http://www.wect.com/story/23649894/store-owner-takes-law-into-own-hands-shoots-robber
A store owner in Falkland, North Carolina took the law into his own hands Tuesday night.
WITN in Greenville reported the owner of the Falkland Mini Mart, just outside of Greenville, opened fire when an armed gunman stormed in demanding cash. In the process of shooting at the robber, the owner of the store accidentally shot his friend in the stomach.
The owner, who goes by Rocky, says, “My first instinct was just to draw my weapon and fire on him.” He continued, “I wanted to secure his weapon. At the time I didn’t know my buddy, B, had been shot.” “I just wanted to make sure this guy was secured and didn’t pose a threat to us,” Rocky said.
Deputies say 22-year-old Joshua Chamberlain attempted to rob the mini mart, was shot, and then ran to a nearby home, claiming to have been in a car wreck. Chamberlain was then found by deputies at the home. He will be charged when once released from the hospital.
The friend who was shot is expected to survive his gunshot wound.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23594300/man-accidentally-shoots-self-in-antioch-walmart
NTIOCH, Tenn. – A man has been sent to the hospital after accidentally shooting himself at a Davidson County Walmart.
The shooting happened at the Walmart on 3035 Hamilton Church Road in Antioch around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Company officials confirmed the man was at a cash register when he shot himself in the leg with his concealed weapon as he was checking out.
The man was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Officers from the Metro Nashville Police Department were on the scene and talking to witnesses to determine exactly what happened.
The area around the checkout counters was roped off while police conducted their investigation.
The victim’s identity was not released.
Store officials said no one else at the store was ever in danger.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/oct/09/man-charged-after-gun-discharges-in-collierville/
Just days after Academy Sports opened its doors in Collierville, customers and employees heard a loud gunshot in the store. It wasn’t a robbery, but a customer whose silver Taurus .357 magnum revolver had accidentally fired. No one was injured. After watching the surveillance video, Collierville Police charged Fred C. Kuhl III with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor. Kuhl, 37, will appear in Collierville criminal court on Oct. 22. The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 1. “While pulling the firearm out of its holster Mr. Kuhl appeared to have his finger on the trigger,” the report says. When reached at his Collierville home, Kuhl declined to comment.
http://blog.al.com/tuscaloosa/2013/10/man_shot_after_holstered_gun_f.html
A Tuscaloosa man accidentally shot himself in the leg while shopping in a local store on Saturday after his holstered gun fell to the floor and fired, according to the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit.
On Saturday at approximately 9 p.m., homicide investigators responded to DCH Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa in reference to a shooting that took place at 4201 East University Boulevard, according to Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit Commander Sgt. Dale Phillips.
Investigators spoke with the victim who said that while shopping in a local store, a 25-caliber handgun that he had in his waist fell to the floor and fired. The victim stated that he had the weapon in a holster, according to Phillips.
The projectile from the handgun struck the victim in the leg and traveled up to his hip. The projectile will have to be removed in surgery, according to Phillips. Police do not have information on the victim’s condition.
There were no other injuries or damage to report.
Like DEA agents
If you want to learn how professionals do it.
We have the right to shoot ourselves and our friends in the act of vigorously defending ourselves.
And wait for the police to show up after the crime is committed.
The knuckleheads who failed to have their safety lever on their firearm, should not prevent the millions of Americans who practice who practice gun safety, to be disarmed. As Deval would say, “those stories are anecdotal”.
Do we eliminate EBT cards b/c some people abuse it? Do we ban cars b/c some people drive drunk or drive while texting, and kill innocent people?
There are horror stories of people being held up, put on the ground as they beg for mercy, and executed by the criminals. 200,000 women are assaulted every year. Recall Alexandra Zapp, she was killed by a Burger King employee in the women’s bathroom. That should be the outrage. Deval and Barak and Ted Cruz won’t be there to protect them, neither will the cops.
Note that our statistically-challenged troll has made arguments entirely on the basis of horror stories. Now, we get shock that there might be horror stories on the other side of the issue. No fair! No fair! Only read my horror stories!
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In a sane society, gun control would be regarded more like a public health intervention, judged and measured as such. One doesn’t set vaccination policies on the basis of anecdotes, hypotheticals (“let’s not be victims!”), and counterfactuals. Nor should one set gun control policies.
I find this pretty horrifying.
Of course, you want to know how much more likely you are to die if there’s a gun in your home. The answers are here: If I am reading the table correctly, you’re at 3.5 times greater risk overall of being murdered if there’s a gun in your house. If you’re older than 35, you’re more than 16 times as likely to be murdered than someone with no guns in their house. I’m not going to give you the numbers for likelihood of suicide if you live with guns; you wouldn’t believe them unless you read the study.
This kind of thing has convinced me that I’m much safer being a good guy without a gun than I ever would be as one with a gun, or even being around one of those people.
the chances of one’s being killed (via suicide or homicide) by a gun already in the home dwarf the chances of the in-home gun saving one’s life, family, or property via self-defense.
And while we’re evaluating the lottery tickets here, we should also take account of the enormous number of gun accidents that occur each year.
You don’t think these people would find other means, as 40% do kill themselves without using a firearm.
If I had someone in the house who was heavily medicated with mind altering drugs like Prozac, then that would be a concern. Perhaps that explains why so many Americans kill themselves, they are all doped up with prescription drugs. The study didn’t explain the murders, are these husbands or wives killing each other out of a jealous rage? This study leaves many unanswered questions. I would say, if you do own a firearm, don’t cheat on your spouse and make sure nobody is on prescription drugs.
The only response this requires is the observation that it doesn’t deserve a response.
but dfromw throws out a common misunderstanding.
There are suicide attempts and there are suicides. All suicides start with a suicide attempt, but most attempts fail to be suicides. Unless, of course, you use a gun. Take lots of pills? Odds are 49 in 50 you survive. Shoot yourself in a suicide attempt? 17 in 20 says you die.
Suicide attempt success rates by method
There is another factor too. That moment of absolute desperation, absolute despair. If you try a slower method [carbon monoxide poisoning, jump off high structure, etc] it takes time to attempt or complete the deed, and you just might change your mind. Shoot yourself, and your mind is blown all over the bedroom, no backsies, no chance to reflect beforehand.
If there’s a gun in the household, there’s a better chance that the person attempts suicide before changing his or her mind, and a better chance that he is successful with the attempt.
Sure, mental health access and public education is awareness. So is not having such easy access to firearms, statistically speaking.
…for the Walmart employee who was let go for intervening in a tussle while on break, without guns I might add?
If you’d like to see the unreal level of jackassery with guns in this country, check out the 228 entries for this tag:
http://www.dailykos.com/news/GunFail
The collection began shortly after Newtown, so it’s taken less than a year to compile this incredible list. I’d really like to know exactly where the “responsible gun owners” are hiding…