Cookeville man shot by rifle in hard case?

[billyscott]

Cookeville PD says the man was accidentlly shot as he removed his rifle which was in a hard case. 

 

http://www.wsmv.com/story/21754770/cookeville-man-accidently-shot-killed-by-own-rifle

[enfield]

When he pulled the trigger on the loaded long gun as he removed it from the case -- I'll bet.

[Steelharp]

When he pulled the trigger on the loaded long gun as he removed it from the case -- I'll bet.

DING DING DING

[Krull]

Not in compliance with the law even with a HCP, you cant have on in the chamber while transporting.  Carelessness cost him his life it looks like......if this is all to the story.

[R_Bert]

Considering the deep egg-shell foam in my cases, I could also see pressure against the trigger in certain situations.

 

Bottom line...rifle was stored loaded, and transported or  and handled in an unsafe condition.

Edited March 21, 2013 by R_Bert

[peejman]

Am I the only one a little suspicious?  Shot himself in the chest with a rifle while removing it from the case?  Really?  :squint:

[10-Ring]

Unfortunate.  Instead of playing arm chair quarterback, lets let this serve as a lesson that we can never be too careful and just because you got away with a shortcut yesterday doesn't mean that you will get away with it today.  It only takes one second of carelessness to cost someone their life. 

[hipower]

Am I the only one a little suspicious?  Shot himself in the chest with a rifle while removing it from the case?  Really?  :squint:

 

 You have devious, suspicious mind, peejman. I thought pretty much the same thing.

 

I don't pull my rifle, or handgun for that matter, from a case having the barrel pointed at me.

[R_Bert]

 You have devious, suspicious mind, peejman. I thought pretty much the same thing.

 

I don't pull my rifle, or handgun for that matter, from a case having the barrel pointed at me.

 

yeah.  That's what cats are for. Curiosity makes a great back-stop.

[enfield]

I'm not insensitive, but the article apparently called the incident an 'accident'.  If the gun and ammo aren't defective, then I'd conclude that the handler was.  I suspect negligence at best and suicide at worst.

 

I'm tired of guns being blamed for people's actions.

[QuietDan]

. . . reconsidered. . . .

Edited March 21, 2013 by QuietDan

[Guest MilitiaMan]

Stupidity at it's best.

[Guest nra37922]

Let the lawsuits begin...   Obviously the gun manufacturers fault, not enough safety features, defective trigger or firing pin, blah blah bah......

[DaveS]

I feel for the man's family, and sad someone died, but I don't buy that story! One hand on the barrel pointed at his chest and one on  the trigger...interesting.

 

Dave S

[Randall53]

I don't pull my rifle, or handgun for that matter, from a case having the barrel pointed at me.

Exactly.....I even go one further. I never PUT my rifles or my handguns in a case loaded either. I see no purpose in doing so.

[DaveTN]

The story says he was pulling it out of the car, not the case. It said it was still in the hard case.
It wouldn’t take much to touch off the trigger if something in the case hit it or it slid on the foam. It appears he put a loaded, cocked rifle with the safety off in a case and he paid for it with his life.

[RED333]

My first thought is to pray for his family, I wont try to guess what or why.

[hipower]

Yes, you are right.

 

No matter what form of negligence was the cause of this tragedy, we must not lose sight of the fact that a family has lost their father and husband.

[BigK]

I hate to hear it happened, regardless of how.

Still, his carelessness or whatever has created a headline that your average gun-loathing or gun-ignorant citizen will read and say, "see, GUNS are dangerous, you never know when they'll kill someone." Edited March 22, 2013 by BigK

[Oh Shoot]

Assuming they found the rifle still in the case, and there is indeed a bullet hole through it in the proper place, that would be an ingenious way to murder someone, though you'd have to fire two shots, the second one being through the case.

 

- OS

Edited March 22, 2013 by Oh Shoot

[Guest PapaB]

Here's the story from the local paper.

 

http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/22023846/article-Shooting-death-probed?instance=main_article

 

It says;

It appears that Cooper was removing a hunting rifle from the vehicle and that it accidentally fired, the bullet tearing through the case in which the gun was located and hitting Cooper in the chest, Honeycutt said.

 

 

They sent the body in for an autopsy but don't mention having the rifle and case tested. Of course, unloading the gun before transporting would have prevented this tragedy. I hope, in the end, they get to the truth.

[peejman]

Here's the story from the local paper.

 

http://www.herald-citizen.com/view/full_story/22023846/article-Shooting-death-probed?instance=main_article

 

It says;

 

They sent the body in for an autopsy but don't mention having the rifle and case tested. Of course, unloading the gun before transporting would have prevented this tragedy. I hope, in the end, they get to the truth.

 

 

Ah.  Sounds like a trigger job gone wrong. 

 

And yes, make sure it's unloaded before you put it in the case. 

[Oh Shoot]

And yes, make sure it's unloaded before you put it in the case. 

 

My long guns are generally loaded when I put them in the case, just not one chambered.

 

- OS

[Guest MilitiaMan]

I don't store anything loaded.

 

If I am carrying (sidearm), of course it's loaded. If it's in a case (rifle, AR etc), it's unloaded.

 

And I certainly don't muzzle sweep myself. Ever.

[E4 No More]

It must have been a Remington 700. :)