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Related: About this forumStudent hurt in accidental shooting at KUAF talks
http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/northwest/Student-hurt-in-accidental-shooting-at-KUAF-talks/-/8897460/18482690/-/7c5tnx/-/index.html?absolute=trueFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. The University of Arkansas campus was buzzing Friday after a student hurt himself when a gun went off in his backpack in the KUAF building.
Matthew Williamson admitted to 40/29 news he didn't check to see if the gun was loaded.
Williamson was hit in the hand.
Williamson told 40/29 news he did not have a conceal carry license.
On why the gun was in his backpack, Williamson explained he was on his way to a shooting range.
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Student hurt in accidental shooting at KUAF talks (Original Post)
sinkingfeeling
Feb 2013
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DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)1. Dumbass
"he didn't check to see if the gun was loaded"
They're always loaded, idiot.
Gee, what could possibly go wrong if firearms are allowed on campus?
On edit after reading the complete article:
He was headed to the range with a Taurus Judge loaded with shotgun shells? What was he gonna shoot at, rabbits?
rurallib
(63,201 posts)2. Gee, lucky someone wasn't killed
he should be charged with attempted murder.
bossy22
(3,547 posts)4. who did he attempt to kill?
Attempted murder means that your intentions where to kill someone. This doesnt sound like that
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)3. Yet another reason to keep guns off the U of A campus!
Last edited Wed Mar 20, 2013, 07:57 AM - Edit history (1)
Thank goodness no one else was hurt.
Unlike that incident with Professor Locke.
maloriesutton
(2 posts)5. miracle
Its a real miracle