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May 15, 2005

What's That First Rule...?

A Monroeville man was wounded in an apparent accident at the Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association Show at the Pittsburgh ExpoMart in Monroeville yesterday.

Walter Gladkoski, 65, was taken to Mercy Hospital with a gunshot wound to his lower leg, said Monroeville police Sgt. Larry Lyons.

John Bogesdorfer, 64, of Monroeville was looking at a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun at the booth of Hannah's Gun Shop of Tipton, Blair County when the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. The booth was tended by vendor John Hannah .

While Bogesdorfer was handling the gun, it went off, striking Gladkoski who was at another vendor's booth.

All guns at the gun show were supposed to be unloaded.

"Sometimes in the course of a day, you may have dozens of people handle a gun. It may have been unloaded when it was brought into the show and put on display," Lyons said. "It's hard to say. Obviously, it was loaded when the customer was handling it.''

Obviously. And obviously Bogesdorfer forgot the first rule of safe gun handling: Always assume that a gun is loaded and keep it pointed in a safe direction.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at May 15, 2005 07:59 AM

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A few posts ago someone asked me what business of mine it was if they wanted to carry a concealed weapon. This story is just one great example of why it truly is my ... and everyone else's ... business.

Dumb people with guns are dangerous.

Posted by: Rama at May 15, 2005 08:13 AM

First rule? "You do not talk about Fight Club," of course.

Unless you're a wizard, in which case it's "people are stupid."

Posted by: Jay at May 15, 2005 11:53 AM

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May 15, 2005

What's That First Rule...?

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