Rule one
Two men were injured Saturday morning at the Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show at Expo Square when a vendor accidentally discharged a shotgun.
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Joe Wanenmacher, the gun show’s manager, said the vendor was examining a double-barreled .410-gauge shotgun that he thought was loaded with a snap cap. A snap cap is a nonlive round that allows the handler to dry-fire the weapon without damaging the firing pin or the firing pin holes.
October 24th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
And the reporters make fun of the gunshow attendees for pointing guns in the air to pull the trigger.
“They point the unloaded guns into the air as if they’re hunting doves that only they can see.”
Idiots.
October 24th, 2006 at 8:38 pm
Was there when it happened. Didn’t hear anything because we were on the upper level, well away from the lower level where it happened. ( The venue covers 11 acres, a low end adjacent to a higher end. ) They were meticulous in announcing for the rest of the day that ALL firearms had to be tied, and any vendor violating that rule would be escorted out. Of course it wouldn’t have prevented the numb-nuts AD that happened, but it keeps the uncontrolled handling to a minimum.
existingthing: Where did you find that quote? I’d like to read the whole idiot thing.