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Coroner Discussing Gun Safety Shoots Self
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Monroe County Coroner David Toumey was hospitalized with a leg wound after accidentally shooting himself while trying to demonstrate gun safety.
He may be his best client, given enough time.
Toumey told The Herald-Times for a story published Saturday that he was demonstrating gun safety to some people at a Lake Monroe boat ramp about 11 p.m. Wednesday when he accidentally shot himself.
Firearms Safety: Meet me down at the boat docks. Bring your lifevests and body armor. You'll need them.
He said that as he checked to make sure his weapon was unloaded, the gun discharged, and a bullet struck him in his left leg.
It's those unloaded weapons that git ya. Had a friend nearly shoot me in the foot doing the same thing. He dropped the magazine out, racked the slide to clear the chamber, pointed it at the floor and pulled the trigger on the "unloaded" .45. KABANG! Boy, was he surprised.
"It's an unfortunate accident," Toumey said. "I've always been very, very safe."
Not always! Maybe just "some of the time."
Posted by: 2004-09-08
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