Fond du Lac police investigate gun show shooting
Fond du Lac police Lt. Aaron Goldstein says a man looking at the handgun Sunday morning didn't know how to check whether it was loaded. He says the man pulled the trigger and the gun went off. The bullet hit another man who was part of the same group in the foot. Goldstein says both the shooter and vendor could face charges. He says police will make a recommendation to the county prosecutor when the investigation ends.
Fond du Lac police Lt. Aaron Goldstein says a man looking at the handgun Sunday morning didn't know how to check whether it was loaded. He says the man pulled the trigger and the gun went off.
The bullet hit another man who was part of the same group in the foot.
Goldstein says both the shooter and vendor could face charges. He says police will make a recommendation to the county prosecutor when the investigation ends.
The vendor is totally responsible for ensuring the firearms he or she is displaying are unloaded. Granted, you can't help it if some idjit decides to buy ammo over at booth A then load the pistol himself, and in that case it's the idjit's fault totally.
However, the idjit with his booger hook on the trigger is also partially to blame. Not from a legal standpoint, but from a "Dear Lord, please do not allow this person to contaminate the gene pool" kind of standpoint.
If you can't understand that pulling the trigger may actually result in the scary gun going bang and that you might want to point it in a safe direction before yanking it back, you need not be at a gun show.