The Douglas County sheriff is investigating the death of a man who accidentally shot himself while taking a class to obtain a permit to carry a concealed gun.The sheriff said the accident happened while an instructor was having the man manipulate the weapon with his non-dominant hand -- in this case, his left.
Students were working on an exercise in which they pull a concealed weapon with their non-dominant hand, take the safety off, aim and shoot. Degase said that on the gun Seymour was using, the thumb of the right hand would normally manipulate the safety.
It appeared to him that during the exercise Seymour was manipulating the safety with his left index finger, which got the gun turned around facing Seymour. One round hit him in the chest, Degase said.
"Initially the call came in that the gun had been dropped and went off, but the trajectory of the bullet did not match up," said the sheriff.
There's a whole lot of tragedy here and very little sense to glue the story together. Classes aren't a guarantee of success, train slowly to ensure everyone is on the same page, and under no circumstances point a gun towards your chest. Nuff said.
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