1) The alleged shooter accidentally fired the weapon while holding it and managed to kill his neighbor. Thus, he broke all of Jeff Cooper’s four rules for firearm safety.
2) He is a felon who was previously arrested for carrying concealed without a license.
3) He is quoted as saying, “The damn gun doesn’t usually shoot… You have to squeeze the hell out of the trigger to shoot it.”
4) He also actually told deputies that he was trying to “pick the gun up by its trigger.”
5) He appears to have been intoxicated at the time of the shooting.
6) The bullet traveled more than 200 feet — through a window screen, through medium-density woods, the Ayers’ back porch glass door and into their home — before striking Ayers. “The odds, I’d guess, are 1 in infinity,” said BCSO Maj. Tommy Ford. “This was just tragic.”
http://www.newsherald.com/news/crime-public-safety/fatal-shooting-may-have-been-accidental-1.334469
