19-year-old killed when handgun being examined by friends unintentionally fires

Four friends, all between the ages of 19 and 21, were in a car in The Woodlands, Texas examining a handgun. One of the young men unintentionally discharged the gun. The bullet struck a 19-year-old man in the chest. The driver stopped the car to meet EMS in a parking lot and the young man was declared dead at the scene. 21-year-old Michael Galloway has been arrested and charged with criminal negligent homicide.
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Bartender playing with handgun unintentionally shoots and kills himself

52-year-old John Popinski of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was inside Salac's Tavern in Lawrenceville Wednesday night where he works as a bartender. The bar was closed but he was there with his 17-year-old son. Popinski was playing with the handgun the bar owner keeps at the bar for safety. He was twirling the .357 revolver went the gun went off, shooting him in the head. Popinski was transported to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A co-worker described Popinski as "the greatest person in the world."
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Dog knocks gun off counter, shoots man

28-year-old John Daniels of Knightdale, North Carolina laid his loaded, 32.-caliber semiautomatic handgun down on the kitchen counter. His dog jumped up and knocked the gun to the floor. The handgun fired as it hit the floor and the bullet struck Daniels in the right knee.
Daniels told police he limped to a phone and called his parents, but no one answered. He then called his sister who took him to the hospital. He is expected to recover from his injuries.
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Security guard tries to play prank with gun, shoots himself in the hand instead

A 38-year-old security guard at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in South Carolina wanted to play "a joke" on another guard. He decided to empty the rounds from the other guard's gun and drop the bullets into the lock box where the gun was temporarily stored. He ejected the magazine from the gun but did not check to see that there was a bullet in the chamber. While unloading the magazine, he dropped the gun and tried to catch it, causing the gun to fire. The bullet hit him in his left hand and then lodged in a wall.
No one else was injured and no charges have been filed but the guard no longer works at the hospital. "This officer was a great asset to this hospital," said the hospital security director, "He did a tremendous job for us. He had a moment's lapse in judgement, and I have zero tolerance for that."
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Cop tries to turn on flashlight mounted on gun, unintentionally shoots elderly man instead

76-year-old Jose Colon was shot Saturday morning when New York City police raided his Bronx apartment. Jose was shot when Officer Andrew McCormack tried to turn on the flashlight mounted underneath the barrel of his Glock 9mm handgun. Instead of turning on the flashlight the officer unintentionally pulled the gun's trigger.
This is at least the second accidental police shooting involving this same flashlight model. Last October an unarmed man in Texas was shot under similar circumstances.
A New York firearms expert criticized the use of pistol-mounted flashlights. "A handgun should be a handgun, and a flashlight should be a flashlight. When you put a flashlight on a weapon system, there are numerous things that you have to manipulate, and under stress, things are more difficult."
Jose was not charged with a crime however his son was arrested for heroin possession. Jose is recovering in a local hospital.
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Man unintentionally shot in face while twirling guns "cowboy style" with friend

26-year-old Matthew Richie of Lexington, Kentucky was with a friend twirling loaded handguns "cowboy style" when one of the weapons unintentionally discharged. Richie was shot in the face. He was transported to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital where he is listed in critical condition.
Police are investigating the incident.
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Teen unintentionally shot and killed while hanging out with friend at Subway restaurant

18-year-old Brandon McKenzie was hanging out with his friend, 20-year-old Paul Salter, at a Subway restaurant in Millen, Georgia. The two men were passing a gun back and forth when the gun discharged. Brandon was shot. He was taken to the local hospital where he died.
Brandon was a junior at Jenkins County High School. He was a member of JROTC and also was in the school band.
Salter has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The sheriff also said the two men stole the gun in a burglary a few weeks earlier.
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Man showing off new gun unintentionally shoots his mother-in-law and his 2-year-old son

A 32-year-old Centerville, Utah man was showing his off his newly-purchased .40-caliber handgun. He was sitting on his couch, next to his mother-in-law. Thinking the gun was unloaded, he pulled the trigger. The gun fired and the bullet traveled through his mother-in-law's calf and hit his two-year-old son in the foot. The gunshot seriously damaged the boy's foot.
According to police, the father does have some experience with firearms although "he does not have a concealed weapons permit, we don't know if he's had any formal training in the use of firearms."
Utah, along with the majority of states in this country, has no requirements for gun safety training before purchasing a firearm.
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Parents sue neighbor who unintentionally shot their 3-year-old son

David & Lisa Hart, of West Valley City, Utah, have filed suit against their neighbor Ronald Ferguson. The suit claims, "Mr. Ferguson negligently discharged his pistol indoors in an environment where any reasonable person would have known of the danger posed to those present in the same building from flying bullets."
In June, 2010, the Hart's 3-year-old son, David, was playing in their basement apartment. Ferguson was in the apartment above, showing his newly-purchased 9mm handgun to his girlfriend when he unintentionally fired the gun. According to police the bullet "went right through the floor, passed through some drywall downstairs and into the room where the boy was playing." David was shot in the hip and required surgery to remove the bullet.
The lawsuit is asking for compensation in an amount not less than $20,000 for medical and other associated expenses as well as punitive damages.
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Two high school students wounded when gun in backpack fires

A 17-year-old student at Gardena High School in Los Angeles, California had a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in his backpack. According to the school district superintendent, "He literally dropped his knapsack on the desk, and the gun went off." Two students were wounded in the shooting.
The two 15-year-old students were hospitalized. The boy is in fair condition after being hit in the neck. The bullet grazed the girl's head, causing a skull fracture and a "fairly significant blood clot on the left side of her brain." She remains in critical condition. Doctors said they will have a better idea of her recovery today, saying they would be looking to see if she could move her arms and legs.
Police are considering charges against the boy who brought the gun to school.
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