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United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:18 pm
by blackdog8200
Treat all guns as if they are loaded....


A United Airlines employee was accidentally shot by a passenger who was trying to check a hunting rifle for a flight at Louis Armstrong International Airport in Kenner.


The Times-Picayune archiveLouis Armstrong International Airport ticketing lobby
The mishap was reported about 10:15 a.m. Deputies issued Edward Deubler, 65, of Harvey a misdemeanor summons for negligent injury, said Sgt. Larry Dyess, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

Deubler had been trying to check the rifle with an employee at the United ticket counter when the weapon discharged, Dyess said. The bullet struck a counter and a piece of the bullet struck the male employee in the leg.

He was transported to a local hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries, Dyess said......

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:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: This could have been sooooo much worse. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:19 pm
by RHenriksen
Wow, that's really scary. I don't want to be shot by any firearm, but particularly not a high velocity rifle.

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:27 pm
by philip964
specially after reading that fire power study.

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:30 pm
by Excaliber
RHenriksen wrote:Wow, that's really scary. I don't want to be shot by any firearm, but particularly not a high velocity rifle.
You can be pretty sure you'll never be shot by any firearm at all.

However, you could be shot by a person with a firearm.

The distinction may seem small, but it isn't.

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:35 pm
by Beiruty
Safe areas to check in firearms are requested! Seriously, who is that stupid who transports a loaded hunting rifle. Bolt out, Bolt out!

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:54 pm
by cheezit
I just see a tsa joke in here somewere

Re: United Airline worker shot in New Orleans Airport

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:07 pm
by speedsix
...yeah, TSA is a joke, alright, but this was a UA employee...
...familiarity breeds contempt...many gun accidents are caused by people who handle guns all the time...and get careless...don't need the argument about accident or negligence on this one...it was clearly an accident caused by negligence...with a healthy dose of ignorance and a dash of stupidity...