Yoda
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I think most of us would agree that open carry has many benefits, but openly playing with your gun while in a store, holstering and unholstering it and making people nervous until you somehow justify their concerns by making it go BANG! just sets us all back. Idiots like this hurt our cause.
Here's the article:
EL MIRAGE, AZ -- A west Valley Wal-Mart customer was arrested Thursday after accidentally firing a round while playing with his pistol inside the store.
... suspect was identified as 30-year-old David Walters, of Surprise.
... witnesses said Walters entered the store carrying a semi automatic pistol in a holster.
... Walters continually "messed" with the gun while it was in the holster. He would reportedly holster and un-holster the gun, which made the other customers and employees nervous.
... he pulled the gun out of the holster and thumbed through some nearby magazines...clerk said she was afraid that she was about to be robbed. She notified the store manager of the situation after Walters left the counter.
... while standing at the end of the counter, he pulled the gun out of his holster again.
Upon pulling the gun out of the holster, a magazine dislodged and fell on the floor.
... Walters picked up the magazine, placed it back into the gun, manipulating the gun as if loading the weapon.
While he was doing this the gun discharged and sent shots into the ceiling.
Walters was arrested and booked on six counts of endangerment, disorderly conduct and discharging a weapon within the city limits.
That's pretty much the whole story, but here's the link:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/w...shooting-Wal-Mart/OjROJQTSL0OJno6kY2W8uQ.cspx
- - - Yoda
Here's the article:
EL MIRAGE, AZ -- A west Valley Wal-Mart customer was arrested Thursday after accidentally firing a round while playing with his pistol inside the store.
... suspect was identified as 30-year-old David Walters, of Surprise.
... witnesses said Walters entered the store carrying a semi automatic pistol in a holster.
... Walters continually "messed" with the gun while it was in the holster. He would reportedly holster and un-holster the gun, which made the other customers and employees nervous.
... he pulled the gun out of the holster and thumbed through some nearby magazines...clerk said she was afraid that she was about to be robbed. She notified the store manager of the situation after Walters left the counter.
... while standing at the end of the counter, he pulled the gun out of his holster again.
Upon pulling the gun out of the holster, a magazine dislodged and fell on the floor.
... Walters picked up the magazine, placed it back into the gun, manipulating the gun as if loading the weapon.
While he was doing this the gun discharged and sent shots into the ceiling.
Walters was arrested and booked on six counts of endangerment, disorderly conduct and discharging a weapon within the city limits.
That's pretty much the whole story, but here's the link:
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/w...shooting-Wal-Mart/OjROJQTSL0OJno6kY2W8uQ.cspx
- - - Yoda
