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Fatal Accident at Lake City Gun Show

AdamsQuailHunterAdamsQuailHunter Member Posts: 2,022 ✭✭✭✭
edited June 2018 in General Discussion
There was a gun show in Lake City, Florida on the weekend of June 23-24 - with the vendor setup on Friday 22nd afternoon. During the setup - one of the vendors from Jacksonville killed himself in a totally preventable accident. This was NOT his first gun show - but he got careless and broke several cardinal rules of firearm safety. He was taking a 12 gauge double barrel - hammer - shotgun out of his vehicle by the barrel. (Big mistake - NEVER let the muzzle sweep anything you are not willing to destroy - including yourself.) The shotgun was loaded - another mistake as it wasn't apparently being used in a defensive/protective manner in the back of his van. While pulling it out by the barrel - one of the hammers snagged on some of the other items and was pulled backwards. When it broke free - it had enough inertia to activate the primer and he was shot in the chest - and died - although two vendors with medical experience tried to save him.


When you handle a firearm - please don't get complacent and violate the cardinal rules of firearm safety no matter how many years of experience you have.


Best Regards - AQH
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Darwin grabs himself another one. Complacency kills.
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Lord have mercy on this brother and his family.
    "What is truth?'
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  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,363 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like suicide to me.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,370 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sorry to hear
    terrible thing to get to comfortable or in a hurry with a gun involved

    one of my sisters and her husbands friends had just bought a slug barrel shotgun ( was there best man ) he had it loaded and pulled it out from under the chair by holding the barrel toward him self with the stock pointed to the fellow going to look at it , he took it by the stock and trigger pulled the gun and trigger as he was taking it out of the holders hands DRT .. not good in so many ways . and changed the life's of so many over stupidity
    room full of people seen it happen [:(]
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  • truthfultruthful Member Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Reminds me of the Darwin Award winner a few years back who swung his loaded shotgun by the barrel, using it as a club to break the windshield of his girfriend's car.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He violated two rules, as you said.

    "Two vendors with medical experience tried to save him."

    Yeah, I bet they started CPR. Also known by experts as, "desecration of a corpse."
    CPR never works on trauma cases and when you just caught a load from a 12 gauge in the chest, you are DRT.

    You could be in the ER at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, and suffer a wound like that, and you would be DRT.

    And, at Grady, you would get plenty of CPR.
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have heard of another vendor getting an ar out of the back of a suv and same result

    Probably the guy was well trained, it?s just that one time and a single action is all it took

    Honestly I wouldn?t want a 223 or a 12 ga pointed at me. Especially loaded
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    Damm shame. Thanks for the reminder of safety. Prayers.
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my neighbor, (nra instructor) did the same thing. he survived loosing only his hand
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  • Mark GMark G Member Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My transfer FFL called me one day and wasn't happy. He received a Taurus 25ACP semi auto pistol for me that was shipped via USPS. When he popped up the barrel a live shell ejected. I contacted the seller and he was apologetic and said "I swear that I checked the chamber". It can and does happen. Proper handling techniques should always be observed no matter how long you have been around firearms. Its easy to become complacent.
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  • mmppresmmppres Member Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Its called an accident an every firearm is loaded an checked an then re-checked. I have had so many handed to me that were supposed to be unloaded an had ammo in them,even inside the gun shows, it happens.
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  • oldWinchesterfanoldWinchesterfan Member Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess I've been lucky, never been at a gun show when someone got hurt or even heard a round go off. But I have to admit it always bothers me when I see a guy at the next table or in the next aisle pick one up and start handling it with the mussel waiving in my direction. I usually move on as fast as I can. People can be stupid.
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  • WearyTravelerWearyTraveler Member Posts: 2,019 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    Darwin grabs himself another one. Complacency kills.


    Very true. Darwin cleaning up the herd.

    It's too bad as it was completely avoidable...
    ”People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
    - GEORGE ORWELL -
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