Man accidentally shot child while officiating wedding near Lincoln, deputy says
Man accidentally shot child while officiating wedding near Lincoln, deputy says
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding's officiant, fired a gun to get everyone's attention.
A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says.
Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said deputies were sent to a wedding at Hillside Events near Denton on a report of a gunshot wound.
Deputies learned that 62-year-old Michael Gardner, the wedding’s officiant, fired a gun to get everyone’s attention.
“He was going to fire in the air, and as he did that, it slipped and went off,” Houchin said.
The gun was loaded with a blank that Gardner made with gunpowder and glue.
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Wow, what an idiot, that man should not be allowed to have guns. Properly made blanks aren't even expensive and guns don't "just go off" unless there is something seriously wrong with them, in which case, they should be taken out of use immediately and serviced or destroyed.
in this case, the 'something seriously wrong' was with the person wielding it; but your remedy still works regardless.
Could be both, but yeah, you're not wrong.
That makes him the faulty mechanism which should be serviced for sure.