Va. couple accidentally shot....

[Norman]

.....at gun safety class!

ROANOKE, Va. - A Roanoke, Va., man and his wife were recovering after he accidentally shot himself and her during a firearms safety class. The Bedford County Sheriff's Office tells media outlets that Michael L. Deel shot himself in the hand with a .45-caliber handgun. The bullet also struck his wife, Michelle, in the leg as she was sitting beside him.

The incident occurred Saturday during a firearms safety class at a residence. The instructor, Thomas Starke, told police he'd left the room and then heard a shot. The Deels were taken to a local hospital where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries. Michael Deel says the shooting was a "stupid accident."


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makes me think of a couple ex-posters.

[crabsnbeer]

Sounds like they REALLY needed the class. Idiots.

[bullmikey]

Some people would ****-up a lead balloon.

[Mitchum]

The funny thing is that he will still get his gun permit even though shooting someone in class should get you a big "F" and a permit denial.

[crabsnbeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ociVBPie0A

Learning can be painful

[bullmikey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ociVBPie0A

Learning can be painful

Yeah, but what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, if not smarter.

[jonsensback]

Reads like its on the instructer for leaving the room where his so called "students" had access to a loaded firearm.

Looks like a easy liability case for some ambulance chaser.

[Calamari]

I bet he feels like a big man now.

[georjec2]

The funny thing is that he will still get his gun permit even though shooting someone in class should get you a big "F" and a permit denial.

You would think but since when does common sense ever come into play when laws, rules and regulation are involved when it comes to guns in America ?

[crabsnbeer]

You would think but since when does common sense ever come into play when laws, rules and regulation are involved when it comes to guns in America ?

Or kitchen knives

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bre...0,262729.story

[Jeebus]

You would think but since when does common sense ever come into play when laws, rules and regulation are involved when it comes to guns in America ?

Or flammable liquids.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45711605.../#.T5bhpqttoto

[Mitchum]

More Silly Buggers.

Don't forget "A firearm is just a tool. People are injured by tools every day."

[crabsnbeer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jTDj...eature=related

We need unicycle control

[banner1124]

The funny thing is that he will still get his gun permit even though shooting someone in class should get you a big "F" and a permit denial.

I'm not so sure I agree with that sentiment. I mean they are in the class for a reason. The real takeaway should be one of the biggest lessons any responsible gun owner can learn... don't leave a loaded gun someplace where someone who doesn't know how to use it can get access to it. This actually turns out to be a very powerful lesson that most folks only learn when one of their kids, or their kids' friends ends up dead.