 2013 #47

A guy walks into the same bar every day demwing Jan 2013 #51

At least it was only a .25. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #49

if only they had more guns at the show, this tragedy would not have happened samsingh Jan 2013 #50