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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVa. couple accidentally shot at gun safety class
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/17666779/va-couple-accidentally-shot-at-gun-safety-classPosted: Apr 24, 2012 6:25 AM CDT
Updated: Apr 24, 2012 6:25 AM CDT
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - A Roanoke, Va., man and his wife were recovering after he accidentally shot himself and her during a firearms safety class.
The Bedford County Sheriff's Office tells media outlets that Michael L. Deel shot himself in the hand with a .45-caliber handgun. The bullet also struck his wife, Michelle, in the leg as she was sitting beside him.
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NNN0LHI
Apr 2012
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FSogol
(45,529 posts)1. PS. He failed the class.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)14. He got a D
Kaleva
(36,354 posts)15. He got extra credit for hitting two people with one bullet. Not easy to do!
madokie
(51,076 posts)2. He might want to rethink the gun ownership thingy methinks
lastlib
(23,309 posts)5. We all should.
Bake
(21,977 posts)9. Why should we all?
I've managed not to shoot myself or anyone else, thanks very much.
Bake
We need more guns.
lastlib
(23,309 posts)13. ....like the gun nuts need another hole in the head.
marmar
(77,091 posts)4. Metaphorical.
nt
Ian David
(69,059 posts)6. I hope he didn't shoot himself in the hand he masturbates with.
Because it's gonna be a LONG time before his wife gives him any.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)7. Did he demand his money back?
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)8. The instructor...
should have told everyone to make sure their safeties were on, before he left the class.
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)10. For this
the word "fumducker" was invented.
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)11. Sounds like he definitely needed the class. nt
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)12. Oops. FAIL.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)16. Thank goodness it was a ''safety'' class
more people could have been hurt.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)17. NRA folks
aren't the sharpest tools in the shed.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,199 posts)18. Statement from the NRA: "Guns don't shoot people, irony does."