The Atlantic Citylab takes a look at people who carry concealed weapons and
keep unintentionally shooting themselves in public bathrooms. In most cases the self-inflicted victims were pulling up or lowering their pants when their concealed weapon fell out, hit the floor, and fired.
The list includes:
- An elementary school teacher in Utah who discharged her gun in the faculty bathroom. The bullet shattered a toilet, sending shards into her leg.
- An off-duty cop who unintentionally fired his gun in the restroom in a Target in Honolulu.
- A New Jersey detective who unintentionally shot himself in the bathroom at work.
- A customer at a Burger King in Pennsylvania who panicked when his 9mm handgun unintentionally discharged in the men's room.
Guns are the only consumer product manufactured in American not regulated by a federal agency for health and safety. Guns that discharge when dropped clearly have a design flaw yet the Consumer Product Safety Commission has no authority to issue a recall on any gun or demand they be redesigned.
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