Gun accidentally fired at Tulsa Arms Show

[Marswolf]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080405_1__Agunw86622

Gun accidentally fired at Tulsa Arms Show

By DEON HAMPTON World Staff Writer

4/6/2008

A gun was accidentally fired during the Wanenmacher's Tulsa Arms Show at Expo Square on Friday after a vendor allowed a patron to pull its trigger, police said.

No one was injured in the incident.

Tulsa County Sheriff's Capt. Bill Bass said the accidental weapons discharge occurred at 6:30 p.m. after a gun dealer allowed a potential buyer to hoist a .40 caliber handgun from a display table.

The bullet hit the ceiling, Bass said.

Joe Wanenmacher, the gun show's manager, said the handgun was improperly tied to a plastic strip, which would have rendered the gun unable to fire, and that the gun dealer and potential buyer were supposed to double-check that the gun was unloaded.

Wanenmacher said the gun dealer was expelled from the show for at least one year.

"This is (yet) another case when the exhibitor didn't follow the safety rules," Wanenmacher said.

He said more than 7,000 exhibitors are registered for the show.

In 2006, two men suffered minor injuries during a Wanenmacher show at Expo Square after a vendor was examining a double-barreled .410-gauge shotgun that was thought to be loaded with a snap cap.

A snap cap is a nonlive round that allows the handler to dry-fire the weapon without damaging the firing pin or the firing pin holes.

However, when the vendor pulled the trigger, the shotgun fired a blast through his display case.

The pellets ricocheted off the floor and struck the two men who were standing nearby.

In 2000, a 10 mm pistol discharged as a man was unholstering it at a Wanenmacher show. The bullet struck the person next to him in the leg.

In 1994, a similar accident happened at the Tulsa Gun and Knife Show, when a vendor accidentally fired a .45-caliber pistol. Investigators said the bullet ricocheted off the floor and struck two men in the feet.

Gee...I wonder what brand of gun that was?

[Guest sling]

A Glock. Its so perfect it hit two people with one bullet.

[Guest nj.piney]

doesent anyone check the chamber to see if the gun is loaded anymore ?

[Guest db99wj]

Note to self: Wear body armor while attending the Tulsa Gun and Knife show...

[Guest Todd@CIS]

Some idiot had an ND at one of the last gunshows in Smyrna with a .357SIG. Luckily, it just woke everyone up and shot the hell out of a floor tile.

Maybe I should wear my bodyarmor this weekend...

[Guest 70below]

A Glock. Its so perfect it hit two people with one bullet.

Haters........maybe it was a

Either way, glocks don't shoot people, people shoot people. Sounded like some real winners in each case.

[shaftbass]

People are ****ing stupid.

[Guest canynracer]

how in THE HELL does a DEALER not know if their guns are loaded??? I mean, step one in the morning, prior to setup...CHECK THE FREAKING GUNS!!!!!!

idiots.

[Guest Phantom6]

Yet another good reason NOT to go to gun shows.

[10Kilr]

Some idiot had an ND at one of the last gunshows in Smyrna with a .357SIG. Luckily, it just woke everyone up and shot the hell out of a floor tile.

I got there right after that happened. The gentleman was escorted from the building quickly.

A few years back some jackass as the Bill Goodman show in Nashville shot himself in the leg.

Very eerie hearing live fire at a gun show.........

Body armor may be a good idea.

[Guest nraforlife]

Moron

[Guest Len]

Yep. That pretty much sums it up.

Of course, Rule #1: The gun is always loaded. Act accordingly.

Rule #2 through 10000 = see rule #1.

how in THE HELL does a DEALER not know if their guns are loaded??? I mean, step one in the morning, prior to setup...CHECK THE FREAKING GUNS!!!!!!

idiots.

[Guest jackdog]

+1 on reefs post

[Marswolf]

For some reason, NDs seem to happen fairly often at gun shows.

I think about all of the gun shops around here have had them too.

[chipperi]

WTF was a loaded firearm doing on display??????? The dealer was an idiot for letting it happen. The customer was an idiot for not double checking the dealer. The first thing I do when I handle any firearm is a brass check! Especially if I want to feel the trigger.

[Guest Grout]

A few years back at the Eastman show in Marrieta a person was actually killed by an AD.I never heard who fired the shot,the gun owner or the holster dealer.The lawyers got a gag order and it was settled out of court IIRC.

[Guest Grout]

For some reason, NDs seem to happen fairly often at gun shows.

I think about all of the gun shops around here have had them too.

LOL,I remember one gun shop down in Chattanooga years ago that had countless rds fired in there..The owner had a "function fire stump" back in the office.I miss that place.R.I.P. David Manning.

[Guest Hawk]

Freaking unbelievable.

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

Gee...I wonder what brand of gun that was?

you know it was a GLOCK what else would someone be interested in buying

[MrNobody]

I am amazed that this happens, it seems like it happens pretty regulary too