Discharge at gunshow!

[VinVega]

Originally posted by Rocky Raab
No, it just means the police won't charge the shooter with a criminal offense.

I knew what was being said, it was just funny how the article worded it. They made it sound like it was ruled as an accident simply because they didn't know eachother, when it probably also included the fact that there was no dispute between the people, among other likely deciding factors.

Aside from that, I could see why they guy would sue the shooter. I'd be pretty PO'ed too about someone negating to clear a firearm before pulling any triggers or anything. I'd be just as mad if they HAD cleared it, and dry fired it in my direction anyway, just poor handling. What I personally wouldn't do is sue the Gun Show itself. It wasn't directly their fault, and my conscience wouldn't let me collect from someone who wasn't directly responsible. I do understand that not all people have conciences. The end of gunshows would be a pretty sad thing to happen, because there are still a few good ones out there. Sadly, the only one that ever comes through here is generally over priced and mostly composed of NRA guys walking around harassing everyone to join (nothing against the NRA, they're a great help, but 15 guys going person to person in a room of 50 people or so can get annoying) and cotton candy/popcorn/peanuts. Regardless, I hate to see anything that's on my side of this issue to go.