CHINO HILLS, Calif., May 18 (UPI) -- A gun brought to a Bass Pro Shops store in California for use on the shooting range accidentally discharged, shooting a woman in the buttocks, authorities said.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said a 52-year-old man, who was not identified, brought six guns to the store Sunday to test fire at the upstairs shooting range and a .45-caliber handgun accidentally discharged while he was checking the guns in at the store's front desk, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif., reported Tuesday.
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CHINO HILLS, Calif., May 18 (UPI) -- A gun brought to a Bass Pro Shops store in California for use on the shooting range accidentally discharged, shooting a woman in the buttocks, authorities said.
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office said a 52-year-old man, who was not identified, brought six guns to the store Sunday to test fire at the upstairs shooting range and a .45-caliber handgun accidentally discharged while he was checking the guns in at the store's front desk, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif., reported Tuesday.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/05/18/Woman-accidentally-shot-in-butt-at-store/UPI-12871274216684/
***Alas, these things do happen once in a black and blue moon, but could she have turned the other cheek?
This careless sportsman is a bum who needs to think outside the bun or he'll be the one who gets it in the end, no buts about it.
It seems to me that this sports shop needs to crack the whip and find customers of a higher caliber.