Tennessee Man Accidentally Shoots, Kills Self While Driving

This May 8, 2014 phowo shows a quick access handgun safe in Wichita, Kan. Most area sporting goods retailers and gun shops provide a variety of quick access handgun safes and lock boxes. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle,... This May 8, 2014 phowo shows a quick access handgun safe in Wichita, Kan. Most area sporting goods retailers and gun shops provide a variety of quick access handgun safes and lock boxes. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Mike Hutmacher) MORE LESS
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A man accidentally shot and killed himself while driving Wednesday afternoon down a Tennessee highway, Chattanooga TV station WTVC reported.

James Anthony McKenzie, 49, shot himself in the thigh with a .45 caliber handgun as he drove, Meigs County Detective Scott Wiggins said. A call came in for deputies to respond to a seizure, he said, but when they arrived McKenzie had apparently bled to death from the wound in his thigh.

The man was in the car alone, according to WTVC, and deputies were trying to determine how the gun discharged. McKenzie held a valid permit for the firearm.

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  1. Avatar for pdxer pdxer says:

    Fatal shortage of weapons in this case.

  2. He was on his way to a bar.

    Champion state on TPM for the most careless firearm accidents:

    STILL
    Texas and Pennsylvania

  3. “The man was in the car alone”

    Hey, we all get lonely.

    I hope he was able to pull his pants back up before passing out.

  4. I wonder how the NRA will spin this with regard to their Good Guy vs Bad Guy meme

  5. Gun safety advocates couldn’t ask for a better poster boy.

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