Lack of common sense

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GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — Video obtained by the FOX 8 I-TEAM shows a man shot and wounded himself in an accident at a local gun range.

The accidental shooting happened at a gun range in Geauga County around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The video shows that he is shooting a 9 mm automatic and when he shot, he ejected the shell and it went right down the back of his shirt. So, because that’s hot — it’s brass — he started to move around and his other hand just came and the gun discharged and went through his cheek and out the top part of his other cheek,” the sheriff said.

That's the gist of the article, mupac. The video makes the point a little more poignantly.

In 45+ years of handling/shooting guns, I've had misfires, misfeeds, cookoffs, and once a runaway gun, but I've never had an accidental discharge ever. I credit my grandfather for that, The first thing he said when he gave me my first rifle (it was a single shot 22) " If I ever catch you with your finger on the trigger when when it's not pointed at the target, I'll break it" (my finger not the gun), and being 5-6 yrs old, I believed him. And to this day my finger never goes into the trigger guard until I'm ready to pull the trigger.