BREAKING: 3 people SHOT at GUN SHOW - NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE BY POLICE OFFICER - OOPS!

Question, why do they zip tie the guns at gun shows.
Isn't that an oxy moran??

I mean if it's okay to sell, buy and carry a weapon, why do you need it immobilized at a venue that promotes the ownership of said items.

Don't bother coming at me for this question, I'm just trying to understand the culture, thanks.

aha and then you got all the gun freaks going on saying it was the cop that did it

See! Gun Shows are evil & dangerous places, nothing but gun nuts & Lone Wolves. I'm shocked that no Children were injured by one of those lowlife gun fanatics! It's high time we put an end to this madness! 0bama, help us! It's for the kids! Think of the CHILDREN! My 3 year old is having me dictate a letter as soon as I post this. Now where the heck did I put my sarcasm font at...... oh, there it is....right next to my Glock. You know those scumbags back East are coming after the Gun Shows & the next step is all out gun confiscation(read-war).

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Please read the entire thread. There are two separate events being discussed.

If you had any reading comprehension you would've seen that I referred to the comments below the article referring to information that was obviously scrubbed from the news story.

i blame obummer .. if he had not started a gun rush this would never have happened ... ban obummer

Who? A police officer, that's who. Actually it is kind of surprising.

I go to gun shows all the time. from California to Wisconsin to Arizona and watch people pick up handguns and rifles all the time, with their finger on the trigger, not alongside the guard. It happens constantly at every show.

It tells me how many people are totally clueless towards the basics of gun safety. It also tells the seller it'll be easy to sell to that person because they know the person doesn't know what they're looking for (that's from my cousin who used to travel and sell for S&W at the shows for years).

I think I learned about that rule when I was 8, maybe before even. At our house and both my grandparents, one who lived on a farm in southern Wisconsin there were gun(s) in every room. I slept with them under my bed from when I was basically a baby. NEVER, not once was there ever an incident.

I work with police (K-9's) and I'M NOT A HATER! But that guy was stoopid! He didn't check his gun before he went to the show? And he HAD to have his finger on the trigger when he picked it up. Unless the gun was haunted and fired itself...

Anyone?????

Three people hit with one shot? Sure this didn't happen at a Dallas motorcade?

prepare to report that the gun was used was an AR-15 roger that

Yeah they probably will report it as that. Even though it was a shotty.

No one does, unless there was a mistake. They require you to check them in at the door.

Someone posted elsewhere that the same thing happened in Indiana at a gun show..Looking for a link...

More Injured in Accidental Shootings at U.S. Gun Shows

At least four people — three in North Carolina and one in Indiana — were injured after weapons went off at gun shows Saturday, officials said, at a time when there’s been renewed discussion about private gun sales at such shows.

[link to fox8.com]

Police later explained that a a 36-year-old man from Wilmington, North Carolina, was unfastening the case of his 12-gauge shotgun on a table near the show entrance when it accidentally discharged. The man planned to sell the shotgun at the show.

The bird shot ended up injuring three people. One was a sheriff’s deputy, who suffered a slight injury to his hand and was treated and released at a local hospital before returning immediately to work, said Joel Keith, chief of police of the North Carolina State Fair.

A 54-year-old woman from Benson, North Carolina, was being treated a wound to her right torso at a local hospital, and a 50-year-old man from Durham, North Carolina, was treated for an injured left hand, Keith told reporters.

“I want to emphasize that this is an accident,” Keith said.

from the fox8 link above

Yeah I assume it was a mistake, but gun safety is important. One mistake could be the last mistake.

The officer should have checked the firearm to see if it was loaded before zip tying the trigger. He should have also not pointed the shotgun towards the attendees while zip tying the trigger.

The gun owner should have also checked the firearm before he left his house if it was loaded.

It's an alignment of negligence that could have been avoided with hindsight. I just hope everyone involved has learned a valuable lesson.

Where are you all getting the info it was a police officer that shot 3 people.Every story I can find says it was a shotgun that a private seller was going to sell.

From the original post link...
Agency spokesman Brian Long says a 12-gauge shotgun discharged while its owner, 36-year-old Gary Lynn Wilson, of Wilmington, unzipped its case for a law enforcement officer to check it at a security entrance.

All gun owners: Please point your gun toward your foot and pull the trigger.

A provocateur.

priceles, just like this cop in front a da class. cops ands are a dangerous combination now days

You are all looking at this the wrong way. Yes, someone made a stupid neglegent mistake and peope got hurt. Yes, the media could and probably will frame this biased against guns in general and perhaps it's a psyop.

Think about this for a moment though. A gun went off at a place where thousands of people were armed and not one person lost their head and returned fire because the people who were armed were smart enough and level headed enough to know the difference between a threat and a stupid accident. Again, thousands of people with guns in a confined space. One stupid mistake. No one freaked out.

I can see it now...
New government PSAs coming out:

Just Say No To Zip Ties!
MANZT - Mothers Against Negligent Zip Ties!
Don't Zip and Lie!
Zip It And Blast It
Never Let A Cop Fondle Your Gun

No! Thats the job of the cops.

Just because they carry guns doesn't mean they know how to use them.

Statistically speaking, 115 people died in an automobile accident today in the US alone.

BAN THE CARS!

sounds too effin fishy. NOBODY goes to sell a gun without checkin chamber first. that 'private seller' is working for someone

LOL, yeah. It was a shotgun though.

All Japanese people, please stop raping Chinese women during war. Maybe they should be armed.

I've been going to gun shows in California for 25 years. I've even worked a few, but not as a gun seller.
A rumor that has been floating around for the last 5 years was that Anti-gunners were coming in and loading guns when the seller was distracted in hopes of a negligent discharge.

In all my years of going to gun shows, I've only heard or been around for 4 accidental discharges. To have so many in one day should raise eyebrows.