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.
It is no accident if a person carries a gun with no real reason to do so.
Yes, but it was loaded with self made blanks. He probably messed up the blanks and it shot some shrapnel.
Even then this is not acceptable. And wasn’t there the rule that you never point a firearm at people you don’t intend to shoot, even when the weapon is not loaded?
Why do Americans blatantly ignore the reasons that repeatedly (daily!) show that not every yokel should have access to firearms in the first place?
Even a properly made blank can cause serious injury.
In his defense he was at a wedding. You never know what kind of threatening wild animal will show up.
Ok, wait, we know his reason. He wanted to use it as a cool looking noise maker.