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"Why'd everyone run? Didn't they realize if it were a real situation they'd have been protected by all the 2nd amendment loving gun toting american heroes?"

We were all running for better shooting positions

[Edited on January 19, 2013 at 6:17 PM. Reason : 3]

1/19/2013 6:17:12 PM

^ LOL

1/19/2013 6:17:33 PM

I want sweeping legislation against gun cases.

1/19/2013 6:53:39 PM

I didn't make it to the gun show or to the Gun Appreciation Day...
Instead I was in a field near Creedmoor putting lead into some targets and clays. No complaints about being outside on such a nice day though.

1/19/2013 7:03:31 PM

lol I drove by the fairgrounds at about 1-1:30 pm and saw an ambulance leaving and cop cars coming into the fairgrounds with their lights on

1/19/2013 7:12:45 PM

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"I'm just surprised that the gun nuts didn't hear the gun go off, take their guns out and start shooting in the direction of the gun shot"

More like, here is yet more evidence against the tired, old argument of "panic will set in and concealed-carriers will mistakenly shoot the wrong person."

I have never heard of that happening, and lo and behold, it didn't happen this time, either.

[Edited on January 19, 2013 at 7:13 PM. Reason : but what a goddamned idiot. How fucking hard is it to keep your finger off the trigger?]

1/19/2013 7:12:51 PM

pretty sure you weren't allowed to conceal carry in there anyway

1/19/2013 7:13:50 PM

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"More like, here is yet more evidence against the tired, old argument of "panic will set in and concealed-carriers will mistakenly shoot the wrong person." "

1/19/2013 7:17:40 PM

Do we know if this idiot was an NRA member?

I ask only because it seems as if he violated every applicable rule of gun safety.

1/19/2013 7:37:37 PM

CC is currently illegal in NC in any venue that requires you to pay an admission fee, so, legally, no one can CC in there anyway.

not to mention that your concealed handgun is your last resort. you should run like a bitch if you can.

1/19/2013 7:42:23 PM

Front corner of cnn.com, yay Raleigh

1/19/2013 7:43:55 PM

I heard there was an accidental shooting at this large gathering of responsible gun owners.

1/19/2013 8:01:15 PM

the hysteria over proposed gun legislation has brought all the retarded hilljacks out of the woodwork

1/19/2013 8:04:04 PM

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"Do we know if this idiot was an NRA member? I ask only because it seems as if he violated every applicable rule of gun safety."

What does this guy belonging to a private interest group have to do with gun safety?

1/19/2013 8:26:18 PM

Nothing, other than that the NRA's public stance is to constantly promote how their membership is composed of responsible gun owners who practice proper gun safety measures (which I am sure is true for a very large percentage of said members).

I'm curious how true that might be in this case.

[Edited on January 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM. Reason : 3]

1/19/2013 8:49:07 PM

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" ^quit jumping to conclusions. it makes you no better than the antis"

There was no jumping. The original article I read specifically said that it was a LEO that was handling the gun when it miraculously went off. Obviously that's changed now.

1/19/2013 8:51:09 PM

^^ Every organization has their share of outliers. The larger the organization, the more
likely for my statement to be true.

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"The original article I read specifically said that it was a LEO that was handling the gun when it miraculously went off. Obviously that's changed now. "

I had read that too. If the statement is true, then the state is just covering their ass from lawsuits until the investigation report comes out.

[Edited on January 19, 2013 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ..]

1/19/2013 8:54:06 PM

http://bit.ly/T1xbmC

1/19/2013 8:56:24 PM

dude got a nice fucking beatdown though.

1/19/2013 8:59:27 PM

I'm surprised he didn't get worse. Pull something like that and you should expect it to be a one way trip.

1/19/2013 9:08:26 PM

bahahaha

1/19/2013 9:08:59 PM

that looked blatantly staged.

1/19/2013 9:41:59 PM

The same thing happened at a gun show in Indiana today

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/19/us/north-carolina-gun-show-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


.....ok make that 3, North Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio



http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hurt-shootings-gun-shows-ohio-ind-nc-18260698

[Edited on January 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM. Reason : .]

1/19/2013 9:44:04 PM

i was at the hickory show awhile back when some dumb taint fired one into the ceiling.

in the hush immediately afterwards i was the one saying "stupid fucker" audible over the entire space.

1/19/2013 10:49:03 PM

you should have been yelling "BRAIN-DEAD MOTHERLESS FUCK! YOU'RE GONNA HURT OR KILL SOMEONE, AND MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR EVERY OTHER GUN OWNER, YOU MOTHERFUCKER."

1/19/2013 10:51:40 PM

I asked this in the lounge but I'm curious if I'm the only person that doesn't keep a bullet chambered all the time?

1/19/2013 10:52:34 PM

I keep a round chambered, and my FUCKING FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER.

1/19/2013 10:53:44 PM

Were handgun prices jacked? Or, were they about the same markups you see every time?

1/19/2013 11:09:30 PM

Conspiracy theorists heads are about to explode.

1/20/2013 7:51:07 AM

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"accidental firing"

Quote :

"accidental shooting"

no such thing as accidental

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""BRAIN-DEAD MOTHERLESS FUCK! YOU'RE GONNA HURT OR KILL SOMEONE, AND MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT INSURANCE HIGHER FOR EVERY OTHER GUN OWNER CAR OWNER, YOU MOTHERFUCKER.""

fixed that for your high horse

[Edited on January 20, 2013 at 8:36 AM. Reason : .]

1/20/2013 8:28:36 AM

I would only consider any discharge accidental if it was caused by some sort of mechanical failure or issue with the firearm. These are extremely rare. The vast majority of these are negligent discharges, which this one most certainly was.

1/20/2013 10:11:56 AM

While it doesn't explain the other incidents at gunshows yesterday I would like to know the make/model/AGE of the shotgun that discharged.

Many older shotguns are NOT drop safe in unaltered/new/factory condition. Any of us that have attended these shows know that old stuff is plentiful (sometimes even annoyingly so).

Those fucks manning the old shit tables are typically the ones most likely to sweep you with a barrel as well... So combine the most unsafe modern weapons with the most unsafe owners and you have this.

The other two shits shot themselves in the parking lots leaving didn't they? Loading their weapons on the way to the car upon leaving the shows?

1/20/2013 10:20:12 AM

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"no such thing as accidental"

Yep.

Or at least, it's a negligible fraction of occurances.

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"fixed that for your high horse"

Like scary assault weapons, my scary sports cars have been statistically very safe.

Why don't you focus your attention on the great majority of drivers who are incompetent, inattentive, or both, and unsafe at any speed? Or the people speeding in cars without massive grip and brakes and without any idea how to handle a car?

Or, for that matter, people driving in the left lane without passing? This is probably the greatest detriment to highway safety aside from things that get plenty of attention (DUI, texting, etc)

[Edited on January 20, 2013 at 10:56 AM. Reason : ]

1/20/2013 10:54:36 AM

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"Or, for that matter, people driving in the left lane without passing? This is probably the greatest detriment to highway safety aside from things that get plenty of attention"

these people annoy me to no end, and make me want to have a sign in my car that I can hold up to them that says "left lane for passing only!!!". But how do you figure they're "probably the greatest detriment to highway safety aside from...."?

1/20/2013 11:20:37 AM

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"Like scary assault weapons, my scary sports cars have been statistically very safe."

Statistically? Cars are definitely more dangerous on the whole: far more people die in car accidents every year than in random gun accidents

statistically

1/20/2013 12:58:26 PM

^ TheDuke is just very arrogant when it comes to his own driving abilities. He seems to forget that there are people in vastly better cars than him who are vastly better drivers who push their cars to the limits who have wrecked their car and taken other people out.

[Edited on January 20, 2013 at 1:45 PM. Reason : .]

1/20/2013 1:45:15 PM

Obesity and an accidental shooting. I consider that a helluva gun show!

1/20/2013 1:49:16 PM

^^ and they are the anomaly of anomalies and just about the absolute last thing you should be worried about on the road.

What, maybe 1 in 1000 drivers on the road is better than me, and maybe 1 in 1000 cars on the road are "better" than mine (in terms of performance capability)? How often do those drivers end up in those cars and cause a problem?

That was my original point--goalielax riding my nuts, as usual, is even more of an example of barking up the wrong tree than it is to be specifically focused on the weapons that are responsible for a nearly negligible amount of our legitimate gun violence problem.

If you want to unfuck our highways, I'm about #10,000 on the priority list.

1/20/2013 3:21:10 PM

damn man, you must have an awesome car and be an awesome driver!

1/20/2013 3:29:31 PM

The bar is set awfully low for drivers, and the handful of cars that will outperform a Z06 Corvette are awfully rare relative to the SUVs, Camrys, pickup trucks, Hyundais, that make up the vast, vast majority of what's on the road.

[Edited on January 20, 2013 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ]

1/20/2013 3:31:35 PM

Oddly enough, those cars don't need to perform better than your rockin corvette at the speed limit.

And how do you quantitatively say you're better than every 1 in 1000 drivers? Hell, ex F1 driver Clay Regazzoli died after rear ending a lorry, and even while paralyzed, he was a better driver than you.

And let's assume you are a good driver, just because there are statistically less of you on the road, doesn't make your recklessness any less dangerous. Keep your shit on private tracks and off public roads.

1/20/2013 3:57:15 PM

I thought this thread was about guns.

STFU.

1/20/2013 5:23:21 PM

at least the only people that got hurt were gun nuts

they kinda deserved it

1/20/2013 5:31:24 PM

So how was the line Sunday? Was it more crowded because people couldn't get in Saturday or did people decide to stay away because of what happened?

1/21/2013 8:02:43 AM

^^why?

1/21/2013 12:15:33 PM

I laughed a bit when I heard this. I'm just glad no one died.

1/21/2013 12:39:53 PM

This was no accident. This was negligence.

1/21/2013 1:14:45 PM

This was no accident. This was negligence.

1/21/2013 1:16:35 PM

I bet that dude "trusted himself" to keep one in the chamber

1/21/2013 5:00:40 PM

i bet that dude didn't even know there was one in the chamber

1/21/2013 5:04:28 PM