A woman was accidentally shot in a Columbus, Ind. Wal-Mart on Saturday when a handgun slipped from a 56-year-old man’s holster, according to The Republic.
Tony Ward told the police that his .22 caliber handgun, for which he had a permit, slipped from his waistband and accidentally discharged while he was shopping.
The woman sustained a minor injury in her arm, according to The Republic.
Last week, a man accidentally shot himself in the leg when a gun on his hip accidentally fired in a Phoenix, Ariz. Wal-Mart.
Top Five States With the Most Careless Firearms Incidents on TPM in 2014:
Pennsylvania / Texas (tied) - 8
South Carolina / Florida (tied) - 5
Indiana - 4
Arizona / California/ Georgia/ Michigan/ Ohio (tied) - 3
12 Other States (tied) - 2
35 States Total (Counting States with One Incidence Apiece)
States Not Listed On TPM Yet:
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Iowa
Louisiana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
New Mexico
Hawaii
15 States Total
Obviously the solution is the woman should have been armed, and there should have been MORE good guys with guns around!
“Tony Ward told the police that his .22 caliber handgun, for which he had a permit, slipped from his waistband and accidentally discharged while he was shopping.”
Don’t put that much confidence into sweatpants.
The woman was not robbed, beaten, or raped by hoodlums while shopping, and was not enslaved by her totalitarian government, so it seems to me that she owes the man a huge thank you.
Just like the man Dick Cheney shot in the face way back when owed HIM an apology because his head was in the way of his gun.