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Man shoots himself during 'Bourne Legacy'


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http://www.rgj.com/article/20120814/NEWS/120814029/Sparks-moviegoer-shoots-himself-buttocks-police-report?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

“Witnesses inside the theater at the time the shot was fired stated that a (man) was adjusting himself in his seat when a gun he had on him discharged,” Sparks police Sgt. Pay Dyer said in statement issued late Tuesday.

The man immediately got up, apologized to those around him and left the theater before police arrived, police said.

He later was found at a Reno hospital where he was being treated for a wound not considered life-threatening.

“The (man) was cooperative with police and admitted that his gun fell out of his pocket and when it hit the floor it discharged,” Dyer said in the police statement.

The man has a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, Dyer added.

One caller told police that seven to eight shots were fired in the theater, but police later determined only one shot was involved.

“There was no panic in the theater as only five people heard the shot out of the approximate 30 people in attendance,” police said in an email about 11 p.m. Tuesday.

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As a gun-illiterate person, question: If a gun is handled correctly, even if it falls out of a pocket, should it be going off?

If it was a revolver and the hammer hit the ground there is a chance for it to fire.

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As a gun-illiterate person, question: If a gun is handled correctly, even if it falls out of a pocket, should it be going off?

In answer to your question....depends on the gun.....but then, if I had a gun that could fire accidently if dropped, I wouldn't be using it as my ccw weapon. imho

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Unless it is quite old, a handgun should not 'go off' from being dropped. Usually what causes it to discharge is the person trying to catch it and inadvertently snagging the trigger...

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That is what I would suspect happen, he probably trying to remove some blame from himself by claiming otherwise. Or he could be slightly confused himself by what happened because it happened so fast. :rolleyes:

Still either way he was negligent in his handling of the firearm and was very lucky that the only one injured was himself.

Craig

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