Per this:

A Union man who said he was shot in the leg when a rifle he bought at a Florence sporting goods store discharged as he was driving home with the gun still in its box has sued the store and the weapon’s manufacturer.

Michael Woosley, a 43-year-old corporate jet inspector, was driving the family minivan Oct. 14 on Big Bone Road while his stepson, Austin, admired the $240 Marlin “varmint” .17-caliber rifle, still in the box on his lap.

Michael Woosley said he had bought the gun as a birthday present for Austin.

Woosley told The Post that Austin put his hand in the box and the gun went off. The bullet struck Michael Woosley in the right leg, hitting his thigh bone so hard that the slug “went to pieces,” he said.

When most people handle guns (like, when they buy them), they check the chamber. Did this guy not do that? I find this one a little hard to believe.

And at the end:

A Marlin spokesman has said it was “virtually impossible” for a loaded gun to leave the factory because of precautions that are taken there. The company’s guns are shipped directly to Dick’s Sporting Goods stores without intermediary stops.

Posted in uncategorized on August 27th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |