What Happened At Market Hall?

nunn

I have HEARD from various source, that there was an unintentional discharge of a firearm at the last Market Hall (DACA) gun show in Dallas.

I have not heard the details, or whether this has caused any negative repurcussions on DACA.

Anybody got the whole story?

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Josey1

Decatur gun dealer,
stepson wounded in
gun show accident

FLORENCE (AP) -- A Decatur gun dealer and his stepson were wounded in an accidental shooting that scared dozens of people browsing weapons at a Florence gun and knife show.

Terry Joe Runager had just sold an AK-47 rifle to a customer Saturday and had reached for his personal handgun from a side holster when it fired, hitting Runager in the hand and his stepson in the leg, police said.

Runager, 51, of Decatur, a registered dealer at the Florence Conference Center show, was treated and released from Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital along with his 25-year-old stepson, Keith Stanley.

Runager refused to comment on the incident.

The shooting not only scared dozens of people looking at guns but cast a shadow over gun shows, said Mark Peeples, who brought his son and another boy to the show.

Peeples said the gunshot silenced the banquet room as people figured out the direction of the gunfire.

The silence didn't last long with a woman near Runager crying out loud, "Oh my God, Terry shot himself."

"He wasn't paying attention," Peeples said.

Rule No. 1 printed in a large sign near a registration table reads, "No loaded firearms at any time except by full-time law enforcement officials."

Safety rules also were printed on two sides of a piece of paper given to dealers. Warnings reminding people not to dry fire any guns were printed on cards left at each vendor's table.

Brent Oliver, coordinating the show for his firm, Killen-based Valley Productions Inc., told the TimesDaily in Florence that his company would consider civil or criminal action against Runager.

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/020624/accident.shtml

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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

Josey1

Was that it NUNN?


"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

Josey1

I can't believe that anyone could be so stupid as to have an AD at a gunshow.It makes us all look dangerous.

"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

Iconoclast

Both those incidents were IDs, TDs or DDs - inattentive, thoughtless or dumb; damn sure they were not accidents. The only AD in my book is a mechanical failure, the others are human failures and *not* accidents. And yes, they sure make all firearms owners look like f*****g idiots. Hope the cops charge both of those clowns and they any firearms licenses; no excuse under these circumstances. NONE.

Josey1

Agreed,Icon.

"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878

texshooter

Nunn, Saxon Pig is the closest to the story. I was in Mkt.Hall later that afternoon, (after the incident), and 1 of the older members of the Dallas Arms Collectors Club told me the story. Some of the old time members are concerned about future repercussions from the building owner. Hopefully, this incident does not affect future show schedules.