Gun store employee accidentally shoots customer.

[bigshane]

As usual, a breaking story is an inaccurate story. Here's the latest update:

Man accidentally shot at Silver City store
Updated: Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012, 10:39 AM MST
Published : Wednesday, 21 Nov 2012, 10:39 AM MST


Matt Mauro
SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) - A 65-year-old man is still recovering after accidentally getting shot at an ATV shop in New Mexico.

Police say a worker at Copper Country ATV in Silver City was cleaning a gun when it accidentally went off, shooting a 65-year-old man.

He was airlifted to a hospital in El Paso.

Police have not said if they will arrest the worker who was cleaning the gun.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I'm still not understanding how it "accidentally went off" while cleaning. Clearing the weapon is supposed to be step #1 and performed in a "safe direction".

[SuperiorDG]

Pointing a gun in a safe direction would save a lot of pain on everyone's part.

[Teufelhund]

Besides checking the chamber several times before disassembling, I know I'm not the only who places the ammo far, far away when cleaning guns.

[Jackal]

^ all the above... and yes .45 is not > than 9

Hope he gets well soon.

It was only a flesh wound....

[Byte Stryke]

Authorities say an employee at a New Mexico gun shop was unloading a handgun when he accidentally shot a customer in the back, wounding him.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/21...#ixzz2CuB2myJu

WOOO HOO! FREE GUNS FOR LIFE BITCHES!!!!

[th3w01f]

This reminds me of a somewhat local (up North) gun shop where the clerk (who must have been a SEAL in a previous life given his attitude) berated me for sweeping my friends dick with a handgun I had checked (because he hadn’t) and had the slide locked back. Not 2 minutes later he was showing us a 12ga and blatantly pointing it at the guy next to us (again he hadn’t cleared it). Not justifying sweeping my friend but I know 100% (barring an act of god) there was no possible way there was going to be an AD/ND. This is a very busy store on a weekend so I don’t think it was physically possible to touch a weapon without sweeping someone.

[cstone]

I always clean my guns while they are loaded. Then the boolits get pretty too.

[gnihcraes]

I believe when these accidents happen, Cleaning=wiping it down with a cloth, never actually broken down. (they probably don't know how)

[th3w01f]

And why is it someone is always "cleaning" the gun. Why don't they say "randomly pulling the triggers of different guns", because that's what it seems like.