Malice
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So this guy with his young kid come to the range. The guy did not look too competent, just the way he held his lever-action .22 made me nervous. He looked like a new shooter who wasn't confident with his firearm. No problem, I smiled and said "Good shootin'" and went back to what I was doing. They set him up about 6 spots down from me.
He had his gun cocked and locked, holding it muzzle down across his body, standing comfortably. All of a sudden his gun went off. Apparently he had his finger on the trigger. We did not hear it fire, because it went off at the same time as someone shooting a .45
What happened was, he had his finger on the trigger, and the sound of the .45 made him flinch. He pulled the trigger. His .22HP hit the ground next to him, fragmented, and hit the guy next to him in the back! Big spot of blood but no real damage. He ended up staying about an hour more.
In so many words, he told the guy to leave, pointed at the classroom building, and said to come back when he knew what he was doing
Everyone stayed pretty calm through it. The shooter apologized profusley and left peacefully.
He had his gun cocked and locked, holding it muzzle down across his body, standing comfortably. All of a sudden his gun went off. Apparently he had his finger on the trigger. We did not hear it fire, because it went off at the same time as someone shooting a .45
What happened was, he had his finger on the trigger, and the sound of the .45 made him flinch. He pulled the trigger. His .22HP hit the ground next to him, fragmented, and hit the guy next to him in the back! Big spot of blood but no real damage. He ended up staying about an hour more.
In so many words, he told the guy to leave, pointed at the classroom building, and said to come back when he knew what he was doing
Everyone stayed pretty calm through it. The shooter apologized profusley and left peacefully.
