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Hey Everybody, Look at This!

Several people in Rock Island, Ill., were passing around something for everyone to admire: a 12ga shotgun. As various people posed with the gun for photos, the shotgun — obviously loaded — discharged, shooting Zachary Inman, 18, in the leg. A police cruiser happened to drive by shortly after, and someone flagged it down, and they called for an ambulance. The gun’s apparent owner, Matthew Nazari, 18, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and other charges may be pending. (RC/Quad-City Times) ...“I was posing with it and it went off” is even dumber than the cleaning excuse.
Original Publication Date: 22 January 2012
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 18.

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