Sad ND at Cabala's in KC KS today.

[rcmodel]

http://www.kctv5.com/story/15768450/boy-shot-in-the-head-outside-of-cabellas

rc

 

[Sky]

Good gosh what a mess!

 

[Jeff82]

Prayers to the boy and his family.

 

[jcwit]

Oh Man! Myself being a Grandfather do I ever feel sorry for him, can't imagine what that poor man is going thru. A split second of carelessness.

Please keep us informed as to the Grandsons condition.

May God Bless them both!

 

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // Hope this turns out well.

Be careful folks, Slightly different note ,,
I bought a Remington model 31 last month, at a Maryland pawn shop, when I gave it a look... it was loaded.

 

[rcmodel]

Yep!
I happens more often then you would think too.

I have found two loaded 1911's & bought one loaded Winchester 9422 at gun shows over the years.

rc

 

[Hanzo581]

Thank God it wasn't a higher caliber weapon, at least the kid has a fighting chance.

 

[Azaraith]

Why would you even leave a gun loaded while in transport? It's not like the .22 was a defense gun. My policy is the gun is unloaded (no loaded magazines either) at all times. It gets loaded once on the line at the range (when line is hot). He's old enough that he certainly should have known better than to keep a loaded firearm in the trunk and unload it without making sure the barrel was pointed in a safe direction.

 

[Mike1234567]

Good Lord... no words...

 

[rcmodel]

Latest up-date on the 6:00 PM news.

Grandfather was unloading his "antique 1900? Winchester .22" in the back of his SUV.
He was taking it in the store to get it appraised.

Gun went off and shot the grandson in the head in the front seat.

The problem is, a Winchester 1900 is a single-shot bolt-action that has to be manually cocked to shoot.

I'd bet it was an 1890 or 06 pump.
They have a habit of leaving one in the mag tube if you take the inside tube out and dump it out.

rc

 

[Caliper_Mi]

Very sad. Always remember rule #1: muzzle direction!

 

[Miked7762]

The boy was only grazed and is going to be OK.

 

[Trebor]

I'd bet it was an 1890 or 06 pump.
They have a habit of leaving one in the mag tube if you take the inside tube out and dump it out.

I agree. I was surprised that my verified "unloaded" 1906 .22 once had a round left after I removed the inner tube, dumped the mags, and worked the action. The round didn't load that time, but the *second* time I worked the action, that last round chambered.

 

[buck460XVR]

The boy was only grazed and is going to be OK.

Thank God. As a grandfather, I can only imagine the guilt the boys grandfather feels. Regardless of what model gun it was, the guy still had to pull the trigger.

Many of the old pumps(I had one) would fire everytime you pumped the action as long as you held the trigger.

 

[357 Terms]

That man must feel awful... prayers go out for both of them.

 

[Mike1234567]

Thank God the boy's okay. I hope the old man's family doesn't blame him for the rest of his life. Guilt is a powerful depressant.

 

[TexasRifleman]

Since we have an update on the boys condition (We're assuming since no link was provided) we'll call this one done for now.

Not much left to discuss. 4 rules, all the time.