Posted May 2, 2016 9:22 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

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Gun show organizers (and their insurers) typically insist that show-goers unload their firearms before entering the venue as a safety issue. This is a standard practice.

What they can’t control is what happens in the parking lots outside of their gun shows where show-goers re-arm. Unfortunately, not everyone has decent training or equipment or awareness, and at least two out of the three failed in this instance on Saturday.

Sergeant Dean Carriger, public information officer for Sandy Police, says that around 5 p.m. a 62-year-old man was leaving the expo center when he holstered his .40 caliber handgun. According to Carriger, as the man was holstering the gun it discharged, hitting the man in the thigh.

The man was transported to Intermountain Medical Center with minor injuries, Carriger says. No charges are forthcoming.

Details of the incident are of course sketchy, as they so often are. That said, we know from experience that one of several things happened to create this negligent discharge.

  1. His finger was on the trigger as he tried to reholster.
  2. Some outside object found its way inside the trigger guard and depressed the trigger as he tried to reholster.
  3. The holster itself failed, and depressed the trigger.

The fourth possibility, a spontaneous …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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