http://fox2now.com/2017/02/17/accidental-shooting-reported-at-neosho-gun-range/
Not really any information available that gives a clear picture. The public range has only got 25 yard stations. Because of this, people who want to shoot shorter range must move up in front of the line, and count on those at the line to engage in safe practices.
Short version, a 72 year old man shot another guy in the back who was standing at 15 yards.
His excuse was that he was working on his "unloaded" gun that had failed to fire, and had reassembled it. The round supposedly fired as the slide dropped.
There are plenty of things wrong with this, but I believe that from the very beginning, the maker and owner of the range bears responsibility for having created a badly designed range. Standard ranges have a fifty foot mark.. someone who wants to work at fifty feet must do so in an unsafe manner. Any suit filed will be against the range owners, since the place was not designed with a safe way to engage in shorter range activities. Another reason is that the state is an easy target and a 72 year old man isn't.
Not really any information available that gives a clear picture. The public range has only got 25 yard stations. Because of this, people who want to shoot shorter range must move up in front of the line, and count on those at the line to engage in safe practices.
Short version, a 72 year old man shot another guy in the back who was standing at 15 yards.
His excuse was that he was working on his "unloaded" gun that had failed to fire, and had reassembled it. The round supposedly fired as the slide dropped.
There are plenty of things wrong with this, but I believe that from the very beginning, the maker and owner of the range bears responsibility for having created a badly designed range. Standard ranges have a fifty foot mark.. someone who wants to work at fifty feet must do so in an unsafe manner. Any suit filed will be against the range owners, since the place was not designed with a safe way to engage in shorter range activities. Another reason is that the state is an easy target and a 72 year old man isn't.