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(51,122 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:44 PM Aug 2013

Gun Safety Instructor Shoots Student In Ohio [View all]

Source: Huffington Post

LANCASTER, Ohio -- Police say an instructor at a central Ohio gun safety class has accidentally shot a student.

Terry J. Dunlap Sr. was demonstrating a handgun at a training facility on Saturday when he fired a bullet that ricocheted off a desk and into the right arm of 26-year-old Michael Piemonte.

The student says the .38-caliber bullet hit him between his elbow and armpit. He says many of the students in the class were nurses who helped stabilize him before he was transported to a Columbus hospital.

Piemonte tells the newspaper it appears Dunlap didn't know the gun was loaded. Dunlap hasn't responded to requests for comment.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/gun-safety-shooting_n_3745989.html

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Gun Safety Instructor Shoots Student In Ohio [View all] onehandle Aug 2013 OP

If you're 'pretty' sure that the gun Bay Boy Aug 2013 #1

Is the gun half loaded or half empty? The difference between an optimist and a corpse. marble falls Aug 2013 #6

All guns are loaded until they are checked... Evasporque Aug 2013 #71

That's one of the first lessons in gun safety Maeve Aug 2013 #111

Oh the irony! n/t Just Saying Aug 2013 #2

How can they NOT know? All weapons must be assumed to be loaded, unless you check them yourself. RC Aug 2013 #3

hell, you can see the bullets from the outside of a .38 burnodo Aug 2013 #5

bingo except for 1 in the chamber .... Botany Aug 2013 #39

It has six chambers. I can see that four are loaded. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2013 #49

All weapons must assume to be loaded.. Marie Marie Aug 2013 #18

Quit laughing, this is some serious stuff. marble falls Aug 2013 #4

You bet it is, the Gungeon will dispatch a crack team to investigate. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2013 #10

You are wrong, completely wrong. Jenoch Aug 2013 #31

Gungeon crack investigative team member decides there's not much way out of this one, so just admit Hoyt Aug 2013 #35

Huh? Jenoch Aug 2013 #36

Once again Duckhunter935 Aug 2013 #55

The problem duckgunner is that it's not just this specific incident. Too many of you gun fanatics Hoyt Aug 2013 #57

I walk around carrying a concealed weapon, and I have quite the collection of guns at home, tumtum Aug 2013 #60

Like I said, Tum, all you guys think you are a gun safety expert, just like Hoyt Aug 2013 #64

I know I'm a firearm safety expert, been handling them just about my whole life. tumtum Aug 2013 #66

Like I said, Tum, every gunner thinks they are fine right up until the aren't. Some may screw up, Hoyt Aug 2013 #94

I'll agree with you that some may screw up, tumtum Aug 2013 #97

Just a little too sure of yourself, I think. But good luck, toting and flying. Just remember, this Hoyt Aug 2013 #105

Ain't a war zone? Really? No shit? tumtum Aug 2013 #107

Tell those Gunners! snooper2 Aug 2013 #110

You got it. tumtum Aug 2013 #59

Yeah, but you don't get it. Glad he wasn't living in an upstairs apartment or something, surrounded Hoyt Aug 2013 #61

Oh, but I do get it, as I said, he's an asshole for not checking the gun. tumtum Aug 2013 #62

As you put it, lots of gun enthusiasts are "assholes," or worse. Hoyt Aug 2013 #65

I didn't say lots are assholes, most aren't. tumtum Aug 2013 #67

We have a difference of opinion, especially if they tote in public or accumulate more than few guns. Hoyt Aug 2013 #92

Oh, we definitely have huge difference of opinion. tumtum Aug 2013 #95

Out of curiosity what unit were you with? Bandit Aug 2013 #100

3/17. tumtum Aug 2013 #102

Loved watching you guys work out Bandit Aug 2013 #103

Was shot down during my first tour, tumtum Aug 2013 #104

*cough* TheCowsCameHome Aug 2013 #53

I can't. bravenak Aug 2013 #14

A person gets a bullet fragment in his arm and you think it's funny? Jenoch Aug 2013 #32

Too bad you couldn't show same concern for Trayvon Martin's bullet in the heart, or "center mass" Hoyt Aug 2013 #37

I made the mistake of replying to you more than once. Jenoch Aug 2013 #42

Thank you amusement monitor. Let me know when I can laugh, okay? bravenak Aug 2013 #43

I bet you would not have laughed if the fragment was in your arm. Jenoch Aug 2013 #46

In all fairness, he doesn't sound like the type that would have been in the class, ET Awful Aug 2013 #50

Nope I wouldn't be in class. bravenak Aug 2013 #74

I bet you don't really care about this person. bravenak Aug 2013 #73

Make bets? What the hell are you talking about Willis? Jenoch Aug 2013 #76

You said ' I bet you wouldn't laugh if it were you that got shot in the arm' bravenak Aug 2013 #77

Oh, you took that literally. Jenoch Aug 2013 #79

I like to take things literally. It's fun. bravenak Aug 2013 #80

I think it is a good idea to not have ammunition Jenoch Aug 2013 #81

Right on. bravenak Aug 2013 #84

If you have bears Jenoch Aug 2013 #85

Just stay away from wooded areas and the surrounding communities and you're sad from bears. bravenak Aug 2013 #86

The cops probably Jenoch Aug 2013 #87

Yep. bravenak Aug 2013 #88

Alaska? tumtum Aug 2013 #89

Come to anchorage. We always have a need for pilots. Some areas in the bush have no roads bravenak Aug 2013 #98

My wife just read your post and she's loving it. tumtum Aug 2013 #99

Ice road truckers!!!!! Yes it's just like that. Exactly. bravenak Aug 2013 #101

"many of the students in the class were nurses" ?? FailureToCommunicate Aug 2013 #7

Maybe that should be a requirement tblue Aug 2013 #29

Probably friend's at work got together and Ilsa Aug 2013 #70

Why would that be odd? ... spin Aug 2013 #93

Mr. Instructor didn't know his ass from the student's elbow. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2013 #8

Well, at least nobody was killed this time Lugal Zaggesi Aug 2013 #9

If guns are . . FairWinds Aug 2013 #11

+1. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #68

One thing anyway, lesson well learned methinks. ConcernedCanuk Aug 2013 #12

Boy, THATS gonna hurt his performance review! 7962 Aug 2013 #13

And don't stop checking, you never know when the old A Simple Game Aug 2013 #16

"Dunlap apparently didn�t know that the gun held a bullet, Piemonte said." Botany Aug 2013 #15

Hundreds of white gun "enthusiasts" drooling over their next lethal weapon acquisition. Hoyt Aug 2013 #38

Strange, I see two black men in the photo telclaven Aug 2013 #83

You do? Are you seeing the ghost(s) of the murdered Trayvon Martin or something? Hoyt Aug 2013 #91

No, I'm seeing two black men looking at guns telclaven Aug 2013 #108

Dunlap is a NRA certified LE instructor! Or....... was! rdharma Aug 2013 #17

Am I supposed to be impressed by all that? SCVDem Aug 2013 #21

Supposed to be impressed? rdharma Aug 2013 #22

You can't make this stuff up. Botany Aug 2013 #23

No, you can't. rdharma Aug 2013 #24

This guy probably is in favor of SCVDem Aug 2013 #45

"Got that? Okie dokie! So now I'll give you some examples of what NOT to do" struggle4progress Aug 2013 #19

The NRA will claim this happen because there were not enough guns in the room Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #20

I'm going to laugh because he'll be alright... JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #25

"sue whoever sponsored it" rdharma Aug 2013 #27

LOL!! JohnnyRingo Aug 2013 #47

Reminds me of this guy PD Turk Aug 2013 #26

Which reminds me of this guy. Brickbat Aug 2013 #72

! Incitatus Aug 2013 #90

LOL! PD Turk Aug 2013 #109

With more incident like this the NRA will go broke paying off on their insurance. Historic NY Aug 2013 #28

I know where not to get my gun training in Lancaster... jmowreader Aug 2013 #30

Not only should he not be an instructor, but he should be required to pass a gun safety class once silvershadow Aug 2013 #33

I've yet to see any analysis about how guns went out of common use xfundy Aug 2013 #34

Partly because guns did not go out of common use happyslug Aug 2013 #112

Well there's your responsible gun ownership in action! kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #40

Now that's what I call ''Extra Credit'' DeSwiss Aug 2013 #41

How did this moron even become a safety instructor in the first place? jasond54231 Aug 2013 #44

Probably certified by NRA, or similar organization. As long as you are into NRA's right wing Hoyt Aug 2013 #52

live by the gun mwrguy Aug 2013 #48

or sweetapogee Aug 2013 #63

What was that about not point it at anyone? liberal N proud Aug 2013 #51

Question: Does a "bank" shot score extra points? TheCowsCameHome Aug 2013 #54

"Gee ... I'm sorry. I didn't know it was loaded. bucolic_frolic Aug 2013 #56

morons with guns. nt Javaman Aug 2013 #58

Hey Hosts: Local news in service of the usual hate fest... Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #69

Oops! leftyladyfrommo Aug 2013 #75

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #78

Moran. Every gun is ALWAYS loaded telclaven Aug 2013 #82

WOW! Just Wow!!! Howler Aug 2013 #96

Gimme my guns you dirty gun grabbers! Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #106