What Kind of Accidental Discharge Was This?

[ChadAmberg]

LAKELAND, Fla. — A Tampa couple and an Irish tourist were shot at a Lakeland gun range after a handgun accidentally fired.
Polk County sheriff's deputies say it's not entirely clear how many times Michael and Sherri Thourot's 9mm accidentally went off Saturday, or what caused the handgun to fire. The pistol was a Jennings make.
The man in an adjacent stall, 29-year-old Gary Flynn, of Ireland, was most seriously injured. He underwent surgery after being hit in the shoulder and throat, and was listed in stable condition.
Michael Thourot was shot in the left hand, and Sherri Thourot was hit in the left arm. Both were also listed in stable condition.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...est=latestnews


I know that Jennings has a horrible reputation, but sounds like the thing kept firing full auto somehow. Crazy stuff...

[Dr_Fwd]

wow! how is this possible?!

[Bailey Guns]

Wow...that sucks that so many people got hurt.

On the other hand, who knew a Jennings would fire that many rounds without a stoppage or breaking?

[Ridge]

More than likely they were pointing it sideways while loading the mag into the gun, and hit the trigger at some point after releaseing the slide...1 shot...

[GunTroll]

I'm ashamed to admit it but I had a Jennings 9 once. Shot that thing so much the frame cracked high in the rear of the trigger guard. I saw the crack and just bent it in two. Lesson learned. Buy crap, buy twice.

[SSChameleon]

The only thing I can think of (other than catastrophic operator screw up) is a firing pin that was jammed forward. When the shooter racked the first round it went full auto, and as Bailey pointed out, did a very un-Jennings like thing and fed more than one round.