"Bullet hits two" at Idaho gun show

[funkymonkey1111]

The sheriff is looking for ways to make gun shows safer. Maybe those 4 rules? Or, unload guns for sale at gun shows?


http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/local/2015/11/02/bullet-hits-2-gun-show-expo-idaho/75063900/

GARDEN CITY - The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating after an accidental shooting at a gun show at Expo Idaho on Saturday.
Deputies were called to Expo Idaho just after 8:20 a.m.
A vendor setting up before the show says he was in the process of putting a plastic zip-tie on the trigger assembly of the bolt-action rifle when it suddenly fired.
The bullet hit a 51-year-old man's cane before hitting the man in the leg and hitting a nearby 64-year-old man in the leg.
That second man went to the hospital but returned hours later to finish up the gun show.
The 74-year-old man from Washington who accidentally fired the rifle fully cooperated with the investigation. At this time no charges or citations have been issued.
In 2013, two people were injured in another accidental shooting at a gun show at Expo Idaho.
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Accidental shooting at Fort Boise Gun Show injures two
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The fair director says it was a different promoter and unrelated to this show.
He also says the shootings are concerning and they are looking to see if there are ways to make the shows safer in the future.

[Ridge]

A vendor setting up before the show says he was in the process of putting a plastic zip-tie on the trigger assembly of the bolt-action rifle when it suddenly fired.

As is the case every single fucking time it happens, it's caused by a dealer not verifying their guns are clear.

[sniper7]

Just that little extra precaution goes a long way.

[colorider]

what a fucking idiot. That is all.

[Bailey Guns]

Funny...there is absolutely nothing in the print news or the radio news up here about this incident.

[Aloha_Shooter]

How damned hard is it to check chamber when receiving a firearm? Dealer was a negligent idiot IMO.

[hollohas]

Happened at a Tanner show I was at years ago. No one was hit, thank God, but the entire place was as silent as a ghost town after the negligent discharge inside. It happened well after open. I haven't been back since.

[Blowby]

Pulled the trigger with a zip tie and it "accidentally" functioned as a trigger should.

[Irving]

How is there not an instant angry mob in those situations?

[Jamnanc]

Was at the Loveland pe show a few weeks ago when the door guy, or the kid who brought his pellet gun in discharged it into the ceiling. The place was dead silent for several minutes while everyone sorted through the sound and decided it wasn't a suppressed 22 or something.

[rondog]

Unbelievable. I learned how to check and unload guns when I was so little, I can't even remember when it was. It's so second-nature to me I can't fathom how people can get it wrong! Especially someone that handles them every day buying and selling. Yet it happens frequently.....