Wild west gunfight injures three tourists

[philip964]

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/ar ... 03286.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How many of you have seen one of these wild west gunfights and never gave it a second thought?

I haven't seen one since I got my CHL and I guess I never will again.

A fake gunfight what breaks all five rules.

[BrianSW99]

I wish the article gave details on what actually happened. Even blanks are dangerous at close range.

Brian

[G.A. Heath]

I wish the article gave details on what actually happened. Even blanks are dangerous at close range.

Brian

It's even hit Hollywood with the death of Jon-Erik Hexum in the early/mid 80s.

[johnson0317]

I wish the article gave details on what actually happened. Even blanks are dangerous at close range.

Brian

It's even hit Hollywood with the death of Jon-Erik Hexum in the early/mid 80s.

Yes, I believe it was a 44 mag loaded with blanks? He thought it would be safe to point it at his head and pull the trigger. He did not understand that the blank may not have had the usual projectile, but it did have a wad. There was enough energy to put that through his skull. Tragic.

[philip964]

From another article.

"Lieutenant Marty Graves said, adding that the injured showed signs of wounds consistent with gunshots, but there were no bullets or fragments recovered."

Another Hollywood death with a gun that was not suppose to have a real bullet in it was Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son.

http://www.thecrow.info/accident.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[kjolly]

From the other news article, whatever it was went through the first victims elbow, through the second victims leg standing behind the first and a flesh would to the third victim. Sherrif said no bullet was recovered.

[Kirk]

Here's another story about it

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/lo ... 03286.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[philip964]

Well guess what, the shooter who forget the blanks, is a former federal felon.

You guessed it, wasn't suppose to have a gun in the first place.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/biz ... 71961.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[philip964]

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/old-we ... f887a.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sent to prison. Not for failing to be careful, but because he was a multiple felon and did that big no no, tampering with evidence.