Posted May 2, 2016 4:19 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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This is the sort of story that strongly suggests that some people are simply too poorly trained or too stupid to be trusted to carry firearms without becoming a significant threat to society.

A Charleston man is charged with a misdemeanor after his gun discharged during a children’s swim lesson session at the University of Charleston on Friday evening.

Lloyd Simms, 41, turned himself in to the Charleston Police Department Saturday morning, said Chief of Detectives Steve Cooper.

Jackie Kay, of Charleston, whose 17-year-old daughter was giving the lesson, said the incident happened at the Gorman PE Building on the UC campus during a swim lesson. Kay’s daughter was in the pool with several children while parents were around the pool watching.

“This man was sitting not two feet away and his gun went off,” Kay said. “She said he had a huge hole in his pocket.

“Everyone was upset. It could have been a terrible tragedy for many people.”

Weapons are not allowed on UC’s campus.

Randy Ross, UC’s director of public safety, said Simms, who has a concealed carry permit, was carrying a Springfield Arms XDM .40-caliber handgun in his back pants pocket.

Let’s go through Lloyd Simm’s most obvious mistakes.

  1. He carried a handgun …Read the Rest

    Source:: Bearing Arms

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