The vendor was attempting to show a customer his Kimber, like this Custom II 1911, when the he accidentally shot himself in the hand after failing to properly clear and check the sidearm.
A vendor at the Knoxville Gun & Knife show will have a permanent and painful reminder — a gunshot wound to the hand — of what can happen when you don’t practice safe gun handling.
According to Knoxnews.com, Bill Adams, 44, was attempting to show his personal sidearm — a Kimber .45ACP semi-auto — to a customer and after removing the gun’s magazine, didn’t clear and check the chamber for a round, which housed one.
The weapon discharged, hitting Adams in the hand, who was later taken to a nearby hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Police are still investigating the incident.
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