Shooting Accident.

[ordnance]

I see reports here of fatal shooting incident here, a reminder to all safety first.

 

 

A man has died in a suspected shooting accident at a clay pigeon shooting event in County Down, police have said.

It happened near Downpatrick on Sunday afternoon. They said the man, who was in his 60s, died after a "firearm was discharged".

Detective Inspector Will Tate said: "We will be conducting a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding this death.

 

[roadkill]

god knows what went wrong there, rip and yes safety first always

[Walker570]

Yes, it takes something like this to pull us ALL back to our senses. We have to police ourselves on gun safety, so never feel embarrassed to ask someone with a closed gun if it is unloaded.

It is only good manners to present your gun to anyone you approach and SHOW them it is unloaded. When I first went over to the USA (Texas) and we went out with guides, they just could not get their breath as to how safe we were. Opening the bolt and showing the rifle was empty prior to getting in a truck just blew their minds.

 

Thankfully such happenings are very rare in the shooting world. Whatever, DO NOT CALL IT AN ACCIDENT, it was a careless/reckless discharge, the gun was loaded and was pointing at another person.

Edited July 24, 2016 by Walker570

[shaun4860]

DO NOT CALL IT AN ACCIDENT, it was a careless/reckless discharge, the gun was loaded and was pointing at another person.

While it's very likely that it happened that way lets not discount the fact the barrel may have had a blockage and as the gun was fired it simply blew up in the face of the shooter killing him

 

[ordnance]

While it's very likely that it happened that way lets not discount the fact the barrel may have had a blockage and as the gun was fired it simply blew up in the face of the shooter killing him

 

True we doint know yet,

 

 

 

Whatever, DO NOT CALL IT AN ACCIDENT, it was a careless/reckless discharge

 

It could have being a negligent discharge, its still an accident. PS I didn't call it an accident the police did in other words it was not intentional.

 

 

Accident. an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury.

[dob]

Terrible news, I ave a relation who has a friend that sustained an injury to his head from the arm of a clay trap that required brain surgery and major skull reconstruction, don't know how it happened but seems that safety has been ignored at an organised clay shoot, perhaps a safety marshoall should be compulsory on each stand on big clay shoots.not good for the sport.

[B25Modelman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36878526

[Big Al]

It was his own gun by the sounds of it.

 

http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gun-death-at-clay-pigeon-shoot-in-downpatrick-was-tragic-accident-34908736.html

 

Regardless of blame, it is still a tragic event.

[lincs1963]

I'm struggling to see how you can 'accidentally' kill yourself with your own shotgun. I would have thought it would be reasonably diificult to do deliberately.

[wymberley]

I'm struggling to see how you can 'accidentally' kill yourself with your own shotgun. I would have thought it would be reasonably diificult to do deliberately.

I see I'm using No7s springs to mind.

 

Sad news indeed.