Student Negligently Discharges Into Leg At Top Shooting School

By Bob Owens

It happens.

A man was wounded in the leg by a gunshot at Sig Sauer Academy Wednesday morning and was transported to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, though police said the injury was minor.

The man was in stable condition after he accidently fired a pistol at his leg and into the ground during a training session at one of the academy’s shooting ranges, according to Epping Fire Chief Donald DeAngelis and Epping police Sgt. Stephen Soares. He is believed to have had his finger still on the trigger as he attempted to put the pistol into its holster, according to Soares. The discharged bullet then grazed the man’s leg, Soares said. No one else was harmed.

Fire officials received a call reporting the accident at 12:56 p.m., but the man was already being treated by Sig Sauer’s on-site paramedic team before Epping police and fire officials even arrived. The man was then transported by Epping fire to the hospital, officials said. Exeter Hospital paramedics also assisted. Sig Sauer has multiple shooting ranges at the academy location in Epping. The company’s headquarters is at Pease International Tradeport in Newington.

This looks like a recognized case of “user error.”

Typically, this sort of incident occurs when shooters …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms