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In reply to the discussion: Massachusetts bill would require gun liability insurance [View all]pnwmom
(110,253 posts)closes the door, turns on the engine, and accidentally pushes the gas pedal.
But people do accidentally touch loaded guns with safeties off (sometimes unknowingly, through clothes) and they do accidentally pull triggers.
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/marion_county/man-accidentally-shot-at-gun-show
NDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A person who was loading a gun outside of the Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show at the State Fairgrounds was accidentally shot when his gun discharged Saturday afternoon.
The incident was reported shortly after 4:15 p.m. Saturday.
Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show PIO Ashley Varner says the man had been inside at the gun show before the incident.
The man, identified as Emory L. Cozee, 54, was walking back to his car, was loading his .45 caliber semi-automatic and accidentally shot himself in the hand, Varner says.
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Three people were also accidentally shot and wounded at a gun show at the North Carolina state fairgrounds on Saturday.
In Medina, Ohio on Saturday, a dealer was checking out a semi-automatic handgun at a gun show when he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot a man in the arm and leg.