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AD at Kalifornia gunshow
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Orange County gun show. I arrived at the scene of an accidental discharge shortly after it happened at about 2 pm this Sunday.
The area had been cordoned off with yellow tape & the Sherrif's deputies were checking all of the dealers guns to see if any others were loaded.
The dealer was sitting in a chair & the paramedics were working on his leg.
The people who were in the area said the dealer handed the rifle
(guessed to be a .223) to a prospective customer who then pulled the trigger.
I always check any gun handed to me & that sometimes seems to irk a dealer but this clearly shows the need for such action.
The area had been cordoned off with yellow tape & the Sherrif's deputies were checking all of the dealers guns to see if any others were loaded.
The dealer was sitting in a chair & the paramedics were working on his leg.
The people who were in the area said the dealer handed the rifle
(guessed to be a .223) to a prospective customer who then pulled the trigger.
I always check any gun handed to me & that sometimes seems to irk a dealer but this clearly shows the need for such action.
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most tables have a few extra so they can cut them off to show a prospective buyer and then replace them afterward
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I didn't know they could sell guns at a Gun show in Kali.
Hope the Dealer's Leg is all right.
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Hey Chuck, wake up.
quote: A .223 Round? Damned if that aint a shame! Probably the last of those in Californicate..........! What a Waste!!!! Not sure why they would even have a Gun Show anymore.......what with all those regulations, etc. Maybe its just for "Show!"........ and eliminating those you dislike under the "guise of an AD!"
Hey Paul, grow up.
quote:Californians are too stupid and too irresponsible to have firearm rights
Very intelligent comment, Salzo. Such insight - and to think we get to hear it here at Gunbroker!
I am surprised and dismayed that, after one reported acidental discharge, you three would condemn the whole state and everyone in it. I guess that each of you don't believe anything like this could happen in your respective states? I thought we all had a common bond, no matter where each of us lives. I can see now that, to some people at least, any aspect of existence that does fit their particular view of how people should live is fair game for ridicule and censure. What a great group of people.
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quote:Originally posted by salzo
And some people have a problem with gun laws in California.A perfect example of why Californians are too stupid and too irresponsible to have firearm rights.
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-Jimmy the cheese man
I have now heard that the bullet struck the cement floor and the dealer was hit in the leg by a ricochet or fragments. Not serious.
I couldn't tell for myself. Everyone who was there at the time it happened that I talked to said the injury was not serious but they disagreed about the exact nature of the wound. The reports ranged from the cement chips & bullet fragments to the bullet going through the meaty part of the calf. There didn't seem to be any rush to get him to a hospital.
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If people would just follow the basic rules of firearms, this accident would not have happened! Why is it so difficult to simply verify for yourself that every firearm you handle is empty? Why is that such a difficult concept for some people to comprehend!?!
Not all people have difficulty understanding firearm safety.
......Only californians. If it was up to me, there wouldnt be one firearm in the entire state.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
You should move out here, Salzo. You would fit right in.
Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't let our people have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?
-- Joseph Stalin--
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.
- General George Patton Jr